Wow! Hi Charlene,
It looks like you are having a wonderful time. Thanks for sending us your blogs so we can live a life of the world traveler too.
I'm sloggin it out to finish the semester at my new school and trying to stay cool in the Japanese humidity. I only get a month of vacation now, so we are off to Michigan on Aug. 22.
We will stop in Portland to see Eve for two days on the way, and will miss picking blackberries out in the burbs with you! (It might be too late by then anyway.)
Take care of yourself (it looks like you know how to do that!) and keep us on the list to see what you are up to. You've made me want a hammock to sway in the breeze!
lol,
Lance and Norio
Glad You're Okay Always happy to hear your wonderful tales of your travels. It sounds like you are in your element. Keep having a great time.
Love, Nancy
Glad You're Okay Hi,
Sharron, Lynn and I were just talking about you and wondering how you were doing because it's been a while since we heard from you.
Sounds like you're having fun and learning lots as always. Life goes on here.
Did you just have a birthday?
Nancy
Happy Belated Birthday It is that short time when you are older than I, so it was time for me to rub it in a little. I hope you had a great birthday, I was thinking of you.
Bombay, Goa, and MORE I finally got time to read your Bombay and Goa news, Charlene. I've been to both and that makes your observations even more of a treat--and of course made me want to revisit. I'm also going through an implant process, and it's taken forever. Spending this forever floating around India sounds way better than all this work I'm doing. But I take off for Patagonia March 3--with a new tooth--and all this seemingly unending paperwork will be immediately forgotten.
Charlotte
Dying to know where you did stay. I am coming to Bmbay with my 4 kids next week and your blog made me so excited! Dying to know where you stayed, as we cannot afford the Taj either!
Thanks for taking the time to define the difference between Jains and other religions. I kept asking people, but just couldn't grasp what I was being told. All I seemed to absorb was the part about the 1. very carefully living moral lives and 2. all the diet restrictions. Your explanation really clears up some of the mystery. Thanks so much.
I was born in Bombay and have lived all my life here. Reading your blog I couldn't help but appreciate the fact that someone had understood real 'pulse' of the city so fast. You have hit the nail of head with all you observations about good and bad aspect of the city. It is a city of extreme contrast. Its not only the place where all parts of India meet each other also plus where India meets the west. Upon that an uneasy but symbiotic existence but the rich and the poor. Its a very very fluid city. Good n bad , ugly n beautiful. Its all here.
Good for you! So many people travel and think that the adventure is only museums and scenery. What a stroke of luck finding these people to chat with about life in India. These are stories that you will never hear from a tour guide--and stories that you will never forget. Good for you for being so open to these encounters!
best,
Donna
Cute as a bug's ear! Hey there, you adventuress - that's a great picture of you on the ferry - you look as good as ever.
I don't think we got this first installment of your travels; in your last on you were in Kolkata (sp?) chattin' up the local Raja...
Great Job! Hi Charlene - you are doing a great job with the pictures - just like a pro! Keep them comming as we are all living vicariously through you. - Michelle
You go girl! Hey there,
Sounds like you are getting it all together for a great adventure. Have fun with all the planning and we will stay tuned.
xxoo
Lance and Norio
I'm a retired American from the Northwest, and I am 67. I left the U.S. on 9/11 (isn't that a date for a departure). Little wonder it was such an easy ticket to get! As one of my best friends has always said, "Life's a risk, so you might as well just do what you want."
The current travel plan, subject to change at anytime, is to spend about 9 months in Asia, then, around mid-June, when Asia becomes unbareable, climate-wise, depart Asia for Brazil.
My first stop is Bangkok. This will be my 5th trip to Bangkok and I'm going there specifically to get tickets to other places. If you're ... full info
Lance
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Hi Charlene, It looks like you are having a wonderful time. Thanks for sending us your blogs so we can live a life of the world traveler too. I'm sloggin it out to finish the semester at my new school and trying to stay cool in the Japanese humidity. I only get a month of vacation now, so we are off to Michigan on Aug. 22. We will stop in Portland to see Eve for two days on the way, and will miss picking blackberries out in the burbs with you! (It might be too late by then anyway.) Take care of yourself (it looks like you know how to do that!) and keep us on the list to see what you are up to. You've made me want a hammock to sway in the breeze! lol, Lance and Norio