Welcome to India

How can i possibly convey the experience of my arrival in India? I still need time to reflect on these things, and will write more about it later. So, here is the unedited version.
By the time I arrived, I had been travelling for close to 24 hours, and was already feeling light headed. [...]

Delhi and a Wedding

My second visit to Delhi has been much more comfortable. I am staying with an American friend, Mark, whom I met in Mussoorie. He is one of those amazingly generous people, who is quick to open his home to visitors. Right now he is actually in Sri Lanka for work, but has [...]

Parvez Imam

I think I wrote about my first evening in Varkala, when I met a couple people playing guitar and singing songs. One of them was Parvez, a documentary filmmaker from Delhi. When I got back to Delhi this time, I gave him a ring, and he invited me over for dinner.

A Trip Delayed

I am sorry I haven’t written in so long. The last two weeks have been a bit crazy. Sarah was scheduled to arrive on February 7th, and we had our plans all set. We were going to go to Pushkar and Udaipur in Rajasthan, and then head north to Amritsar, McLeod Ganj [...]

The End of a Journey

Well, it’s almost over. I can hardly believe that six months have gone
by. In some ways it feels like I just stepped off the plane. At the same
time, I have adjusted so much to the life here, that my arrival seems in
another lifetime. As I sit here in Delhi at the [...]