18. Report - 24/11/21 - Fear & nice encounters

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 It takes a long time to find a place to have breakfast today - there are no tea stalls on the side routes.

But the landscape is interesting. I am amazed at the many isolated mountain ridges that have pushed themselves out of the plain as capricious structures. - The entrance gate for a wedding has just been prepared on one property.

There comes a roadblock with a police station, something in me is afraid because my visa matter has not yet been finally resolved. If they check me now and ask unpleasant questions ... - But the officers smile nicely as I pass. One of them even waves and makes a respectful gesture.

A little later I sit on the side of the road and take a drink break. A police moped and brakes in front of me. Same fear as before, only bigger. It's the same policeman as before, only nicer: he brings me breakfast.

An interesting person

In the afternoon I stop at a temple. An elderly man stops next to me with his moped. He carefully takes his granddaughter from the saddle and lets her run around the temple. He speaks to me. Of course he also wants to know where I'm from. But his questions become more interesting, more philosophical. I am amazed at his erudition - he is a farmer by trade. - But he doesn't want to know anything about religious teachers, swamis, gurus, Bhagawans and what else the spiritually rich India has to offer. It's all about the money, he says.

The next day a car stops in front of me. A young man gets out, introduces himself politely and wants to invite me to breakfast. It is the farmer's son and the girl's father.

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