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| 13th December 2009 Aunt Tamara | forgot - From: December Routine to say ... Love you! Aunt Tam | ||||||||||||
| 13th December 2009 Aunt Tamara | Good to share - From: December Routine I have taken the liberty of sharing your adventures with my students. You have extended your reach too a few hundred more minds. | ||||||||||||
| 13th December 2009 ellen | shoplifting - From: December Routine last time I was in London I was wandering in Soho, and these bullet-bodied fierce men ran down a young gangly Jamacian boy, and took him HARD to the ground, rough and mean, and all the bystanders and the shopkeepers were cheering them on, and I yelled "WHY?" and they said "he probably stole something, Theif! Theif!" and I yelled loudly at all their righteous pinhead British selves "You Don't KNOW he did ANYTHING! You didn't see ANYTHING! Who do you all think you ARE!???" at the cops, too. Assholes. | ||||||||||||
| 13th December 2009 Aunt Pat | WalMart in China - From: December Routine Silly me, WalMart in China, who knew? | ||||||||||||
| 11th December 2009 jpob | revered grandfather - From: Donglinsi Your grandfather was treated as a holy ancestor. Maybe, die your hair white? | ||||||||||||
| 9th December 2009 Tifa | Temples! - From: Donglinsi Looks amazing! This will definitely be on my list of things to see in Jianxgi.. I've actually been on a temple hunt in Nanchang, and thus far, none look as inspiring as this one..also, wouldn't describe myself as tree hugger but that tree is badass..is it not? | ||||||||||||
| 7th December 2009 Aunt Pat | - From: Donglinsi Brendan, your pictures are amazing! What an amazing journey. | ||||||||||||
| 2nd December 2009 jpob | - From: Jiujiang budget- October 21 to November 21 Best to you, nephew. I once brought winter clothes from Seattle to Hong Kong with a plan to sell in Nepal. But when I got to Nepal, I realized that they had all the best stuff from the mtn climbers. My load was worthless. Oh, well. | ||||||||||||
| 1st December 2009 granthana | superb. - From: hello from Raiganj the pics r awesome..u people r also very cute... | ||||||||||||
| 27th November 2009 momma | Confucius says: - From: Jiujiang budget- October 21 to November 21 "They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. " budgets and missions need be dressed for the weather.... | ||||||||||||
| 27th November 2009 Aunt Pat | - From: Jiujiang budget- October 21 to November 21 Happy Thanksgiving Brendan! | ||||||||||||
| 25th November 2009 Devin | One of us! One of us! - From: Snow, Performances, and Basketball I'm not sure how I feel about the proximity of the words "freakishly" and "brother." | ||||||||||||
| 23rd November 2009 Mary O | - From: Snow, Performances, and Basketball You look freakishly like your brother! | ||||||||||||
| 22nd November 2009 FG | hey - From: Snow, Performances, and Basketball miss you Bren. | ||||||||||||
| 22nd November 2009 FG | hey - From: Snow, Performances, and Basketball miss you Bren. | ||||||||||||
| 22nd November 2009 babamcrib | Ta shi Yindu-ren ma? - From: My Dream Job Mom is dui-de- correct. Yinduren simply means "Indian". | ||||||||||||
| 8th November 2009 momma | - From: My Dream Job I thought "Yindu" would mean Hindu but Devin says it is a recognized ethnic group. I'll tell him the "DT" on second look is "DJ" Have you listened to radio music? | ||||||||||||
| 4th November 2009 ellen | dream jobs - From: My Dream Job I loved seeing "reporter" up there. at least four of those jobs involved somehow the notion of telling the truth. YES! | ||||||||||||
| 3rd November 2009 Devin | Fistshaking is the most powerful tool in a teacher's arsenal - From: My Dream Job What's "DT" on the jobs list? I googled Yindu and am suitably impressed. Also googled it to make sure they weren't guessing you were from Xinjiang. | ||||||||||||
| 3rd November 2009 Tifa | burritos in China! - From: Food, glorious food! I too live in Jiangxi (Nanchang) and those burritos sound bad ass! The lack of teaching hours, high pay and scrumptous food..what else could one ask for? high five! and keep enjoying your adventures. | ||||||||||||
| 26th October 2009 anonymous | - From: Food, glorious food! I hope you do gain some weight you were way to skinny last time I saw you!! | ||||||||||||
| 26th October 2009 Aunt Pat | - From: Food, glorious food! Stop it already, you are making me hungry. Your chinese food looks much better than the chinese food here in Clarkville. I see you are on Skype now - very cool-Im on Skype too - ever get bored - give me a call! | ||||||||||||
