Monday, September 21, 2009

Jaisalmer Photos

Jaisalmer Fort (our hotel was in here!)

Megan on a camel!

Camel Trekking with our guide Suban

Wedding!

We had an amazing time getting married in India! Erin's sister Megan flew to Delhi where we picked her up, and then we were off to Udaipur! If you want to check out some photos, we have posted them here.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Varanasi Pics

After taking pictures of us, they invited us on their boat.... For them we were the tourist attraction ;)

Varanasi

After we left our foster family in West Bengal, we took an overnight train to the ancient city of Varanasi. The people in India have been incredibly friendly, as we've already recieved three legitimate invitations to come and stay with families in their villages! We spent an entire day on the Ganges river, walking up and down the Ghats, where we witnessed bodies being cremated right next to a pick up game of cricket! Truly wild. We visited Sarnath, where the Buddha Shakyamuni gave his first sermon, and did some shopping too! India is a tough place to travel (filthy, open sewers, and lots of noise/commotion), but for us so far has been incredibly rewarding ( beautiful people and lots of love). We were invited to take a boat ride with a big friendly group of Indians (Thanks Shiva!), and witnessed the nightly puja, or offering of thanks to Mother Ganga. What a wild place. Next we go to Delhi to pick up Megan and after that we're off to Rajastan to get hitched...... Looks like I'm going to have to save the skull bowl for another time (sorry ben and cam). Bye for now!

Makaibari

I should have put my Topens in the bank

Anjelina!

More Tibet Pictures

Gaining Merit

Cute

The Potala!

The Buddha (Gyantse)

You kinda had to be there