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Rachel is quite happy with the name she has given to herself\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Hippie in Heels\u2019, an American who presumably loves India right now because we are great you know! (Let\u2019s keep up the spirit of good Indians, shall we?)\u00a0A cool mix of a hippie and girlie girl, she talks about her experiences in India. Her answers alone tell us how justified her virtual name is!\u00a0Catch her at \u2018Hippie in Heels\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are currently living in Goa, what makes you think that it is a good decision to stay there rather than any other part in India?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be totally honest, I don\u2019t know how many other areas of India I can handle long-term! I get a little bit of anxiety when I\u2019m in Delhi and Bombay for longer than a week at a time and find myself needing some space which is what Goa gives me. The other thing is the food! Goa has so many foreigners living here that each day of the week I can eat a different type of food. Japanese at Sakana, Greek at Thalassa, and SE Asian at Wok n Roll are some of my favorites, but you can find anything here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How have you been managing your expenses for all the travel that you do? Don\u2019t you ever feel like you should save some for future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Is this secretly my mom and dad asking the questions? I hear this a lot and yes, I do think I should be saving! Although, I spent what I made while living in the states and didn\u2019t save so not much has changed. I make money from my website, but couldn\u2019t live on that alone. I have been a Thai yoga masseuse for two years and also run a candle business. I make luxury candles with amazing scents like apple & cinnamon or citronella & orange. I saved a lot before I came to India and knew I\u2019d have to find a new job over here once I left nursing so I worked hard to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have had experiences of being harassed while travelling in India, how do you build-up your confidence enough to dare to travel alone again?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all about luck. You could go months in India with no harassment, or you could get 3 incidents in one day. I can\u2019t worry too much about it because it\u2019s something I know people in India want to change, something that women here are passionate about changing, and I know that just hopping off a plane from America saying it\u2019s wrong isn\u2019t going to change anything. It takes time. I know how to handle myself when I\u2019m being harassed and find that just being strong, telling the person to back off (I even say \u201cdon\u2019t touch me\u201d in Hindi) will make them jump back. Then I shake it off like it never happened. Not to say that works every time; there are times I have cried- an incident from a crazy gangster in Goa that I won\u2019t go into detail on. No point in dwelling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your approach to the Indian men is something like \u2018for every bad Indian there is a good one too\u2019, what experience made you stay on this positive side?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have a lot of Indian friends both male and female and because I know how good Indian people can be, I just remind myself that the harassment is from the minority. Our neighbor, Ryance, has been friends with my boyfriend for years. Since I\u2019ve lived in Goa, he has always been around to help with anything and is very innocent and sweet. I tell Ben he\u2019s one of the nicest people I\u2019ve met ever, not just in India. People like him are what make me like India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have covered up pretty much all of India but not really the North Eastern part, why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u200bIt\u2019s unintentional. I want to go to that area more than I want to go to any other country even. Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Nagaland, and Calcutta interest me so much. Every time I get a chance to travel it seems those areas are in monsoon or too cold. I like to travel by train and it\u2019s quite a long train ride, although I\u2019ve thought a lot lately about taking a train to Calcutta and spending a month in the NE. When I fly, I like to stay places longer to make the flight worth it.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doesn\u2019t all the travelling make you feel home sick?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I do get homesick sometimes. I only went home for one month since I\u2019ve lived here. Luckily, my parents are coming to visit me for Christmas and I\u2019m already looking forward to it so much. Next year, I plan to go home for longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help with the homesickness, I always bring American snacks to eat when I\u2019m feeling \u201cover\u201d India or I watch some trashy American TV shows. It\u2019s great to have Skype calls with friends back home and feel like maybe I\u2019m just a state away, not half the world away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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