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Happy St. Patrick's Day. I haven't been to Ireland yet, but this is the greenest photo I've got.
Something green is in the water in Jodhpur, India
He's not Irish, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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On this day last year, I was taking showers and using the most shittiest of shit bathrooms I've encountered in all my travels. It looks like the bathroom from the movie Saw. It was so skanky that I think even germs and diseases couldn't survive here.
Our lovely shared bathroom in Mumbai, India
He's got nothing to do with shitty bathrooms, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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A year ago today, I was in Rajasthan watching a transvestite dance during the colorful Holi festival in India. This year, I'm also in a colorful city with a bunch of trannies.
Transvestites are revered as holy here in Jodhpur, India
He's right at home with transvestites in any part of the world, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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One year ago, this was the view from my guesthouse patio.
The view of the Taj Mahal from the Shanti Lodge in Agra India
He's part ghetto, part romantic splendor, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Saw Wes Anderson's Darjeeling Limited the other night. Made me nostalgic for India and made me want to go travelling again.....will the travel bug ever stop biting?
An evening puja in Varanasi, India
He's got as much bite to go with a silky smooth bark, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Even on a cloudy day, she's still so beautiful
The Taj Mahal in the early morning in Agra, India
Even on a bad hair day, he's still so silky smooth,Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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A bright sun shines over the Mehrangarh fort overlooking the city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Sardar Market is the gateway to the old blue city section of Jodhpur, India
Just as impressive of a fortification, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Sunset Week shot 6.
The sun sets in the sky in Udaipur, India
his popularity with the people is as vast as the night sky, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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No it's not the AIDS quilt, but a really big laundry day in India.
Washing and drying sheets on the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra, India
Speaking of getting taken to the cleaners, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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I thought this was funny. This is what (((GLOBAL TRANSMISSION))) is in Canada. For one thing, they've got a way better opening page song than we do, aye.
Maybe our hosers on the other side of the border should take a look at this little fender bender in Cochin, India.
He's bigger than any Global Transmission on any side of the border, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

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Nothing is ever easy in India......and sometimes I think they do this on purpose. Rather than getting let off on the flat dirt parking area, they dropped us off over piles of bricks.
Arriving by bus in Ahmedabad, India
he's no pile of anything, Dónde está Che Pelotas?

Gearing Up For India

Tripod bivy sack from Bibler erected in my mothers livingroom

Gearing up for our India expedition. Went to the REI garage sale, a members only sale of used/returned and slightly damaged equipment and clothes. Scored a Bibler bivy sack, something I really wished I had in South America, especially Patagonia. Was $99, down from $270. Not bad. If I bought it new, I would have bought a slightly smaller, slightly lighter mini-tent but can't complain for less than a hundred clams.

Also bought what they call "convertible" pants: light weight, quick dry pants that have zippers in the legs that turn them into shorts. My sister and brother-in-law also bought me a pair of these for Christmas so I have two pair. They are kinda dorky but they save on space in the backpack and save on weight. Learned a lot about what to bring and what not to bring on our South American trip. Hope I will be much lighter this time.