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Congratulations

It’s hard to believe, but one week ago today Justin and Stephanie tied the knot, threw a great party, and found themselves a married couple. I had the distinct pleasure – and honor – of serving as the best man. As Justin and Steph jet off to Hawaii (maybe they’re already there), I thought I’d [...]

of matrimony (and manure)

While rIAm was off meditating, Hari’s niece was in the midst of getting married. It was decided to bring me along, so I could experience some of an Indian wedding. Talk about making rIAm jealous!
Since we’d had some misunderstandings in the past about when certain plans were going to happen, I was careful to inquire [...]

Our time in Kutch has expired

jft and I are currently in Bhuj, awaiting the Kutch Express, which will take us to Ahmedabad, where we take another train to Jalgoan, to begin the south Indian portion of our adventure.
We headed to this city, the major one of the Kutch region of Gujarat, after we parted ways today with our lovely Nu [...]

it’s all farm for me

As we reached the crossroads where we bid our share taxi goodbye and waited for Hari, the farm manager, to pick us up, we spent a good deal of energy trying to communicate to the assembled locals that we didn’t need any of their rickshaws. Finally the message got through, and the local postman, mailbag [...]

Toronto = multicultural + nice and polite people

Toronto is whacking me over the head with its multiculturalism and its niceness.
I can say this because I am in Toronto. Whoops, did we forget to tell you? We are in North America for a few weeks, the original intention of returning to be here for my dear cugina’s (and maid of honour!) wedding celebration [...]