20 July Ratha Yatra in Ahmedabad The Ratha Yatra, also called the chariot festival, is a Hindu parade complete with elephants, "muscle men" and the throwing of candy. It's held all over India, the second biggest o[...]
08 July Village Life in the Markha Valley One of the coolest parts of trekking through the Markha Valley, was staying with families in tiny villages along the way. The villages usually ranged from 3-8 homes, and usually ha[...]
08 July Trekking the Markha Valley The Markha Valley is in a remote region of Ladakh, named after a tributary of the Zanskar that flows between the Stok and Zanskar mountain ranges. These two city kids spent 5 days [...]
08 July Feeling High - Leh and Pangong Lake When Naveen said he was coming in June, the hottest month in India, I knew there was only one place we could go - as far north as possible. So we headed to Ladakh, India, a region [...]
08 July Beauty and the Beast - The Taj and Old Delhi After looking at my countdown clock app a zillion times, Naveen arrived for a 2 week visit to India. After four days showing him around Ahmedabad (aka eating Gujurati food), we hea[...]
