Tag: travel

A few more Jodhpur photos

Friday the 13th, 2009 Here’s some more images from yesterday’s sunset ramble through the 500-year old city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

More Holi Photos, Jaipur

Jaipur, 7:30 a.m.  I leave in minutes to Jodhpur.   Here are a few more shots from Holi yesterday in Jaipur, caption-free because I’m almost out the door to catch darshan at Sri Govind Devji temple before hitting the big road.

Garlands

Fresh garland flowers abound in the Govind Devji realm…

We’re on the Road to Jodhpur–I’ll Take That Ride

Jodhpur, Rajasthan Thursday evening, 9:11 p.m. Woke early enough to catch the 8 a.m darshan at Govind Devji with Rajuji, then caught my ride across the sweltering Rajasthani desert country to Jodhpur, a roughly 6 hour drive that we undertook during the heat of the day. The “A/C car” was blowing something more like regular air […]

Krishna Das & Dharma Boutique Sale – this Sunday the 14th

I’ll be playing bass with inspired kirtan wala Krishna Das this Sunday Sept. 14th at the Maezumi Institute on Ripley Road in Montague MA. Start time is 7pm, and you can score tickets ($25 advance, $30 day of) and directions here: http://www.maezumi-institute.com/maezumi_institute/events/ Hope to see you there!

Flip Flop lila

Sigh. What can I say? Having had my killer American flip flops disappear mid-trip (while worshipping at a temple all day, of all places), I was trying my best to make do with the really low-qual sandals usually available in India–and precious few in my size, to boot.

Pre-launch Tubble-Bubble

Hubble-bubble is another name for hookah, one of those funky, elaborate long-necked water-pipe smoking devices in common use across the planet. Today, I’m more interested in my rapidly diminishing access to one of my own favorite haunts–the bathtub. Sigh. I’m getting separation anxiety already. So as a grey dawn breaks across western Massachusetts, revealing the […]

Snowfall in Leverett

Leverett, Massachusetts, USA 8p.m. Well here we go, in mad prep for launching to India and Afghanistan in less than 2 weeks. The snow just started falling and it’s a good night to be indoors and huddled ’round the propane heater.