Monthly Archives: November 2010

i attended a camel fair (part 3 of 3)

Wee!  Pushing on through. Good morning, Pushkar: Next up at Camel Stadium was something or other that involved foreign women racing Indian women with water pots on their heads.  I don’t see how that is a fair contest, but it … Continue reading

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i attended a camel fair (part 2 of hopefully 3)

In between the official events, we went on the fastest ferris wheel. The view from the top was worth the safety concerns.  Camels everywhere!! Here are the ferris wheels with Camel Stadium and one of the mountain temples in background: … Continue reading

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i attended a camel fair (part 1)

Good news: it was awesome.  Bad news: uploading a lot of photos at once to my blog makes some error happen so I have to break this up. I went to the camel festival in Pushkar, Rajasthan for four days.  … Continue reading

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baby’s first diwali

Diwali, or as I call it, “Indian Hanukah” is the 5 day long festival of lights that for some reason lasts for about 1-3 weeks. If you’re not familiar, here is some background: Diwali predominantly celebrates Lord Ram’s return from … Continue reading

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Oh hello, come right in

This was filmed during Diwali, so there are loud firecrackers going off.  Sorry!  I was originally going to edit this video to be like MTV cribs but I thought I should just put it up asap.  I’d like to thank … Continue reading

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what I meant by technical difficulties

I apologize for not posting in a while.  Four things happened which caused the delay: 1)  My computer’s display and logic board broke. When I first realized things were bad, it was pretty early in the morning in India so … Continue reading

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