Tuesday, May 21 We hired the trek driver, Krishna, to continue his service so he drove us to Jim Corbett national park. Along the way we stopped for lychee, bananas, and mangoes, marveled at the cows, and for butter paneer lunch. Our first safari had the most exotic animals. We glimpsed a tiger moving through […]
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Thursday, May 16 An early morning walk led us to an authentic chai shop where the local old men gathered. Our driver arrived on time but we had to stop after 2.5 hours due to traffic obstruction. Fine, we ate breakfast to pass time. We had a few more shortish stops (10 minutes) but then
Sunday, May 12 A 4am wake alarm ushered us to the airport, eating at Tim Hortons (wtf?), and a landing in Dharamshala where we met with our GF who had already been traveling in Bhutan and India for 4.5 weeks. We were treated to a hail storm and violent rain during lunch but unfortunately I
Arriving at night, I was struck by the burning smell of the hazy sky. At first I thought it was raining but discovered it was just windy but with bad air quality. There was so much particulate in the air that my teeth were gritty. The traffic was so horrific that when the driver encountered
Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” was released 4/18 at 9pm. My strategy was to listened to it once through and let it wash over me so I could get a general impression of the vibe. When the surprise, additional 15 songs were dropped at 11pm, I was too tired to listen then. On Friday,
