They will only receive bland food to eat, all reading and writing materials are ban and only very basic accommodation is provided.ĭespite this extreme practice and opportunity for reflection, Sarah sinks even lower and after her hair starts to fall out in large clumps decides to take a friend’s advice and visit Amritsar, a holy pilgrimage site for Sikhs, in the hope that answers may be found. Time is instead, put aside for people to meditate and reflect. During this period there is to be no talking. To find this inner peace, she begins by travelling to a small town in the Himalayas to undertake a 10 day yoga and meditation course of extremes known as Vipassana which is believed to help self transformation of both the mind and body. Therefore she goes on a journey to try and find herself. On top of the constant fear she has for her boyfriend, India sees Sarah suffer some of her darkest days and after nearly dying of pneumonia she begins to believe that what a psychic once predicted is now coming true – that she will face suffering and the only way to come through the other side is to be reborn. His career is flourishing and is often asked to go and report on difficult issues around the Middle East and Asia, meaning that Sarah is left on her own with only her thoughts and concerns about the war-zones and hazardous situations Jonathan is likely to find himself in. Perhaps the biggest problem however is that fact that her boyfriend, Jonathan an ABC Foreign Correspondent, is never at home. ‘…it’s rich and poor, spiritual and material, cruel and kind, angry but peaceful, However, a holy cow is revered and untouchable and if treated in a similar way, it would cause uproar. She is disgusted by the treatment of other human beings as well and once witnessed a beggar who was clearly hurt, being dragged from the roadside as if they were insignificant and worthless. From the chaos on the streets, to the noise, the smells and the smog, India is uncompromising and unrelenting.

For Sarah though she finds these differences completely overwhelming.

Holy cow an indian adventure