Zoroastrian funeral rituals are…very different

November 15, 2013
We visited the hanging gardens in Mumbai, expecting something like a “wonder of the world.” Naah. Not much to see. Then, our special Mumbai guide, a beautiful...
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Bird’s eye view of the Golden Gate Bridge

November 14, 2013
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a retired California Highway Patrol investigator who had a chance to shoot this incredible photo from atop the Golden Gate...
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Secret flagellation societies in northern New Mexico

November 13, 2013
Secret religious societies are a mystery to me. "Secret" as in those with rituals and memberships they don't disclose publicly. For example, I really don't "get" the...
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Washeteria, Mumbai-style

November 11, 2013
 We’re told that most middle class people have washers and dryers in their homes, but choose to send their laundry out, because it’s so inexpensive and takes only...
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Traveling light: a life without luggage

November 10, 2013
Not too long ago I had an online dialogue with a friend about the benefits of traveling light. That is, going through life without luggage--both figuratively and...
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Mumbai Dispatch: Best Exotic Scariest Vacation + Other Thin

November 9, 2013
Photo Credit Some thoughts after watching armed guards search our car for bombs. I started traveling outside North America at the relatively advanced age of 40 with...
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Anticipation: a taste of what’s to come

November 8, 2013
Anticipation is half the pleasure of travel. The planning and then each step of the journey. I love anticipation. My excitement always begins with signs that our...
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Mumbai airport slum: reality bites

November 8, 2013
Photo credit and news story Day 1: Landed Mumbai at 1:30am Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. We are 13.5 hours ahead of Pacific time. It’s not like I wasn’t expecting it, but...
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Travel journal: India, the Sub-continent page 1

November 6, 2013
There was a day when writers kept beautiful, leather-bound and corded travel journals.  Even the act of opening them seemed imbued with the exotic.  I can't say that...
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Family pictures: “if only we knew what was ahead̷...

October 29, 2013
Do you ever look at old family pictures and wonder at the innocence they portray? How we knew nothing of the life that was to unfold? How each decision we made took us...
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