INDIA | Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [406] | Comments [2]
I will be leaving for the airport in about 7 hours from now, and I feel so ready to come home to the US. Don't get me wrong, my trip has been amazing, and I accomplished what I came here to do which was buy inventory for a small store and get to know ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [951]
I don't know where the term "Indian Burn" came from, but it is used to describe when you take someone's arm or leg and twist the skin with both hands in opposite directions to create an awful feeling kind of like rug-burn. Well, I have a theory ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [364] | Comments [2]
When one receives a massage in India, one feels kind of like what a raw steak being marinaded with italian dressing for dinnermust feel like. I've had 4 massages in India and they all had on thing in common: loads of thick oil. The Indian massage ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [389] | Comments [2]
I'm in Sarnath now, a town just an hour north of Varanasi--Buddha gave his first teaching here after he reached enlightenment. Sarnath is full of temples and stupas and monks and in an odd way, it reminds me of Colorado...probably because I have visited ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 8 Mar 2009 | Views [358] | Comments [1]
I HATE VARANASI right now and if I could figure out how to leave for the USA today, I would, or I will. I'm tired of traveling and I'm homesick and I don't care if I miss the Holi festival. I'm sick of being harassed by people. I'm starting to really ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 7 Mar 2009 | Views [1315] | Comments [1]
I went on a "sleeper" bus to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. The "sleeper" has little bunks on it which in theory you can sleep on- but in practice you cannot because the ride it so bumpy that all of the cells in your body are shaking.... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 3 Mar 2009 | Views [360]
Today, I am committed to buying a ticket to Agra and leaving Pushkar by Wed night. I've been here shopping for a week and I could stay longer, but I really want to see more if India, go to the Taj Mahal, and spend time in Varnasi. I'm almost out of ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 1 Mar 2009 | Views [338] | Comments [1]
I can be a critical person. I try not to find fault with people, with things, with life. I try not to, and it's hard to try. But I usually wind up finding fault with most things- I'm just a critical person. I was raised that way, raised to be critical, ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 28 Feb 2009 | Views [532] | Comments [3]
I was walking in an entrance to a restaurant today, and all of this crap came falling down on me. I took me a moment to realize, but someone had been sweeping from above and all the nasty crap fell on me! Ughh. I stood there in the stairwell, wiping ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 28 Feb 2009 | Views [387]
Cow stories. I have many cow stories. Yesterday, there was a great bunch of monkeys hanging out by one of the ghats. (A ghat is a place where you walk down steps to a body of water to pray). A man was feeding the monkeys vegetables and they were so ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009 | Views [339]
I left Jaipur yesterday, after spending at least half of my alotted budget on jewelry. After the purchse, the jewelry company owner was driving me back to my hotel, and I started crying! Now, honestly, I have cried in India every single day so far, ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 | Views [596] | Comments [4]
Making purchases: Today, I finally begun making purchases and putting in my orders for my jewelry! Over the last few days, I had a few false starts and I had trouble finding the style and type of quality jewelry I am looking for. But today--BINGO! I ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009 | Views [550] | Comments [2]
The other night, I awoke at 3:45am, cold, sweaty, shaking, belly unsettled, achy. Oh noooo....I'm sick! What I thought was just congestion from inhaling car exhaust (which by my estimates is the rough equivalent of smoking 4-5 packs of cigarettes a ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009 | Views [406] | Comments [1]
I have one full week in Jaipur to figure out where to find the best jewelry markets, and figure out how to import to the US. Jaipur, I've heard, the THE PLACE to buy jewelry. Yesterday, I saw a few shops that had some nice pieces, but I was too tired ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 15 Feb 2009 | Views [351] | Comments [2]
I must tell you some details about the traffic in Delhi. It is unlike anything I have ever seen or imagined in my life. Even more crazy than Mexico City...by a lot. So imagine this: Motorcycles, bikes, horse drawn carriages, autorickshaws, bicycle ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 15 Feb 2009 | Views [399]
It's amazing how I've gone so quickly from one extreme to the other today.... My day started at 3am in Delhi. I was feeling just awful...frustrated, alone, doubtful, scared. I wondered if coming here was a bhorrible mistake. I was exhausted but I ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 14 Feb 2009 | Views [385] | Comments [3]
And so it is morning on my second day in Delhi. Somehow, I am not jetlagged even though the time difference is 12 hours from Denver! I find myself tired around midnight and awake around 6...although waking up that early probably has to due with the ... Read more >
