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After spending four months in India, London was a night and day difference. The air was not clean but rather was filled with the scent of western cologne. I can’t say I enjoyed it any more than the dung and garbage lots I found in India, but at least this scent was sanitary. In fact, [...]

My friends at IBM India helped me put together my travel itinerary for the rest of my trip in India. They all agreed on one thing - there is no place more beautiful than Kashmir, but going there might be the last thing I’ll ever do. Kashmir has a long history of violence and unrest. [...]

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 [...]