| 22nd October 2009 alfred e. O'Brien | thrift - From: One Month's Budget in China Dear Brendan, I wish that you were Sec. of the US Treasury. love grandpal,Al. | ||||||||||||
| 22nd October 2009 momma | - From: One Month's Budget in China what would your apartment cost to rent? | ||||||||||||
| 19th October 2009 JP OBrien | language learning - From: Chinese Lessons You will get out of it what you put in. 12 months of concentrated daily weekely workouts w language will add t your worthy thurst. Great motivation. Hanging with the street vendors/resturants. God bless. | ||||||||||||
| 18th October 2009 Kathleen | - From: The Jiangxi Countryside that bathroom looks like it is for very fat cartoonish shaped people with teeny legs | ||||||||||||
| 14th October 2009 momma | - From: Chinese Lessons Discover China, Learn Chinese! | ||||||||||||
| 4th October 2009 momma | - From: The Jiangxi Countryside love seeing the pictures especially the ones in which you appear! | ||||||||||||
| 4th October 2009 Ellen | moon - From: The Jiangxi Countryside funny, I was lookin' at that same moon last night wondering if the weather was letting you look at it. | ||||||||||||
| 4th October 2009 babamcrib | food - From: A quick tour of Jiujiang Devin wins- they are frogs. | ||||||||||||
| 3rd October 2009 Ellen | that temple - From: Lu Shan reminds me quite a bit of a couple of the Buddhist temples I saw in Thailand. | ||||||||||||
| 3rd October 2009 Aunt Pat | Market surprise - From: A quick tour of Jiujiang Love hearing about your adventures! Please identify stuff from market - snails, chipmunks, what were those striped munchies? | ||||||||||||
| 30th September 2009 devin | frogs? - From: A quick tour of Jiujiang That park is gorgeous. If I lived in Jiujiang, I would start one of those obnoxious historical recreation societies and stage the Battle of Lake Poyang. | ||||||||||||
| 30th September 2009 laurie obrien | love you forever - From: A quick tour of Jiujiang pictures are great . do the boats that come past new dam up the yangze go past jiujiang? i think the market food is snails. sounds like a nice place to be for a year. take care, love you forever, grannie | ||||||||||||
| 29th September 2009 alfred e. O'Brien | Beauty - From: A quick tour of Jiujiang Bren--sounds as though have found a true to life garden of contentment. love,grandpal Al. | ||||||||||||
| 26th September 2009 sonia | - From: settlin' in do the parents pick up after there kids when they crap in the streets??? | ||||||||||||
| 26th September 2009 Ellen | stan' back - From: settlin' in that praying mantis is SO BEAUTIFUL!!! glad to be in the same world with it... | ||||||||||||
| 24th September 2009 Aunt Pat | My traveling nephew - From: Second Day Brendan - great to see you are back on Travel Blog. Maybe sometime you are back in the States you will come to visit us in the wilds of Virginia! Looks as though your parents will be coming to visit next year. Because I have a new email address what do I have to do to get your blogs automatically? Have some fun for me! | ||||||||||||
| 24th September 2009 Eileen | - From: Ni hao from the People's Republic! Great to hear everything is going well. | ||||||||||||
| 22nd September 2009 Auntie Tam | Fantastic Journey - From: Ni hao from the People's Republic! Everything sounds amazing. We love you and look forward to your next posting. Love You forever...Auntie Tamara and Family | ||||||||||||
| 22nd September 2009 Ellen | well then - From: Ni hao from the People's Republic! Welcome Home, says I. welcome right home. already telling us what you're wearing. not wearing... din waste no time. | ||||||||||||
| 21st September 2009 JPOBrien | welcome to tomorrow - From: Ni hao from the People's Republic! Wonderful commentary, BPO. Sounds like this morning here: observing teen clothing customs, noticing reassuring smells, and reminding early morning school kids that "the epidemic situation is nervous, we should have a good mood." | ||||||||||||
| 20th September 2009 momma | Blessings for your new adventure - From: The Land of the Free >> The love and affection of the angels be to you, The love and affection of the saints be to you, The love and affection of heaven be to you, To guard and to cherish you. May God shield you on every step, May He aid you on every path, And may He hold you safe on every slope, On every hill and on every plain; On earth and on sea until you are home again.<< | ||||||||||||
| 26th May 2009 snigdha dip sengupta | love my raiganj - From: countryside thoughts some more picture of raiganj | ||||||||||||
| 30th April 2009 FG | ahem - From: Homeward bound (we'll examine your breasts when you git here...) | ||||||||||||
