A hearty breakfast in the garden at Raas girded us for a full day of overland travel, leaving the Rajput Kingdom of Jodhpur as we headed to Udaipur. I have to say, that in spite of the many indisputable ways
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India Revisited: Valentine’s Day in Jodhpur
We arrived in the Kingdom of Jodhpur, our first stop in Rajasthan, which is located on the edge of the edge of the Thar Desert and was ruled by the powerful Rathor clan on an interrupted basis since the 5th
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India Revisited: Amazing Amritsar
A short flight due north took us to Amritsar, also known as “City of Nectar,” and the home of the Sikh faith. Although less than 2% of India’s population, the Sikhs are easily recognizable with their distinctive full beards and
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India Revisited: Delhi Delights
A 90-minute flight brought us to Delhi, the political capital and home to over 16 million inhabitants making it India’s 3rd largest city. I don’t know if it was our mid day flight time or just plain lucky, but we
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India Revisited: The Virtues of Varanasi
The pre-dawn wake up call came early, and we hustled to the airport, bound for the spiritual capital of the Hindu world. Two hours northeast of Mumbai, on the west bank of the Ganges River, we landed at Varanasi—also known
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India Revisited: The UNESCO Caves of Ajanta and Ellora
Our day began early with a 7:30 AM start from the hotel and a two hour drive to Ajanta, site of 30 rock cut cave temples built between 2nd century BC to 5th century AD. In India there are 1241
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India Revisited: Bombay Dreams, Part 2
We visited a small Christian community in the heart of the city called Khotachi Wadi which is a throwback to Portuguese times and the architecture and name plates of its residents reflect this –names like Rodrigues and Gomes. We wandered
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India Revisited: Bombay Dreams
I questioned the wisdom of my mid-winter routing via Boston, but miraculously everything worked, and I arrived in Mumbai after an uneventful journey at 1 AM. My longtime friends, Shonali Datta and Negendrah Singh (the latter would be our guide
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Iceland
Iceland: The Land of Fire and Ice
Our second go-around at the Sandholt Bakery was just as good as the first and we were collected at 9 AM for a 2-day “Super Jeep” safari with Jon from PTI exploring the hinterlands and some of the nature for which Iceland
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