To see all of my observations and pictures from my trip to India with Mr. Roberg in January-February of 2008, click on the “Read More” link below. Hope you enjoy!
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Thank You… and Sorry for Not Posting Sooner
First, let me thank all of you who have been such supportive and enthusiastic readers of this blog. I can’t tell you how rewarding it has been to hear from so many of you. When I first set up the blog, I feared that very few [...]
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Thank you for all of the students, faculty, staff, and community members who came to the presentation I gave about India in the Coxsackie-Athens High School Library today.
For those of you who would like to see the pictures and videos, I’ve uploaded them to a web album. Just click this link:
Overview of India - [...]
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What a game! The Giants win, the Giants win!! I couldn’t believe my eyes, and I was jumping around the lobby of my hotel in celebration, with the workers at the hotel looking on in wonderment and curiosity. The challenge of trying to watch the Super Bowl in India was a [...]
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Delhi, the capital of India, is the last city I’m visiting on my trip. I not only stayed with my itinerary, I made it here a day ahead of time, which surely surprises those of you who know me well.
I purposely scheduled 4 days in Delhi so that I could have [...]
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Agra was one of my favorite cities. It was relatively clean and easy to get around. It also had some of the best monuments in all of India, as you’ll see from the pictures below.
I arrived in Agra and found my hotel (Hotel Kamar) with few problems. The room was the nicest I’ve stayed in [...]
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Amritsar Part 3: The India-Pakistan Border
Yesterday, I made a trip to the India-Pakistan Border with a couple of Canadians (they just aren’t staying in Canada anymore! ) who I encountered earlier in the day and an Israeli we encountered while waiting for our Jeep to leave.
Here are Marta, John (Israeli), and Derrick… a [...]
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Part 2: The Amritsar Massacre
If you look closely, you can see bullet holes from the 1919 Massacre.
One of the reasons I came to Amritsar was to see Jillianwala Bagh, a place where a tragic massacre happened in 1919. If you’ve ever seen the movie “Gandhi”, the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 is portrayed [...]
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Part 1: A Holy Place
Amritsar has been amazing. After a 16 hour train ride from Lucknow, during which I shared a cabin and fascinating conversation with Indian man, I arrived in Amritsar refreshed and energized.
Having learned my lesson from Lucknow, I decided to make my train reservation out of Amritsar immediately. Next, [...]
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Sorry I haven’t been able to update you in a few days. Believe it or not, I’ve signed in almost every day since I’ve been in Lucknow, but every time I do there are some TERRIFIC comments with insightful and interesting questions that I have to answer. As a result, I haven’t [...]
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