We visited Kanyalkumari, where the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea all meet at the southernmost tip of India. It’s a stunning and beautiful place, and it’s easy to stop just about anywhere that has a glimpse of the sea to just soak in the sea breeze, sea view and glorious sunshine.
Of course, [...]
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Getting There and Away: India Style
Since January we have been on the move, never in the same place for more than a few weeks and rarely for more than a few days. We’ve found ourselves in planes, trains and automobiles. On bicycles, of the human powered variety as well as electric. Not to mention motorcycles and all manner of rickshaws. [...]
In search of understanding
I think curiousity could play a great role in helping us to understand why others behave as they do, but also to examine our own rituals and purposes.
- Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian journalist and former Governor-General of Canada, “The Society of Difference,” 2007 Lecture of the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium
After almost four months of travel in India, I [...]
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 [...]
back to the subcontinent
After what felt like whirlwind tour of Toronto and Chicago – it was wonderful to see so many people! – we’re back in India. It’s kind of hard to believe that between rIAm and myself we had at least 6 different blog ideas we wanted to write while home.
None happened.
rIAm did manage one post while [...]
travelin’ companion
Our nearly 7 weeks in India have been an interesting mix of activity and rest, friendly faces and pushy vendors, solitude and companionship. We started by making new friends in Mumbai, and then landed in a slice of heaven on the farm in Gujarat.
You can visit the photos from our time on the farm here, [...]
