India
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Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [663]
I’m sitting in the dark right now because the power is out. Again. This is a daily battle in the year 2007 in a progressive city of 3 million+. Somehow I survived my Himalayan adventure and have made it back to Jaipur just in time for my finals, three ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [920]
I have grown so lazy. I have to spend an entire day pumping myself up to write e-mails. There are just so many things to tell and so many ways to fail to explain how incredible and incomprehensible my life in India is. Just know that nothing I do or ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [5170] | Comments [1]
Namaste.
Aap kesse hoh? Mein budia hey.
Mira naam Annie Hay hey. Or aap?
Meri mataji ka naam hey Jaquine Hay. Muray pitaji ka naam hey Alan Hay.
Mein Bharat key sanskriti seekany Bharat aaee hoon.
Yahan par dekanay layak kiya heh?
Thoda sa bi ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [972]
Unfortunately, having waited this long to write anything down, don’t even know where to begin. Things got crazy hectic with hospitalizations, traveling, the end of my travel literature class, and the departure of our American professor, Lyle. I suppose ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [1051]
McIndia
Swollen with head cold and angry with myself for even considering this
place an option, I push in the door. It seems to move on its own,
and I follow, stumbling through gracelessly. I am immediately blasted
with a cold air that smells like ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [754]
I have received complaints about my last few e-mails. I have been told that what I write is depressing and after reading, one feels like 1) having me sent home, or 2) sending me a care package for everyday I am here. Not to worry. While it is definitely ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [486]
Getting Internet here is so complicated. COmputers never work and when they do, they aren't very reliable. So, I finally have the chance again. I am in a cafe in Udaipur where the internet is free, and the nice man that works here just offered me half ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [748]
Getting a little bit frustrated with the fluidity of life here. Everything changes constantly. One word can mean 10 things. 1 hours means anything between 1 and 12 hours. Tuesday means anything in the same week as that Tuesday. And, apparently, doing ... Read more >
Tags: budgets & money
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [738]
When I was getting my vaccinations, the nurse asked me if I thought I would need a rabies vaccination. I remember that I was laughing hysterically and told her that it would the dumbest thing ever for me to get one, there was NO WAY any sane person would ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
