Yes, I am back now. I will take my time and add one blog after another, some with just photos and others with more details covering the parts of the journey I have not yet blogged about! What an amazing journey. I love India. Kelley and I are planning to [...]
Phew! Varanasi is INTENSE in every way. It is 9:30 pm, late considering the day started at 4:30 am for the boat ride along the Ganges (met in the lobby at 5 am) But write, I must-especially now that I have located this internet spot. We attended an Indian classical music [...]
I don't know where to begin but with NOW. It is very hard for me to get to an internet place (I won't call them internet cafes because that is NOT what they are). There is the issue of time as our schedule is packed with activities, eating, and required [...]
Sitting in an oven-like internet cafe. Halina is at the computer terminal on my right. She has droplets drip drip dripping down the side of her face. Her hair looks like it has just been washed, not from the rain but from the heat. The rain has stopped for the [...]
Rishikesh! After an overnight sleeper train ride, we arrived in Rishikesh. Heavy monsoon rains greeted us. We are lucky because it can get quite hot here, too. But instead, the rain is cooling and everyone is happy. Street vendors materialized out of seemingly nowhere selling rain ponchos. We got to [...]