Like I said in my last post, I really didn’t manage to take many photos in Varanasi. I think I was a bit too distracted with just being there and soaking it in to always want to take out my camera. These are the few that I did take while I was there.

After a great week with my IIT buds in Delhi, I finally was able to leave for Varanasi. It was extremely foggy at the time, and after rushing to get to the train station on time, my train didn’t actually leave for another 15 or so hours. Then the train had to go extremely slowly [...]

I appologize for how long it has been since I posted anything. It’s been a lot tougher than expected to sit down in front of a computer for longer than the length of time it takes to book a flight or check my email. However, in greeting the new year, I have had to say [...]

I have finally finished the semester. After rushing through some final exams with a very mediocre attempt at studying, I just had one final hurdle, a semester research project. I only have to get C’s to pass here and thats usually around 40%, so really school isnt too tough and I don’t care too much [...]

We took a 4 day trip to Pushkar for the annual camel fair. It’s a livestock fair, and it coincides with a holy day that brings thousands of pilgrims to bathe in the Pushkar lake.  What I found so amazing about this event was the eclectic mix of people. You have camel drivers and livestock [...]

After returning to Jaisalmer for a couple of hours, we got on a bus to Jodhpur for the night of Diwali. We ended up staying in a guest house recommended by the Jaisalmer hotel called “Hotel Heaven” that was run by a Jain family. Diwali is really a family holiday so it was great that [...]

The week before last, we had our semester break (4 days off + a weekend) so some of us took a trip to the desert. Rajasthan is the western desert part of the country and I think it may be my favorite part of India that I have visited so far. The history and culture [...]