Some Visual Aids

Monkeys in Matheran.

Knickknacks for sale outside the HUGE Kali temple in Kolkata.

Josh entertaining himself on our first long train ride (from Delhi to Kolkata, way back when...)

Josh hugging some green outside the Gandhi memorial in Pune.

A man and his horse taking goods to the market in Jaipur.

Gandhi, his wife, his assistant and other revolutionaries were imprisoned in a mansion outside of Pune after his "Quit India" speech. His wife and assistant both died during that time, and he wasn't allowed to leave the mansion for their burials. So he interred their ashes behind the mansion. When he died, his ashes were placed there as well, under the branches of a huge jacaranda tree.

My first view from Matheran--a hill station between Mumbai and Pune--where I went for a couple of days while Josh worked on his sitars. No motorized vehicles allowed...which means no diesel fumes, no honking horns, no near-death experiences trying to get from one side of the road to the other (How did the chicken cross the road in India? I would imagine she never did, and just lived on one side of the street her whole life).

People on the move at the New Delhi train station.

This sign inspires a lot of confidence when you're crossing a street in Kolkata. One of the other great signs we've seen is put up by the Kolkata traffic police and says "IF YOU DRIVE LIKE HELL, YOU'LL END UP THERE SOON."

In India, bicycles are everywhere, doing everything. I love it!

Park Street. One of the busiest roads in all of Kolkata EXCEPT when there's a bandh, like there was back in December, and it becomes wonderfully quiet:-)


We're settling into blissful domesticity in Kolkata...now we just need visitors to entertain:-) Let us know when you're coming...

Peace and Love,

J&J