We’re three days into our stay in the north-western state of Rajasthan, and are heading by bus to Bikaner for our last night before going to Agra tomorrow night. Instead of hotels or hostels here, we’ve been in homestays, living and dining with three very different families who call this desert state their home. So […]

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At last, a day in which our umbrellas went unused! Christine said that Kochi was described to her as having “Door County charm” and she was right – we saw plenty of tourists in the Fort Cochin area probably for that very reason. Our hotelier recommended an A/C bus to us for getting from our […]

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Christine and I are currently barreling down a “highway” in the south Indian state of Kerala, on our way to the city of Kochi. After I met up with her three days ago at the airport just outside of Trivandrum, we spent a day there, and then two days at the Hindu saint/goddess incarnate’s compound/convent/ashram, […]

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It was far less rainy and unappealing outside today – in fact it was just about perfect, weather and temperature-wise – but yet Scott and I failed to be able to take the ferry to Elephanta Island to see the ancient UNESCO-preserved caves. It was a morning of disappointments in fact – first, we tried […]

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What a first day in India! As it’s 12:17 as I put fingers onto tablet keyboard, it is now almost exactly 24 hours since I arrived into the country and it’s been pretty wild. The morning started off slow, quite literally, as the omelette breakfast that was advertised on the menu as taking 15 minutes […]

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I’ve thankfully arrived fully intact at my hotel (hostel?) the Anjali Inn, and will be going down in a few minutes to attempt to order breakfast off of a card menu they handed me last night. My two flights, first from Chicago to London, then from London here to Mumbai were of course uneventful, but […]

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