Phew - it feels like a really long haul but I was pleasantly relieved when I picked up the India books from the freighting company yesterday afternoon.
They’re beautiful and amazing!
I’m all at once exalted, humbled, grateful, happy, excited, energized and exhausted. Do I take …
I took this photo at a wedding that was happening in the streets of Udaipur, Rajasthan. This little girl was excitedly waiting to watch the groom come out of his home before he hopped on top of a gallant white horse. At first I thought she might be the bride …
I could hardly believe what I read today in a newsletter from India Invites. Agra, as you may recall from one of my previous posts, is the home to the most obnoxious and AGRA-vating rickshaw and taxi drivers, hotel desk clerks, food vendors and anyone else in the …
Home again, home again. But no jiggity jig.
Yes, of course, I’m happy to be back at home in Seattle. Happy to have a hot shower on-demand. Happy to be getting regular exercise (yoga classes and quiet walks). Happy to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables and not have to …
Walking along a very crowded street in the backpacker district of Delhi, I came upon this bride-to-be having her hands henna’d for her wedding day. She sat at the side of the road in her red sari as another woman carefully applied the henna create an intricate and beautiful design …
Although my new friend from Udaipur, Akhand, taught me that in India there is no system, I actually found one. The Delhi subway.
A relatively new addition to the city (the first line opened about two years ago), the small line of mostly underground railways is extremely efficient, clean, cheap and …
Akshardam. No, that’s not a Hindi expletive. It’s a monument in Delhi which opened on November 6, 2006. So new, that’s it not yet listed in the guidebooks. We found out about it through our friends in Bangalore.
The monument was built in honor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan. In 1781, at …
Even after seeing hundreds of photos of the Taj Mahal over the years, my breath was still taken away at the first glimpse of this amazing piece of architecture. What makes it even more stunning, I believe, is the fact that it is surrounded by mayhem. Tiny streets and alleyways …
Far and away our best driver was Akhand from Udaipur. Sitting behind a podium in the courtyard of a grouping of shops, Akhand’s “real” job is a palm reader. But we were fortunate enough to catch him on a day when he was also offering his services as a driver …
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