Postcard from Somewhere in Rajasthan, India
Friendly faces in a small village along road between Udaipur and Jodipur in Rajasthan.
Postcard from the Backwaters – Kerala, India
"God's own country," as the locals call Kerala State, located along the Arabian Sea in southwestern India. Just beyond the small town of Kumarakom is a maze of waterways and canals.…
Ganges Sentinel
A once grand palace stands as a nighttime sentinel, Â watching over the sacred River Ganges as it flows silently by Benares, more popularly known as Varanasi, on its way to…
Postcard from Kottayam, India
We had an opportunity to visit the Thirunakkata Utsavam Festival and witness this passionate and lively celebration. Â Twenty two elephants paraded through the Thiirunakkara Mahadevar temple grounds unadorned. Then each…
Post Card From the Tea Gardens of Munnar, India
Some of the world's finest black tea grows on the slopes of the Western Ghats near Munnar in Kerala State. Finding growing conditions in this area, some five to six…
Post Card From the Malabar Coast, India
As many of you know, travelerlynne and I are in India for the next few weeks. This is the first of, hopefully, several "post cards. The iconic fish nets of…
Calcutta Rickshaw Wallah
One of Calcutta's ubiquitous rickshaw wallahs, or puller, rests for a few moments in the city's stifling heat while a devotee puts the finishing touches on his family's pandal, in…
Inside a Vietnamese Brick Kiln
A brick kiln lies on the banks of the Mekong River Delta between Ho Chi Minh City and the Cambodian border. An unexpected sight, to say the least. Note the…
Molten Color
Recently we paid a visit to Pottery Express, a garden center that sells very beautiful, very large, very expensive outdoor decorative pottery. As I wandered around the thousands of pots hopeful…