Lucky gals...

Jenna and Hannah are staying in Jodhpur, Rajasthan teaching young village women and conducting various art projects with them. It seems galaxies away from Kalimpong to me, but extremely beautiful nonetheless. Next time I go to India, this place will be stop number one. Hannah took all of these pictures on her digital. Obviously they could tell you more about them, but I'll try to lay out the basics.

from bottom: 1) view of Jodhpur, the blue city. 2) village Golia girls that they work with. 3) the massive Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur which dominates the entire landscape of the city 4) Jenna, Hannah and some ornate art-deco stylings at the Umaid Bhawan Palace 5) Jenna in the Mandore Gardens with a stick to fend off the animals. Must be nice to see some "green" after being in the desert for so long 6) Wandering cow in the blue city.

They look like they are having a great time in an amazing place. I'm jealous...

pretty much sums it up....

I was looking through my digital heap of photos the other day and remembered that I meant to post this one while in Kalimpong. This was taken above a lake in West Sikkim in perhaps the most rural setting I've ever set foot. We were chatting over tea with this monk who lived up there while two neighborhood girls played and a dog was falling asleep.

I think this pic encapsulates living in the Himalayas as well as any photo I have (at least away from the cities) and, yeah....I miss it.

To anyone who still may be reading this, I'm taking suggestions for possible new "hobby" ideas to help cope with the monotony of trying to get back into America mode.

Does anyone still read this?