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July 19, 2015 | in Africa, Asia, Central & South America, Travel

Round the World Trip: The Good, The Bad, and Yak Butter Tea

Friends! Comrades! (Since it’s been awhile, I’m not sure if we’re still on friendly terms, or if I should go formal… I thoughtfully offered y’all two forms of address so no one feels left out.) Sadly, a bitchy SD card wedged itself in my Samsung tablet a mere week into the 90-day Round the World trip […]

July 2, 2013 | in Asia, Travel

India in August

I think these kids are telling us we just need to hang on for the ride.

Remember the Seinfeld episode-in-reverse where the gang heads to India for Elaine’s frenemy’s wedding? I always laugh at that scene where the groom’s (Indian) parents urge Elaine to stay home and just send a present instead. “India is a dreadful country,” the mother says. “Do you know they still have the plague?” Well, plague be […]