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Wicked Weather 2008-05-07 03:31:56 Traveling in India for an extended period of time presents you with all kinds of challenges. One of them is the weather. You almost have to be a climatologist to figure out how to intelligently move around the country without getting drenched by the monsoon rain, getting frost-bitten fingers, or being cooked by the intense [...] Read more:Wicked
The Karni Mata Rat Temple 2008-05-04 05:22:48 Video has finally made it to ContemporaryNomad.com! Our video premier had to be good, so we headed down to the famous Karni Mata rat temple in Deshnoke, a village an hour south of Bikaner.
It was a rather bizarre experience as you can see by the expressions on our faces. Notice the mother urging her [...] Read more:Temple
Bribery 101 2008-05-02 22:28:02 India is a first-class country to learn the fine art of bribery. Of course, there are no such courses offered anywhere (I hope), but life here teaches you very quickly. Among the sneaky “teachers” are train conductors, police men, immigration officers, and museum staff.
My first lesson presented itself somewhat unexpectedlyduring our visit to the palace [...]
Maharani Ankles 2008-04-26 10:17:42 Interestingly, in a country that produces one suggestive Bollywood movie after another, men and women don’t mingle much at all. I imagine this being a remnant of the purdah custom in which women were kept in seclusion, shielded from the eyes of men. To many of us this seems ridiculous. But just how seriously this [...]
Meherangarh Fortress 2008-04-25 10:17:02 Rigid and thoughtless organization is a highly developed art form in India - logical, common-sense organization is not. I have spent enough time traveling here that I can comfortably make this claim.
Imagine my surprise when we walked into the fort in Jodhpur and were greeted by a well-groomed young man in a clean uniform, “Welcome [...] Read more:Fortress
The Omelette Man of Jodhpur 2008-04-23 06:45:20 Of course, visitors to Rajasthan have all come here in search of the celebrated, the legendary, the world famous… Omelette
Man of Jodhpur
. OK, he might not be a household name in Europe or the States, but he has found his way into every guidebook from the US to Japan to France. (And if the [...]
Chillin’ in the Blue City 2008-04-22 10:16:24 Thomas and I have made our way to the walled city of Jodhpur, known throughout Rajasthan as “the Blue City,” to explore its unique blue washed lanes, its colorful markets, and its incredible Meherangarh fortress, a sight straight out an ancient Indian fable. Jodhpur is the first place we have been that really lives up [...]
Baby Dropping Ritual of Solapur 2008-05-10 05:54:49 One of the major challenges in India is being confronted with customs and rituals that challenge your every notion of sanity. Check out the video and you’ll understand what I mean. Read more:Ritual
Jaisalmer - The Golden City 2008-05-12 06:11:08 The fortified city of Jaisalmer is the quintessential desert dream. Massive, ancient, and spectacular, the thousand year old fort, built to defend its residents from marauding invaders, is now being defended Read the rest of this entry and view pictorial » Read more:Golden
7.8 Earthquake in Western Sichuan 2008-05-12 05:44:07 I was sitting here in Rajasthan watching “Desperate Housewives” repeats on television when the news cut in and announced that there had been a 7.8 earthquake in western Sichuan in the very area we traveled through last September. This is an area that means a great deal to us, and we made many friends during [...] Read more:Earthquake
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Blasts in Jaipur 2008-05-14 02:07:01 Our email inboxes were filling up with “Are you Ok” emails after the bomb blasts in Jaipur
. We are both fine, we were nowhere near Jaipur. Although it is rather eerie to see the debris in areas that we were walking through just a few weeks ago.
The old city of Jaipur is filled with people [...]
Scrambled Eggs and Cobra 2008-05-14 02:00:40 If you’re still hungry after your breakfast of scrambled eggs and cobra, I suggest a vegetadrian send witch… Read more:Cobra
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