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Posted on December 14, 2013June 5, 2019

The Taj Mahal in Agra

I have two recommendations if you ever go to the Taj Mahal. Stay at the Banfi Home Stay and pay for a guide at the Taj Mahal. We decided to take a camel into the Taj. Here is our camel, his name is Babel. Sean rode the camel into the Taj. 20,000 workers took 22 years to build it. There are 22 domes on the building behind us. One for each year. The red sandstone came from 40 km away. That was a long distance to carry anything but especially something heavy in the days before the combustion engine. This line runs …

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Posted on December 10, 2013June 4, 2019

Our Third Full Day in Delhi, post 1 of 2, Volunteering at Vidya

            Our Third Full Day in Delhi, post 1 of 2, Volunteering at Vidya Here are two photos from our assignment. This is of Jim and Alecia. I am exhausted tonight. Today was full, my mind was kept whirring all day. We went to our assignment, then to meet the principal of a larger school run by Vidya. After that we had lunch, a recap of the day, a Hindi lesson, a talk on women’s issues, and dinner, whew. I loved every minute of it. My first of two posts for today have the notes …

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Posted on December 7, 2013June 11, 2019

A Little Bit of Hindi Comes in Handy

Yesterday we flew over Iran and Pakistan from Dubai to Delhi, India. Jim thought this was the closest he would get to either of these two countries. Little could he guess 😉 I have always found Persian history fascinating. It’s a bummer, but I had to agree. I took Hindi lessons in the states. I only speak a bit of Hindi, but I studied hard to learn what I did. Yesterday it really came in handy. While we were on the plane we were handed 3 forms to fill out, one for each of us. The address where we were …

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