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north india, part i – delhi & jaipur.

11/14/2009 – 1:30 am

(another picture-heavy post)
after almost a
month in the south
of india,
i decided that we
needed to take a
short trip up north
to see some
of things that
everyone should
see when visiting india.
besides, i had
to comply with
rachel’s thinly-veiled threat,
“i’m not coming to india and not seeing the taj mahal.”

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on this day…

11/5/2009 – 7:18 am

the taj mahal was
her playground.
and i couldn’t
have been more thrilled
to see the smile
on her face,
as she ran
around, screaming
for joy.

heat, or lack thereof.

11/4/2009 – 11:45 am

we
walked here,
in the same place
you now stand,
through a uttar pradeshian summer,
the two of
us,
hand-in-hand until
we could no longer.
still we walked
near one another,
separated by it,
yet kept close
because of it.
we learned about this
place, hearing how it
and a lack of water
drove them
from here.
we both understood
then, why otherwise
rational human beings
would leave behind
years of hard work and
forgo such [...]

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what we’re doing.

10/23/2009 – 6:49 pm

i’ve mentioned a few
times, some of
the reasons why
we’re here.
and though you
may be a little
too young to
remember everything
that you’re seeing
and doing,
this is still an
invaluable trip for
you.
you’re taking things in.
you’re learning.
you’re discovering.
and you’re here
with me.
in a place i
need to be,
helping me.
so yeah.
i guess you could
say that this
trip is mostly
for me,
your selfish father, [...]