We rode from the village square, through the village, to the school (and then walked back). The brick-paved road was paved snice the JU adoption. Of course, people followed us--it's interesting to be the center of such attention!
Panikhali and the Sunderbans February 3rd 2008 Wow, this was a very long day!
As one of our group commented as we ate dinner, we traveled longer today than we did to get from Dulles to London! None of it anywhere near so comfortably but much more interestingly.
I almost entitled this "And VDOT thinks they have something to worry about" but didn't know how many folks would get that inference.
We started off as near to 7 a.m. as we cou ... read more
Asia » India » West Bengal » Sunderbans 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
This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels!
Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019!
Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023!
For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info