going going gone?

Namaste Namaste, I am falling in love with India, so enchanted with the people, the customs, the craziness and beauty within it all.  Funny that Aug and I are going to Nepal tomorrow morning!  India is so hectic and overwhelming sometimes, at times days felt like weeks, but the month has felt so short overall.  Aug was scheduled to leave in just a few days but we were so sad to part ways.  I encouraged him to come to Nepal with me and then I could go home satisfied, but I found out that I can go back to India without paying extra for the visa, so who knows when I'll really get home, I am so torn.  There are plenty of astrologers and psychics to consult if I desire...  Aug is a little sick with a cough and I am a little sick in my digestion but it hasn't stopped us, just slowed us a bit, which I needed anyways.  I hope we get better so we can trek in the Himalayans.  It might be so beautiful.  I can't believe how much snow CA is getting, that's so crazy!  I hope I can snowboard when I get home, I thought that was a lost cause for me this year.  I went crazy today getting gifts for people (it's my last? day in India) and my bag is bulging!  Things are so cheap and enticing and shop keepers stand outside saying "come come, nice silks, see my scarves" and I am such a sucker.  I think "oh, someone will like this, but who knows what people will do with it?!!!  India is very spiritual, very holy, rituals and temples and people praying to the cows and putting flowers on them and men standing around trying to bless you.  And I make friends with everyone so easily when I want to.  I ask a question and a person will end up giving me a tour of the city and praying for my health at the nearest shrine.  If I take a picture of a person, they want to see it and want me to take more (too bad I am too shy to take many pictures).  I heard so much about how the men stare and how men try to touch you when you walk by and how people try to rip you off, but I've had so little of this.  Is it me who just thinks people are friendly and good, or are other people just having bad luck? I don't know, but whatever, cause I find Indian people so kind and open.  They put up with things that Americans and even some tourists in India won't put up with.  Hot soda, melted ice cream, cow shit in the alley, trash everywhere, dead animals, heat and dust, a shitty government that doesn't help it's people... all of these things, sure, they're unpleasant, but it's what people deal with, walk by, and continue living without a damper on their spirit.  I ask myself, would I make a fuss over this shit, would I speak out, try to change it?  Or just accept it, try to live, be happy, be content with the way it is?  I don't know the right answer.  Gotta go, time to prepare for the long long bus ride to Nepal.  But I miss you too, so much that I have almost traded this all in just to come home early.  We'll see soon enough how long I stay.  Love you, Amy