Have you ever looked at a printout of your last doctor's visit and could not decipher what any of it meant? Where's the lab resul...
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
The September issue
I am so excited to share! I had a photograph published in September's National Geographic Traveler magazine. I've been dying to...
Gurus and grandpas
The last week in India was remarkable not for the cities visited but for the people we met. In Jaipur, where we visited the world's l...
Attari and Amritsar
I'm married! Just kidding. The second most common question, after country of origin, I get from people in India is, "Are you ma...
Jaipur
As my travel buddy remarked, Rajasthan's capital city would be am interesting place to spend a long time getting to know because its pe...
Jaisalmer
This desert mecca was the hub of a hoppin' adventure! We had planned to not shower for four days straight but were surprised when the ...
Jodhpur
... was unexciting. It has an incredibly huge and wonderful fort, Mehrangarh, but not much else. I was there for nine hours - arrived by ...
Udaipur
Udaipur is the "Venice of the east" but should Venice really be the "Udaipur of the west"? This little city in souther...
Delhi
Delhi from the Jama Masjid I'm baaack and it feels like home. After an eventful day bungy jumping in Nepal (more on that later), ...
Packing list for Asia
What does one bring on a ten-week trip through Asia? I spent months agonizing over this list and started buying things back in September -...
Adventures, part III
Part I: Europe Part II: California Part II: Asia Asia is a big part of the world and I have ten (10!) glorious weeks to explore China, ...
UFS Videos
Below are links to two great videos made by TS, a fellow UFS volunteer. Even though they are a year late, the vids serve as great fodder fo...
Benares on the Ganga
I'll be home in six days. The end is so near that I just want it to come. Never will a homecoming feel so sweet as next week's; ...
Bhopal
The City of Lakes. Hah. There are only two small ones here. I left Mumbai and Melitta's family yesterday on an overnight train an...
Mumbai
Despite its congestion and monsoons, this is one of my favorite cities in the world. A friend from home asked me why, but I have di...
Kochi
I finally made it to the other side of the country! It feels more like home to me because the sun rises over the land and sets over the o...
Madurai
I've been to four temples, three cities, and two palaces in the past four days. Madurai, where I am right now, is definitely my favo...
Hello from the Southern Countryside
On my last night in Chennai, Dr. Varman asked me whether or not I was leaving happy. Satisfaction, he said, will lead me nowhere because ...
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