| 14th February 2009 momma | "wicked beard" - From: Windy Wellington remember when you were young and small and we looked up your name which meant either 'little raven' or 'stinking beard'? | ||||||||||||
| 16th January 2009 alex | tim tams - From: Kiwi TV have you been eating tim tams? my friend just got back from a quarter studying in new zealand and he introduced us to the "tim tam slam" with hot chocolate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam_Slam | ||||||||||||
| 16th January 2009 supartha | Great - From: back in Kolkata (again) I really appreciate the part where u have written about the killings which have happened in Kolkata during the partition .I myself was born and brought up in Kolkata , and I know what you mean , and what we are proud of . We have been unperturbed during the riots which have crippled India on many occassions. Never ever we had thought that we will do the same mistake which our foefathers did.To add to the fact is that Kolkata is ruled by a communist governments who implement their socialistic values amongst their citizens . Thanks Supartha | ||||||||||||
| 11th January 2009 Onkar Joshi | which Baba? - From: three of the coolest things I've seen in Hampi I am not sure which of the two Sai Babas the girl mistook you for, but I think it is the one from Shirdi, going by the picture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi The Sathya Sai Baba claims to be a reincarnation of this Sai Baba, though this is disputed by many. | ||||||||||||
| 7th January 2009 momma | couple questions - From: accomidation where do you use the internet? does your room include any meals or kitchen to use? any ghosts? | ||||||||||||
| 5th January 2009 alex | - From: Wellington be careful mixing kava and alcohol, i've heard it could be bad for your liver | ||||||||||||
| 3rd January 2009 momma | reads like a natural wonderland paradise - From: Wellington the only troubles google news NZ seems to have are lost tourists | ||||||||||||
| 27th December 2008 ellen | John Prine flashback - From: in the KL airport, the internet is free! remines me of a old John Prine song where he says "God damn! My socks are still hard!".... | ||||||||||||
| 26th December 2008 momma | parents advise care - From: killin' time in the "Seattle of India" #17 parasites!!!! #20 sociopaths | ||||||||||||
| 24th December 2008 ellen | Merry Christmas Brennie - From: chollo Zealand Notun! from da land of sixteen inches of snow and it's falling like a banshee still, in the morning dark. Deer behind the house, two gorgeous ones. Doe's lessons woan leave you never, won't take work to keep them. "Everything changes but nothing is lost". You ARE one a dem wise guys, get it straight...F.G. | ||||||||||||
| 13th December 2008 RG | Hi - From: back in Kolkata (again) Hi mate, I have been following your travel blog for few months India and enjoying it. I spent 12 months in Kolkata studying many years ago and miss the city so much. All the best. Do keep writing and entertaining. | ||||||||||||
| 6th December 2008 momma | surprised!!!! - From: three of the coolest things I've seen in Hampi despite: http://www.sathyasai.org.nz/ probably best to accessorize for business before entry | ||||||||||||
| 6th December 2008 F.G. | it ain't the beard, pal - From: three of the coolest things I've seen in Hampi it's da ting goin' on wid the hand. I've been amazed by dat about you for alla da years. F.G. | ||||||||||||
| 29th November 2008 babamcrib | - From: terrorism only works if we become scared haha, always good to get free medical advice. mosquitos are the only creatures I kill on purpose. | ||||||||||||
| 27th November 2008 Uncle B | danger boy - From: terrorism only works if we become scared Brendan, I'm glad you are doing well and are not fearful, but are being smart and careful. Remember that mosquitoes are a far greater danger than terrorists in India. Also rickshaws and cars. Also water. | ||||||||||||
| 27th November 2008 Aunt Pat | - From: terrorism only works if we become scared A wise man fears the power of his mother. | ||||||||||||
| 24th November 2008 Ellen | the dogs - From: the place where sandals go to die I know the dogs are approachable, yet have an edge of danger...a blend not unfamiliar to our well-loved correspondent... | ||||||||||||
| 16th November 2008 Pankaj | didi not diddi - From: Ami khoob sukkhi It's didi not diddi, didi ~ elder sister/grand mother. :) | ||||||||||||
| 3rd November 2008 kathleen | halloween - From: eki eki i missed the diaper and pacifier this year. i hope things are well! | ||||||||||||
