http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy Tue, 06 May 2008 23:21:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been back four days now and the jetlag is getting worse rather than better. At this point, I'm basically a house cat with intestinal issues. As soon as a patch of sun appears on my bed, I have an irresistible, primal urge to curl up in it and sleep. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/the-highly-subjective-truth-about-travel-in-india.html http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/india-kolors-kraze.html I'm home. The flights were easy and I had someone to pick me up from the airport, so that was nice. But now I feel lost. I feel disconnected in every way. My body is totally confused - it's cold, it's the wrong time of day, food is different. It's ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/home-with-mixed-results.html * a hamburger (I want this so bad the cows have started to get nervous around me) * salad * banana bread * olives * pizza * nachos and a burrito * all the hot dogs OK I'm going to the airport now. Bye!! http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/all-the-things-im-going-to-eat-when-i-get-home-from-india.html The trip is coming to an end. It's been a big, crazy, wonderful trip - but what else would you expect of India? I got really sad the last two days in Varanasi, thinking about having to go home, and wondering if everything will be just the same as I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/final-days.html [* All asterisked subjects are illustrated in order below] Mornings are my favorite time in Varanasi. I get up at first light and head out through the narrow winding galis* (alleys) to the Dashashwamedh Ghat. It's the big busy colorful ghat, so of course it's my favorite. I make sure the night ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/mornings-in-varanasi-illustrated.html http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/varanasi-portraits.html This probably isn't the right place to start talking about Varanasi...or maybe it's exactly the right place, I'm not sure. Anyway, the old town of Varanasi runs along the Ganges and there are a series of ghats (wide stone staircases) leading down to the river, where people bathe, wash clothes, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/what-i-saw-at-the-burning-ghat.html Bodhgaya continued its lessons in acceptance when I was feeling a little nervous to walk to the travel agent's to get my seating assignment confirmed last night...and halfway there, the power went out, so I was stranded in the dark, unable to see my way forward or back. Generator backup ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/welcome-to-the-doon-express-listening-room.html Mary coined the phrase "India philosophical rad"; I think it was on the flight from Delhi to Cochin when one of the crew apologized over the PA for the inconvenience of a delay, then followed with something like, "But these things happen and there is nothing that can be done. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/indiasandy/the-road-to-india-philosophical-rad.html