The group has left. Arvind, Kelley, and I stood outside the Royal Plaza Hotel and watched the last bus leave for the airport at 9 pm. We then went back to the lobby of the hotel. Arvind was really sad to say goodbye to the group. At least Kelley and [...]
Yesterday was our last day in Varanasi. We were invited to Arvind and Renu's home for a second time where we had a delicious lunch cooked by Renu. We enjoyed his family (his children study hard and speak beautiful English!) and had our palms read by a Vedic astrologer. The [...]
Varanasi is the oldest continuous living city in the world. It is 5000 years old. Buildings along the bank of the river Ganga For 5000 years, people in Varanasi have been performing the same rituals chanting the same mantras speaking the same language reciting the same prayers [...]
The days go by so quickly and we are now in Varanasi. I want to present this collage of Agra Fort and of Sikandra, Akbar's tomb. It seems easier and less time consuming to post photos rather than write. I seem to have so little time to blog on this [...]
walking away from the pond Here are the remainder of the photos I tried to post earlier. See previous post for the first five. So amazing! Thank you, Rebecca, for taking over on the photography with your long lens! I feel privileged to have seen the Royal Bengal [...]