| 29th October 2008 momma | Big wheel keep on turnin' - From: a first your attentive caring respected his humanity, you honored him with your curiosity, you calmed him with your song. ekkane nirapad. | ||||||||||||
| 25th October 2008 devin | courtesy Rick Steves - From: The 23rd of October i found out a fascinating fact today! if the average American quit working for the year on the 23rd of October, they'd work the same number of days of the year as the average European. pretty interesting! | ||||||||||||
| 24th October 2008 babamcrib | - From: The 23rd of October peanuts and curd, but close enough | ||||||||||||
| 23rd October 2008 momma | trying to figure what you're eating - From: The 23rd of October is it almonds and yogurt? | ||||||||||||
| 23rd October 2008 devin | jeez - From: Jedi Mind Tricks (or "why I don't like Delhi") "These aren't the Americans you're looking for. You can go about your business." I tried finding a youtube clip so Mom could get the reference but the only ones I found had all the CGI crap from the special edition— which made me too sad along the same lines. "Materially rich" unnecessary trappings clouding the original point! | ||||||||||||
| 18th October 2008 babamcrib | - From: Loads of Irish Well, the story about Mr. O'Brien is certainly true, and the English wrote the other one out of the history books. | ||||||||||||
| 17th October 2008 momma | Ireland, India and the Empire - From: Loads of Irish I think maybe you are dancing and singing and making up tall tales..... though it has been said "'Those Englishmen who know something about India, are even now those who understand Ireland best." John Stuart Mill 1868 | ||||||||||||
| 15th October 2008 babamcrib | - From: The best thing about America well, of course the best thing about America would be very prominent in America's best city | ||||||||||||
| 14th October 2008 momma | maybe taco buses are the best thing about Seattle - From: The best thing about America google "taco buses" 363 hits google "taco buses" seattle 251 hits | ||||||||||||
| 9th October 2008 babamcrib | - From: first verbal interaction with Kolkata police I respectfully disagree, but I very much appreciate your reading of my blog and sharing your thoughts. | ||||||||||||
| 8th October 2008 Som | religion - From: first verbal interaction with Kolkata police I have been reading your points of views from your country as you explore mine. As per as religion goes,I feel its the worst thing humans created which divides them like nothing else. May be there was a requirement in stone/medieval ages when some wise (relative to that time, not now) men (like the messiahs) thought it would be beneficial to weave the uneducated and barbarian people in a fabric/group by the help of it, but in modern world (educated/enlightened with science) it turns out to be an absolute corrosive to human progress(as in science) as it does not match the intellectual standards of modern day man; and some evil minded people ( and some really stupid people) for power and pleasure (be it mental/monetary or any other form) have been taking full advantage. Most of us 'other mortals' just blindly follow the herd without ever questioning as we have seen our parents do the same and are too afraid to step out of the boundaries of non-reasoning. | ||||||||||||
| 8th October 2008 Sam | - From: how to tell if someone is truly poor in India Ha! I'm glad that the hat went to good use. Bellingham just isn't the same without you and you are greatly missed, but I'm glad your trip has been so rewarding- safe travels! | ||||||||||||
| 1st October 2008 momma | caritas - From: September Budget you are experiencing the essence of caring. you are responding to people as persons, seeing their needs you feel human sympathy and then act with helpful kindness. some will name this the divinely inspired virtue of charity, others will call it being fully human. whatever its name or source it gives meaning to life. | ||||||||||||
| 30th September 2008 benny bongo | got any blues - From: phased Go0od to read that yer still livin it up in the quarters of suddar street brendan.. Keep up the quality postings... It helps me to focus on saving my cash to head back out again and not to piss the sands of time onto the desert square trying to make it pyramidic. Om shanti... | ||||||||||||
| 29th September 2008 alex | nirvana and sadhu flip - From: oh, the places you'll go "in the pines" in india? one of my favorites, but that's just bizarre | ||||||||||||
