"Squalor"

I racked my brain to come up with that one word because I thought perhaps it was not as offensive sounding as some others. Then I looked up the definition.

squalid....foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy, wretched; miserable; degraded, sordid.

Pretty offensive word if I used it about the place you live!

Of course everything is relative so I suppose the Queen of England may consider my home squalid.

I have travelled a fair bit over the last several years including China, South Africa, South America and Mexico.

For some reason my immediate reaction to India is that it is different than all of the above. It seems to have attacked all of my senses in some negative way.

I know I am so naive and so spoiled but I just can't imagine living here.


The hotel website describes a different place than the one I am staying in. The only thing that was accurately represented was the beach.

Of course my perception is exctly that. A very small snapshot of this very large, very diverse country. Apparently Mr Twain knows more than me.

"So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked."---Mark Twain

Love
Peter