Bag Men

What an episode we had with these guys. They patched and fixed my shoes, daypack, main pack and even sewed on a few flags I needed done. Things were wonderful until they tried to charge us $60 USD. *&%$!! While I don't blame them for trying the average laborer here makes like $3 USD a day, so why would I give these guys anything more than that for 30 minutes of work and limited materials. It was quite the fight but they left with over $2 each and we parted ways.

Hippies, Yoga, Mountains but NO Beer

September 16th 2006
Well my time in Delhi lasted a little longer than I originally expected, it seems that getting money in India isn’t as easy as it has been elsewhere. Only the obvious ATM’s work and those are only in the very major cities. I decided to stock up on cash since I still don’t have a credit card because of Arusha and my travelers checks are a long forgotten memory. I can’t say Delhi was the ... 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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