| 26th September 2008 Sanish | A true experience of a traveller - From: oh, the places you'll go Well i really loved reading your post.. especially the "The three most interesting locals" part ;)) . Anyway before your next visit to India, do get all the info you need and also the best travel agents for each location from www.indiaroutemap.com | ||||||||||||
| 25th September 2008 momma | thankful - From: oh, the places you'll go so glad you recovered to return to Kolkata in time for Durga Puja. so VERY glad the Mother of the Universe did not show you her Kali aspect. Aum shanti shanti shanti. | ||||||||||||
| 18th September 2008 Pankaj | Hello from Raiganj - From: hello from Raiganj I was searching some thing about my home town and found your blog. Thanks for sharing those pictures. "Ruins of the Adina Mosque" is very nice. | ||||||||||||
| 12th September 2008 momma | particularly grand and elderly tree..... - From: August India Budget and the kid with my name was it a fig tree? | ||||||||||||
| 10th September 2008 momma | Ghandi on Ramanama - From: Left a good job in the city... "When a child, my nurse taught me to repeat Ramanama whenever I felt afraid or miserable, and it has been second nature with me with growing knowledge and advancing years. I may even say that the Word is in my heart, if not actually on my lips, all the twenty-four hours. It has been by saviour and I am ever stayed on it. In the spiritual literature of the world, the Ramayana of Tulsidas takes a foremost place. It has charms that I miss in the Mahabharata and even in Valmiki's Ramayana" | ||||||||||||
| 8th September 2008 momma | what a whim - From: train drain to travel from Shangri-la to the Burning Ghats....something like stardust to 'dust to dust' | ||||||||||||
| 3rd September 2008 momma | no wonder the Dalai Lama is exhausted - From: Mcleod Ganj Tuesday was the 48th anniversary of the Tibetan government-in-exile at Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. | ||||||||||||
| 30th August 2008 momma | floods - From: Majnu Ka Tila these floods are terrible and widespread. Project Concern International, UNICEF, Doctors without Borders, Save the Children and Catholic Relief Services are in the area working with local organizations and can take online donations. | ||||||||||||
| 29th August 2008 UB | GH - From: New Delhi day part du How bout, if Kolkata is Tacoma, then New Delhi is Gig Harbor? | ||||||||||||
| 27th August 2008 momma | may the ten toes of your feet steer you clear of misfortune - From: amar chollo Delhi safe travels dear one. don't trust anyone with nukes! we look forward to your coming home someday and singing to us. if you bring a wife bring plenty of goats too. | ||||||||||||
| 25th August 2008 momma | faith in humanity - From: quick addendum perhaps the confusion caused by ambiguity gives you more faith humans can solve conflict because the curious child was a Zen or Jedi master | ||||||||||||
| 15th August 2008 momma | - From: Azaadi har ek ki! "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is lead forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action- Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake." RABINDERANATH TAGORE | ||||||||||||
| 12th August 2008 Anish kumar | observation good feeling bad ??? - From: bollywood and orange shirts Hi , i was reading ur interesting blog when i came to realise how bad u would be feeling having to see different prices on the same day for the same item at different places. as such people are not honest as they are supposed to be even to indians. it is a bargain of "how well u know d market price ?? " ,than what d actual price is ? U can always stare at the seller when u feel u r being charged exessively ,to ur discomfort, but thats the way things work here. A pleasant "hi " increases the price of ur purchase . Any way u will have a great emotional and wonderfull experience, if u r ready. luv. -anish kumar | ||||||||||||
| 11th August 2008 momma | orange shirt - From: bollywood and orange shirts young orange-shirted Kanwaria pilgrims have been known to get frenzed. | ||||||||||||
| 9th August 2008 momma | ektoo, ektoo - From: mission accomplished soon you can say:ami bangla olpo-olpo bolte pari | ||||||||||||
| 8th August 2008 alex | - From: food and drink i'm glad we share similar viewpoints on economic vegetarianism. how about "uncle o'reilly's tofu tapas and paneer palace." motto: it's only human to be consumin' our humane human cheese! | ||||||||||||
| 8th August 2008 momma | enchilada enchilada - From: food and drink you really have a hunger here, looks like you'd be willing to spend an entire day's usual allowance of food and drink money for this! | ||||||||||||
