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Nuts from Old Dehli
... of journeys, which this was not. Its not solely about a desire to understand or at least comprehend as perhaps it is about a level, a way, of knowing something. About the constant experiencing of a place, a manner of being. Like what is it about India? Is it just me there or is it the there that is there?
Maybe its a bit of the raw flash becoming a slow burn.
I drive to work in my lane and try to integrate the seven lane freeway that could exist. ...
Chandoori Sai Sigh
... patches all around the mountains.
We sit outside and let it all settle in.
Para, Qumila, Chompa, Roukmani, Rita, Demendra, when said by them it is a song, each name a trill. Along with Leon, these have been our caretakers, cooks, maids and guides. Speaking mostly their own language communication is a collaboration of pantomime, expression and a hodgepodge of Hindi and English. It doesn't seem to matter except there is much more that ...
Jungle? Chandoori Sai
... around 10. We all woke up at 7ish, and were able to stand between cars
and look out at the countryside. We are in rolling hills, very dry this
time of year. The air is dry, too, so even though it's probably around
90, it's very pleasant, with a refreshing breeze. Our manic drive
through Bhubaneshwar to get to the train station registers as a hot,
humid mass of people and cars, but we are inland and quite a bit ...
Pretty remote!
Day 5 Chandoori Sai in Goudaguda near Koriput 500 kms from Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa, in the country of India. That took some doing and a lot of help. We flew to Bhubaneswar from Delhi yesterday evening and caught our overnight train just seconds before it started moving, literally . What a mess if we had missed it. What an adventure catching it. Travel in India seems to be a roulette wheel of chance, ...
Plan B squared, Dehli
... so very much. Bagels, tombs, British Empire death throws, shopping malls and the fantastic new India Habitat Center, all clever and full of art and offices and theaters and stretches in every direction from an expansive central courtyard, each new inch LEED certified. Behind it all, around every bend wherever we went was the proverbial pile of building debris or supplies. The steadfast bicycle truck waiting.
As Dehli swallowed village after village ...


