A new friend on the train.
Jay is a bright, friendly young man I met on the train from Jaisalmer to Anand, India. He recently [...]
Snippets of Jaisalmer
Snippets of Life in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India: 99% of the people on the streets and in the shops and [...]
Extra passengers & Our trusted driver
On the way to our second Jain temple, our tuk-tuk driver asked if we minded if he picked up [...]
Jain temples
A Jain temple outside of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. Jains practice nonviolence to the point of ahimsa: harm no [...]
Magnificent Fort at Jaisalmer
The 860-year-old fort in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India is one of the world's oldest "living forts," i.e., one that [...]
Fun at Gadisar Lake
Maya went off to do her own thing this afternoon, but after a while she called me and said [...]
Fun at Lake Gadisar
Maya went off to do her own thing this afternoon, but soon called me saying it's beautiful at Lake [...]
Why did the camel cross the road?
And you may ask yourself, "Is that a freaking camel?!" Yes that is a came crossing the road on [...]
Joining the dance!
At a desert resort outside of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. The dancer announced she was going to do a group [...]
Camel riding!
Maya and I rode camels in the desert outside Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. Just holding on while one of [...]
Tibetan Children’s Village
our tibetan friends Sonam and Tenzin were kind enough to show Nidhi and me the Tibetan Children's Village where [...]
learning hindi on the way to st. john church
plans to visit the tibetan children's center were postponed because of heavy rain, so Nidhi and i walked to [...]
tarot, fate, and synchronicity
i got a very positive tarot reading, including not one but two Lover cards! Nidhi was less [...]
morning tea with a buddhist monk
i was having my morning tea when my new friend Tenzing happened to stop by. he asked me if [...]
celebrating the dalai lama with dance.
when the dalai lama fled tibet, he made his new home here in dharamshala, himal pradesh state, nothern [...]
english class at a tibetan learning center
this is the first few people gathering, as well as the teacher, at the Learning and Information for Tibet [...]
tibetan museum
Nidhi and i went to the tibetan museum with her two tibetan friends. this typewriter has keys with tibetan [...]
2 Tibetans join us for the day
Nidhi and i went to a tibetan temple and the tibetan museum with two friends she met when she [...]
NIDHI & new friendships
i met some good people when i was here in dharamshala for the first time a couple weeks ago, [...]
exploring Danda Village
it took me several days to get my indian SIM card, partly because for a couple of days i [...]
animals abound
animals in india seem to assume their right to mix in with the people, and the people don't seem [...]
day 1 in india: Danda Village
i stay in a poor but thriving neighborhood called Danda Village. technically it's a suburb, but it looks and [...]