| 5th August 2008 Amy | goats grazing - From: attitudes of Indians and Westerners Good post. There may be some hope for us - I did see goats grazing a hillside recently in Seattle. Seems it has been "discovered" they do a great job on the weeds, blackberries.... | ||||||||||||
| 5th August 2008 Amy | More men - From: (almost) one month's budget in India There may be more men, but are they "quality" men that you would want your daughter to marry? Just wondering.... | ||||||||||||
| 3rd August 2008 devin | a phenomenal post - From: Lungi Madness way to be a rapscallion on two continents. sadly, i think there may be many more restaurants in seattle with more stringent dress codes than you realize, but they're the sort of places america's happily insulated middle class might never even hear about. be careful around temples for a while! and if i eventually understood your facebook post, i wuz woo too. | ||||||||||||
| 31st July 2008 Sonia | - From: (almost) one month's budget in India Sounds like you should become a nurse whenever you return i think you would find it very rewarding work. | ||||||||||||
| 27th July 2008 Travellers-Post | Interesting Reading - From: attitudes of Indians and Westerners Great, Neutral view of the Indian ways, except for the comment "Indians are very proud people, and do not enjoy being yelled at by gaandu ferangis" No one that I know of, talks of the foreigners (firangi) like that. Nearly always they are respected. Even the educated class respect them for the development that the British brought to the country. Of course arrogance and being yelled at is never liked by any people anywhere in the world! :) Indians have voted their politicians (Article in a leading Indian magazine) at the same rank as pimps, because of this very arrogance which they show toward the common man. You will be hard pressed to find an arrogant Indian (unless he is a government servant!) | ||||||||||||
| 25th July 2008 momma | Utterly helpless,trusting in God - From: attitudes of Indians and Westerners this blog will be disturbing for some. this blog made your momma happy and your daddy proud. | ||||||||||||
| 23rd July 2008 momma | maybe compliments aren't going to your head - From: the people i've met and the Lok Sabha but your spatial humor sense is playing tricks: nice post from "Hong Kong"..... Wikipedia says West Bengal has the most 'bandhs' of any state in India, up to 50 a year. The strikes last several hours to several days. The Supreme Court of India banned them in 1998 but political parties still call for the protests. | ||||||||||||
| 21st July 2008 Kathleen Knisely | nice clothes - From: back in Kolkata your clothes look like their for someone twice your size. I hope that you have fun back in the city. It's been great to read your about your happenings. we all miss you at the house of ellis especially when it comes to our two big cleaning days....uck. | ||||||||||||
| 14th July 2008 Amy Sparks | Hi from Seattle - From: wonderful day Brendan, I just found your bolg. Very interesting to read and see the pictures. I like pictures you should add more. (Either I am not very literate or extremely literate as a picture is worth a thousand words.) Take care. ; ) | ||||||||||||
| 14th July 2008 Pritam | Hello Brendon! - From: countryside thoughts Its really kind of you to post positive remark in front of this blog. Yes, Caste system is a really big problem here. But unlike many parts of India (especially northern India) Dalits( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit)are not seriously abused by Upper Class (especially Aryan) in West Bengel. In Northern India where they are sometimes brutally killed by them. If you read local newspaper you might find at least one report in a week. The problem is India hasnt got a single eligible political party to run this country with ease. Not to mention about illiteracy, corruption, pollution, lack of minimal health service and so on&&.. Thank you very much for sharing these travel stories with us. Anyway, how long will you stay in Kolkata? Do youve any plan to travel rest of India? Im looking forward for your next blog. | ||||||||||||
| 14th July 2008 babamcrib | - From: hello from Raiganj ah Pritam, you should be careful when taking about the British in a positive light to someone of Irish ancestry! Thanks for reading my blog, I appreciate your comments and thoughts. Please look at this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7460682.stm | ||||||||||||
| 13th July 2008 momma | images of Jesus - From: countryside thoughts artist Jyoti Sahi sees Jesus from an Indian viewpoint http://jyotiartashram.blogspot.com/ | ||||||||||||
