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Colorful spices found in the Jodhpur street market.
The Seasons of Things + Visiting Jodhpur, India
Everything has it's season and right now, I'm travel worn. I kind of just want to sit bundled up in one place and not move. Is that bad? We are almost four months into our 13-month long journey, but travel in India is hard. Seriously.
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Street cow chillaxing in Jodhpur, India.
The Street Cows of Jodhpur, India
There are cows everywhere.
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Female construction workers in Jodhpur carry sand in buckets on their head as their children play nearby.
On Flying and Not Dying in India
After traveling several months throughout India, I can't seem to understand how people don't die more often.
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The Ellora Caves of India
Sightseeing certainly has its limits. But when you're in the middle of India and you don't know if you'll ever return, no matter how hungry or tired, you see the sights that are there to be seen.
Today on the blog, I'm picking back up in India—where I last left off in the story of our extended vagabond journey around the world.
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Heading deep into the jungle on a tributary off the Marañon River in the Northern Peruvian Amazon.
Adventures & Oil Spills in the Peruvian Amazon, Part 2
We are floating on a giant water salad. Thick, green plants that look like bok choy surround our dugout canoe and stretch infinitely before us on a small tributary off the Marañón River in the remote Peruvian Amazon.
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Adventures & Oil Spills in the Peruvian Amazon, Part 1
Within the last six months, five oil spills from a single pipeline have contaminated the indigenous Kukama communities of the Northern Peruvian Amazon. Last month, we attempted to visit two of these sites in order to document the effects and to tell a more complete story of the true cost of oil extraction in the rainforest.
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An ancient 24-foot reclining Buddha inside the Ajanta caves
A Buddhist masterpiece: The Ajanta caves of India
We've flown north, through Mumbai and then east to Aurangabad to visit another impressive art historical site—the 2,000-year old Buddhist caves of Ajanta.
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Part of a school group touring the temple, these girls eagerly asked me to take a photo of them with my camera
On begging, giving, and choosing empathy in India + A tour of ancient temples
The woman pulls my hair tightly. She stabs my scalp with a bobby pin while looping a garland of orange and white flowers on either side of my ponytail.
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Virupaksha temple sits at the end of one of the main thoroughfares in Hampi, India
Welcome to Hampi, India
I can't knock the feeling that as a child, I was cheated in my education of the history of the world.
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Lakshmi the elephant at the Virupaksha temple, Hampi
Falling in love with an elephant in India
In Hampi there is a temple. In that temple lives an elephant.
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How to pack for the trip of a lifetime
Things I carry: RTW Master Packing List & Pre-departure Travel Tips
Now that I've been traveling for nine months, it's time to update my master packing list. One of the most common questions I'm asked by those preparing to depart on a backpacking journey of their own is: what's in your pack? After months vagabonding through India, SE Asia, and Europe, I have some opinions about what to take and what to leave behind.
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