Pictures

Meandering through Moscow

Stalinist architecture lives merrily alongside rampant consumerism and ancient Orthodox cathedrals in this giant, mind-blowing metropolis. Welcome to the former USSR!
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Here's where all of our modesty, thriftyness, and general tolerance for discomfort crumbled....we were revealed to be the weeny, materialistic, McDonalds-craving Westerners that we truly are.
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The Real Rishikesh

It was a very beautiful town! Too bad we spent a good deal of it lying in bed.
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Putting 'suspense' back into 'suspension bridge'

Dave's Sikkim Trekking Adventures

Sorry that I'm so late on this one. I'll be honest, expect a lot of pictures of flowers and mountains. Thanks to Dave Haines for some great photos (before and after my camera battery ran out)!
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Tiger Hunting

Shoot nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints (and jeep tracks).
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Varansi is Very Nice (see)

India's holiest city
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How to Chew Paan

On a hot afternoon, Dave and I dabble in India's national obsession-- Paan, that flavored concoction made of betel nut and god knows what else that results in the endless red spit stains that cover every street corner of the country.
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