Namaste . . . and welcome back! This post details a little more about the Ganga Dasahara celebration and the amazing happenings I witnessed there. Some of it was challenging for my western mind, so I won’t be at all surprised if you, too, are a bit skeptical. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t […]
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As anyone who has ever visited India will tell you, any attempt to describe their experience can only serve as a second-hand view. India must be experienced first hand to be believed. Having said that, I will try to share my experience in the hope that you will forgive my inability to convey anything approaching the wonder […]
Almost six months to the day I left, I gratefully found myself back in the U.S. Now, as I sit in the warmth of a friends’ charming little apartment in Roanoke, Virginia, with a view of snow covered roofs and the homey sight of woodsmoke pouring from chimneys, I find myself reflecting on my time out […]
One month from today I will fly to Ecuador! I’ll land in Guayaquil (pronounced why-a-kill) and from there take a van to Cuenca, a 2.5 to 3 hour drive through the mountains. Friends have told me that riding through the mountains at night is where the adventure begins. (They have obviously never ridden in a taxi […]