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on Dec 18, 2007 in travel india tired. tired and i'm sick with a cold. in delhi now. back in paharganj, the backpacker main bazaar running across the border between new and old delhi. it's hard to take. like the touts and shopkeepers of the khao san, times three, with devil horns.f...
LIFE IN RAJPUTANA
on Dec 9, 2007 in travel india rajasthan pushkar we're deep in rajasthan now. from the white city of udaipur, its giant lake and white capped domes, we headed north to ranakpur for a day.ranakpur, the jain temple here, with over 1444 columns, no two alike, in a series of nine halls set back in the...
WHERE'VE WE BEEN
on Nov 26, 2007 in travel india rajasthan back in ahmedabad for the wedding, my father's home city, the capital of gujurat and a bustling, metropolis in northwest india.ceremonies and family. my cousin from australia and aunt and uncle, my sister and dad, grandma and great aunts, cousins, ne...
GOIN' GOAN
on Nov 17, 2007 in travel india goa if you've had enough of cow poo. enough of being hassed 24-7. enough of diesel fumes and honking. enough of touts. enough of the mazes of alleyways and scabby, mangey stray dogs. enough of the sweltering heat. then you should come here. come to goa.g...
I SAY MUMBAI, YOU SAY BOMBAY, WHY CAN'T WE JUST GET ALONG?
on Nov 15, 2007 in travel india bombay mumbai bombay is india's masala city...spicy mix, that is. the largest slum in all of asia surrounds a hustling-bustling metropolis. i want to say that over half of mumbai's population lives in these slums, and i can, because i'm right...it's 55%, at last c...
BURNING CORPES...
on Nov 4, 2007 in travel india varanasi i'm sitting in an internet cafe in varanasi. you can find me in the heart of the old city, and i mean 2000 years old, smack dab between pandhey ghat and dasaswamedh ghat on the ganges river. it's hot. smoking hot...and i'm smoking. smoking pine light...