ready for Old Delhi

Caryl took this at the Canadian High Commissioner's house, which we stopped at to see on our way to Old Delhi. I am dressed for the trip, covered for modesty and to keep the sun off and wearing my Mephisto shoes, bought especially for this trip.

leaving Delhi

April 3rd 2006
I am leaving tonight on an overnight train to Dharamsala, home of the Dalai Lama, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. I will be there for a month or so, volunteering as an Assistant Art Therapist at Art Refuge, to work with Tibetan refugee children. This past week I have spent relaxing in Delhi, sleeping a lot, dealing with a second bout of TD (Traveller's Diarrhea -- I think I picked up a bug ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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