My ninth story hotel room is bathed in the music of Delhi traffic. The windows are swarmed by birds on the gyre.
January 27, 2015 at 05:42 PM
Turns out Indian food is even better in India, y'all.
January 28, 2015 at 02:14 PM
First tourist day in New Delhi: bicycle rickshaw, Grand Mosque, Qutb Minar (no relation). All terrific, nice having a guide organizing.
January 28, 2015 at 07:02 PM
Also the Grand Mosque rivals the Plaza Mayor for perfectly proportioned enormous public spaces. A calm refuge above Old Delhi.
January 28, 2015 at 07:09 PM
The ~800 year old inscriptions at the Qutb Minar are amazing. Check out the Kufic on the left. (Bonus tourist photo)
January 28, 2015 at 07:09 PM
Delhi tourist day: Swami Naryan Temple, Humayan's tomb.
January 29, 2015 at 05:50 PM
Slowly appreciating how sophisticated and engaged India is, at least central Delhi.
January 29, 2015 at 06:37 PM
In India, "teacoffee?" is a single word, despite being a choice between two beverages.
January 29, 2015 at 11:02 PM
Delhi has a lot of street dogs. They look hungry, sad, timid. They act shy like they get kicked a lot.
January 30, 2015 at 10:18 AM
Great day learning to cook Chettinad Indian food at an expert's lovely home.
January 30, 2015 at 04:49 PM
@nelson Great having Ken and you over today!! Lovely afternoon.
January 30, 2015 at 05:51 PM
January 30, 2015 at 05:51 PM
Interesting visit to the Museum of Modern Art in Delhi. Love this sculpture.
January 31, 2015 at 02:29 PM
Last night in Delhi. Crazy sculpture in our hotel in Gurgaon, near Cyber City.
February 15, 2015 at 07:47 PM
Fascinating art by Amrita Sher-Gil, an Indian/Hungarian feminist artist of the 1930s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Sher-Gil
January 31, 2015 at 04:39 PM
Current status: Googling "martini safe india diarrhea".
January 30, 2015 at 06:51 PM
Ken with hotel elephant.
January 31, 2015 at 04:41 PM
Boarding the Maharajah's Express, a 7 day cruise on rails. Our personal butler is named Sita. Next stop, Taj Mahal.
January 31, 2015 at 08:46 PM
No really, I'm taking some Raj-remnant tourist train to the Taj Mahal. India, y'all.
January 31, 2015 at 08:47 PM
I wasn't kidding; the Taj Mahal is a real thing and it's really here. Astounding architecture as sculpture.
February 01, 2015 at 09:16 AM
The brand name of this train's WiFi link is like a poem.
Tata Docomo Photon Whiz
February 02, 2015 at 10:07 AM
February 02, 2015 at 10:07 AM
90' tall sundial accurate to 2 seconds. Flock of birds. A nearby mosque is calling the faithful to prayer.
February 02, 2015 at 03:50 PM
Photos from the Jaipur observatory Jantar Mantar
February 02, 2015 at 10:17 PM
Photos from Jaipur; beautiful orderly Indian town.
February 02, 2015 at 10:14 PM
Camels sound like banthas.
February 03, 2015 at 05:54 PM
Sand dunes dinner as full moon rises. Rajasthani music, dancers. Lots of fire.
February 03, 2015 at 06:28 PM
Visit to Jodhpur's central Clock Tower Market. We liked the food and spice stalls.
February 04, 2015 at 05:58 PM
Jodhpur has beautiful palace forts high above the Blue City.
February 04, 2015 at 06:00 PM
Maharajah and me on a throne in Udaipur.
February 05, 2015 at 11:36 AM
Udaipur iconography. All of the art in Rajasthan is so rich and detailed and not at all tacky in context.
February 05, 2015 at 05:12 PM
Our valet for our Maharajah train cabin decorated our bed for us tonight.
February 05, 2015 at 10:01 PM
Visit to a small village in Gujarat. Weird tourist event, but folks were very welcoming.
February 06, 2015 at 12:11 PM
@nelson looks a little like my family's village. :)
February 06, 2015 at 12:13 PM
February 06, 2015 at 12:13 PM
An ecstatic Sufi dance and drumming performance by Indians of African ancestry. Overhead giant fruitbats are flying.
February 06, 2015 at 02:09 PM
More Sufi Indian African dancers. I promise this photo was taken with respect (for the dancers, if not us)
February 06, 2015 at 02:31 PM
Mumbai is a little overwhelming.
February 07, 2015 at 06:54 PM
Very nice dinner at Khyber in Mumbai. Indian food really is better in India. Cheers, @_achalv
February 07, 2015 at 10:46 PM
Elephanta Caves: ~1300 year old Hindu temple, monumental carvings.
February 08, 2015 at 01:30 PM
Mumbai scenes: Dhobi Ghat (laundry), Antilia (crazy expensive home), Chinese resto ad, Gateway of India
February 08, 2015 at 07:13 PM
Cartographic art. (Pilgrimmage paintings; the image substitutes for the journey)
February 09, 2015 at 01:17 PM
Market, train station, dabbawallahs sorting tiffins.
February 09, 2015 at 07:17 PM
1.5 mile walk through central Kolkata to Park Street. Nice to get out of the tourist bubble, also nice to re-enter it when done :-)
February 10, 2015 at 07:06 PM
Jain temple, Kolkata.
February 10, 2015 at 10:43 PM
Kolkata is fascinating faded grandeur.
February 11, 2015 at 01:53 PM
More Kolkata: Kalighat pilgrimage temple, Victoria Memorial.
February 11, 2015 at 05:37 PM
Most interesting today: the Marble Palace, 19th c. European kitsch house of wealthy Indians (babus). Now faded. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Palace_(Kolkata)
February 11, 2015 at 05:44 PM
Kolkata book shops, intellectuals coffeehouse. Also ancient tram.
February 12, 2015 at 04:42 PM
Boat tour on the Hooghly (aka the Ganges, in Kolkata.)
February 12, 2015 at 04:42 PM
Nice dinner at Oh! Calcutta. Bengali food is totally different from what we get in the US; hot sharp mustard! tripadvisor.in/Restaurant_Review-g304558-d1189598-Reviews-Oh_Calcutta-Kolkata_Calcutta_West_Bengal.html
February 12, 2015 at 11:06 PM
Indian Museum in Kolkata has remarkable Buddhist sculpture (Bharhut)
February 13, 2015 at 12:36 PM
Just realized I'm spending Valentine's Day watching ancient Hindu rituals on the river Ganges. Cremation, incense, offerings, cows. Festive!
February 13, 2015 at 12:59 PM
Mark Twain on visiting Varanasi: "you will find a small whitewashed building, which is a temple sacred to Sitala, goddess of smallpox."
February 12, 2015 at 06:35 PM
Most novel experience today so far: watching offerings of yogurt, milk, honey being made to a Shiva lingam in temple at Banares University
February 14, 2015 at 09:49 AM
Offerings to the Shiva lingam. (Saw this ritual at New Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, the images stuck with me.)
March 02, 2015 at 09:42 PM
Scenes from sunrise on the Ganges at Varanasi.
February 14, 2015 at 09:54 AM
More morning scenes from Varanasi.
February 14, 2015 at 09:57 AM
At sunset prayer at the Ganges in Varanasi. Feels a bit like Mallory Square in Key West.
February 14, 2015 at 06:14 PM