| 12th July 2008 Pritam | Hello Brendan! - From: hello from Raiganj I've read allmost all blogs written by you. I'm an Indian. I've lived all my life here in Burdwan(60miles from Kolkata). I think your blog is the 'real picture' of India. Many thinks(who never been to India) that India means Software capital of the world, Outsourcing hotspot etc. I don't like many things and bad habits of Indians. Like cruelty on dogs and other animals. Anyway, Yes I agree with the moneychanger view on politics. Only one party should run the country. But I think British should recolonise this country and rule untill we will be a devloped country. | ||||||||||||
| 11th July 2008 Rachel Sparks | - From: hello from Raiganj Have you ever heard the urinating cab driver story from me or Sonia? If you haven't when we were in Manila, Philippines we were taking a cab to a house. We were stuck in terrible traffic. Our cab driver got out of his cab and peed on the side of the road, very blase and like this was nothing special. | ||||||||||||
| 11th July 2008 momma | Indian Music - From: hello from Raiganj when you get to a music store look for the score of the clarinet solo "Raga Music" by John Mayer | ||||||||||||
| 11th July 2008 Bret Powell | - From: how'd I get here? Ha! Looks like he even shares your dancing style. I'm looking forward to reading your travel blog; keep writing, have fun and stay safe buddy. | ||||||||||||
| 9th July 2008 Aunt Pat | All about perspectives - From: last day in Kolkata for awhile Brendan....Keep the blogs coming! I am enjoying reading about your travels. A lot can be learned about a person through their writing and I am enjoying learning about you. | ||||||||||||
| 9th July 2008 momma | Raiganj - From: practically a local good luck in the countryside, there is a bird sanctuary nearby. Looks like Fr. Puthumai directs a multi-action Social Welfare Institute and is known for a wonderful sense of humor. | ||||||||||||
| 8th July 2008 devin | $$$ - From: practically a local working on getting that check to you so thieving rickshawers don't bleed you dry. sam and i have really been enjoying the blog; you're our number one spot for Internet fun. well, you and icanhascheeseburger. stay safe! if it's brown, drink it down. if it's black, send it back! | ||||||||||||
| 8th July 2008 alex | - From: serendipity that picture sort of resembles an Indian version of Devin | ||||||||||||
| 7th July 2008 Cousin Clare | Huh? - From: One week until departure I'm still learning my Indian(at least I think that's the language your using!). So what exactly does "Ami tomake bhalobashi!" mean? | ||||||||||||
| 5th July 2008 momma | - From: day tin the Mizo, people of the hills, >>The Mizo code of ethics or dharma focused on "Tlawmngaihna", an untranslatable term meaning that it was the obligation of all members of society to be hospitable, kind, unselfish, and helpful to others. Tlawmngaihna to a Mizo stands for that compelling moral force which finds expression in self-sacrifice for the service of others.<< 4th July 2008 | vishal choudhary i am enjoying ur blogs, plz keep it up - From: happy 4th of July | i am enjoying ur blogs, plz keep it up, i am an indian in kolkata only. i wish u all the best in the city of joy. 4th July 2008 | Rachel Maybe the lack of sleep is why you feel enriched. - From: head first in the deep end | Just kidding! Traveling in developing countries is deeply fascinating and forces us stupid Americans to reexamine how much privilege we have. I look forward to hearing more of your adventures! 3rd July 2008 | momma crows - From: head first in the deep end | they are common house crows corvus splendens interestingly there is a band called Crows of Calcutta there in Calcutta and utube videos of India's crows people like them except last February when some dead ones caused birdflu fear 3rd July 2008 | devin@work espalande - From: head first in the deep end | that's the name of the neighborhood you're in, right? i tried guessing from the wikitravel page for kolkata. ( http://wikitravel.org/en/Kolkata/Esplanade ) glad to hear you survived your inaugural taxi ride and passed through your inaugural anxiety flurry. still bracing for the inaugural stomach ailments, but i'm sure you'll pass through them with less notice than i would've given. stay cool, milky! 2nd July 2008 | devin and sam weeeeeeeeee - From: I just flew across the pacific, and man my arms are tired | sam's reaction to your post is the comment title above. it's the sound of you catapulting into a strange hybrid of the middle ages and the 22nd century. cowabunga! 1st July 2008 | devin godspeed, john glenn - From: Swagutam to my second entry | from devin and sam |