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I spent the next part of my India trip with a tour group based in Pune, Foliage Outdoors. I had joined Foliage Outdoors while with IBM on a trip to Tamhini waterfall, near Pune. I had a great time and noticed in their brochure that they were organizing a tour of The Valley of Flowers. [...]

The Taj Mahal certainly deserves its official title as one of the seven wonders. The inlaid marble work is simply exquisite and the overall impressiveness of the building makes one stair in awe. I had a guide show me around and explain the history. Simply writing about the Taj is no way to appreciate it. [...]

My sole mission for Delhi was to find a sitar for myself. By chance, I ended up in a hotel just down the road from a small music shop “Music Emporium”, owned by Shan Khan. I dropped into his shop the first night I arrived in Delhi and we hit it off immediately. He showed [...]

Vikas headed up to Delhi with me on the same flight. He was heading off to Roorkee for school. He helped me get a prepaid taxi to Paravganj area and we said goodbyes. My taxi never made it to the hotel I had reserved. Instead, he dropped me off outside of Paraganj. If you can [...]

I spent the rest of my trip in Bangalore exploring the city. I bought Katie an absolutely stunning sari at Deepums, the renowned silk store. I then took the sari over to make the blouse and jacket and they allowed me to photograph them doing there work as well as ask questions. It was a [...]