way cool in India! You have made the trip so truely interesting and you won't have to verbalize so much post trip. Where is Pierce's photo of Dali Lama?
Great to hear from you Hi Beth and Pierce.
Greg and I were in the office at TJ (which is very quiet these days, often just the 2 of us) and we got your wonderful e-mail. Boy, you guys take travel to a whole other level. Southern Italy is as third world as I get. It sounds like you are having a fabulous and adventurous time. Enjoy this time - I know you are. There will be plenty of time for work later. Have the experience of your lifetime.
It will be fun to keep track of your journey.
Take care and Happy (and Safe) Travels,
Jeff
Great to hear from you Hi Beth and Pierce.
Greg and I were in the office at TJ (which is very quiet these days, often just the 2 of us) and we got your wonderful e-mail. Boy, you guys take travel to a whole other level. Southern Italy is as third world as I get. It sounds like you are having a fabulous and adventurous time. Enjoy this time - I know you are. There will be plenty of time for work later. Have the experience of your lifetime.
It will be fun to keep track of your journey.
Take care and Happy (and Safe) Travels,
Jeff
Interesting This is interesting and sad at the same time. It makes me feel as though what we would like to capture as a simple memento to place in a frame or a photo album sadly takes on the likeness of greed...but perhaps greed really isn't the word I'm looking for because the act of taking a picture in cases like this is not laden with malice. It's such an awkward feeling, especially when you realize that what you have disappoints. What you have doesn't capture what you saw and it doesn't seem to soak up the moment at all. It's rather empty...depressingly empty. In your case, I imagine this was compounded by the throng of beggars which came about as Avtar said they would. An even greater proof that the raw experience was inadvertently exchanged for emptiness. I have been there, just in a different capacity--in a different place. This brings back memories of Panama and, most recently, my short travels in China. I guess it's one of those things that, in the end, refuses to be digitized--one must truly experience this to know. By the way, traffic (motorized, pedestrian, in betweens) is CRAZY in Asia!!!!
Had to be frightening!!! Having all those people surround you had to be fightening! Thank heavens you two got safely out of there! Where is the photo...bet it is still good!
A driver really did make a difference. So glad you did get a driver. Sounds like he has made the trip so much more fun. Now I have this image of you two being driven all over India by the little boy in "Jungle Book"...
Ahhh..our daughter the celeb!!! This reminds me of taking you to Tunisia and the people touching your blond hair. Quite a celeb! Sounds like this might have been one of the times you actually got to mix with the people...even if it was only for a photo.
No wonder you were so tired!! Wow, quite a story! I am sure glad you asked to go back to the airport..wouldn't want you sipping tea and bunking with those tank top guys!
You're famous! I guess now you know what the celebrities go through....
This reminds me of what it was like when I was in Russia. The kids just want to be in pictures, even if it's on your camera and they'll never see them. So cute.
Thanks to an incurable case of wanderlust (and the end of graduate school and the economy being in the pits), here we are...no jobs, no ties to Seattle, no apartment, and no commitments (not even a dog!) for the next several months while we travel the world. On this website, you will find tales from the road--read them if you have time (or maybe if you are bored at work) and make comments if you are so inclined. ... full info
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way cool in India!
You have made the trip so truely interesting and you won't have to verbalize so much post trip. Where is Pierce's photo of Dali Lama?