IT MEANS GO! One of the ways we could never mentally prepare for India was in regards to traffic. We have all "sat" in US traffic, hoping everyone involved in whatever incident lays ahead is safe, yet still feeling annoyed and inconvenienced. Conversely, we have also all been passed by one of "those" drivers (in my case it is usually a motorcycle, along 95 in Florida, followed way too closely by some brightly colored sports car). You watch them quickly disapp...

THE RISING SUN... Every 24 hours, the Earth's rotation allows us to witness the dawn of a new day. I have enjoyed many a sunrise -- from a lava rock covered beach in Hawaii to a mountain top in Switzerland to a run along the National Mall. The movement of colors, growing along the horizon, stops me in my tracks each time. This morning's sunrise -- as seen along some Indian highway between Jaipur and Delhi -- felt different. We spent the day before touring...

IT'S COFFEE TALK! Remember that SNL skit -- with Dana Carvey -- that ran in the late 90's?!? "Discuss amongst yourselves: I'll give you a topic" The parody poked fun at daytime "coffee talk" shows and the ironic reality that most of women who watched these shows were already living their own coffee talk sitcom. I digress...the point is that coffee, besides being an elixir of daily living for some, is a very social drink. If it weren't, every Starbucks would ...

A DOG'S "TAIL"... The nice thing about time on the road between cities is that we are afforded the time to think, sleep, log photos, and sleep some more. Thinking back to our trip preparations, we all, in our own ways, resigned ourselves to the fact that we may not be able to mentally prepare for all we would experience in India. Most notably, MC voiced great concern around my (AC's) love of animals...and asked me to acknowledge the fact -- well before leavi...

SUNDAY MORNING... 3 days in...we have experienced more in the last 72 hours than any blog could ever capture. After seeing the Taj Mahal yesterday, we are still processing all that the monument is and all that it represents. (See prior blog entry...) This morning, before starting on the next leg of our journey, we found some time to relax at breakfast. It's amazing how calming it can be to recreate memories of home, even when so far away. Sitting, with the Su...