Getting the Press

Grab the TP, its time for India.

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April 1st 2008
Before we entered India we, of course, had to exit Kathmandu. Both Chris and I were frisked and our bags searched 3 separate times--once at the entrance, once at the gates, and once in a special frisking tube just outside the airplane. Hurry up, wait. Hurry up, wait. One of the security staff upon seeing my 1 miao Chinese bill inside my purse declared "I like Chinese money." I smiled, ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan

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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