I’ve been getting a handful of bounce-back messages from subscribers, so I hope no one’s missing out. For those non-subscribers, I’ve post-dated a post about New Year’s in it’s appropriate place here. The gallery has been gradually being updated while I’ve been in India and I have photos up through Christmas in the Thar Desert. When you have some time to spare take a look.
As you can see here India’s map is up to date as of today. I will work on my expenses for the rest of Nepal and India to date this week. I just sent a package home, so I took new souvenir and sketchbook photos which will be coming online soon as well.
I’ve come to terms that some posts that I’ve saved photos out for may never see the light of day. However, the photos will be coming online, there’s some that are too good to leave behind. Don’t you worry, Tajikistan and Tibet were both started long ago and it’s just a matter of sitting down and finishing. The Tajik post includes the infamous “eyebrow dyeing” photo that’s been requested so much. Sometimes the most interesting places are hardest to put into words. Both needed some time for me to reflect before I could write about them.
Tomorrow morning I’m heading down to the Southern beaches of Goa for a vacation from my vacation. Vacation for me actually means making time for computer-stuff like sorting photos and writing blog entries. Tonight at dinner my waiter gave me a hard time for reading a book. He told me that I shouldn’t be reading on my vacation. The truth is, I don’t have time to read when I’m not on vacation and reading and sketching is one of the best parts of the travel lifestyle for me.
4 responses to “Site Updates: India”
Not read on vacation? I thought that was a normal thing to do. My normal routine before a trip is to head to the library for books to take with me…then again, I don’t travel the way you do.
Happy New Year!
I was so excited to look at your photos from the desert trek- I thought I would see some of the same people in the villages as I was sure all the treks follow the same route- they don’t! Well, I didn’t recognize anyone. I did the desert trek with the Desert Boys from Jaisalmer- they were quite good…
So happy reading your blog!
J.
Sounds like something an Orthodox Jew might suggest on the Sabbath… not reading, it’s half the fun of travel (almost). Any luck with that moleskine? Mines perilously close to finished, worried I might become adrift without it.
Dis,
Can you believe it!? I miss the library. In Mumbai I went to one library and then called two more but they dind’t have any travel sections.
Julie,
I only saw one other group along the way. I think they’re taking people out to other parts of the desert now. But the kids sure had the begging down so it wasn’t “untouched.” I went through Ganesh in the fort.
Iain,
No luck on the moleskine route. But I have a possible place in Cairo so right now it’s my only hope. Thanks for understanding the seriousness of the situation!