Asia

How to Mail a Package in India

How to Mail a Package in India

Let’s just say you’ve been in India for a few weeks, amassed a bunch of souvenirs for (mostly) yourself and others, and don’t want to lug your new booty around the subcontinent. You head to the post office, with goods in tow. Ask for a shipping box and are met […]

Camel-palooza 2010: The Pushkar Camel Fair

Camel-palooza 2010: The Pushkar Camel Fair

I found myself under a shiny half moon, in the midst of a desert in Pushkar, India, surrounded on all sides by the shadows of thousands of camel silhouettes and the harrowing braying noises that these funny-looking beasts make when they’re happy, mad, or just going to the bathroom. Smoke […]

Udaipur: The City of Lakes

Udaipur: The City of Lakes

More aptly, it’s the city I couldn’t stop photographing. STUNNING, in a word. (The city, mind you, not my photography skillz – hehehe). For more of the eye candy, as well as photos from Diwali (the incredible festival of lights) check out my Udaipur Flickr album.

Explosions in the Sky (Or How I Spent Diwali 2010)

Explosions in the Sky (Or How I Spent Diwali 2010)

On the third night of Diwali, the most celebratory eve of the 4-day Hindu holiday, I sat cross-legged on cushions high above the Rajasthani city of Udaipur at the Soul Meet Cafe, taking in the silky black waters of Lake Pichola, and watching as festivities unfolded below and above my […]

Bunfights Are Better With Friends

Bunfights Are Better With Friends

I thoroughly enjoy adding new terms to my general lexicon, and while scanning my Lonely Planet for deets on the famed Darjeeling sunrise overlooking the 3rd highest mountain in the world, I found a new doozy: Bunfight. What it means? I can only imagine, as it was used to describe […]

goat on ganges

Everybody Poops. And Dies.

I am fairly certain that it is completely inappropriate to admit to really disliking India’s holiest city, not to mention realizing my great takeaway from the visit will be visions of feces, but alas, here I am. The guidebooks say to “give it a chance”, that for those with patience, […]

The Taj Mahal & Agra

The Taj Mahal & Agra

Nothing I write will ever match all that the Taj is to see. Here’s my attempt to capture some of that magic in photos.

The Great New Delhi Computer Caper

The Great New Delhi Computer Caper

The task, you see, was simple enough. While in New Delhi – that great, chaotic city of technology outsourcing and IT heroes – get my broken Mac Air fixed at one of the city’s many Apple-certified resellers. Though, in India as I was to quickly learn, few tasks are ever […]