people

Jeff at Courtney's magical house in the woods.

Hi, everyone. I'm sorry for the delay in photos. The following documents so of the people I met in India. Primarily in tourist-ridden Mcleod Ganj. We met we formed a posse and pretty much hung out together almost everyday for the whole week we were there. with some more than others. but it was such a joy to meet these people! Enjoy meeting them too! (that was cheesy.) i will put the initials NPP next to people who were Not Part of the Posse. k? i do that only cause we met some people and i can't remember their names and i don't want you to think that i don't know the names of the people in my posse.

Honora magical house in the woods.

Courntey is Honora's friend from college who also is from Boulder. She was supervising a Tibetan Studies study-abroad group while we were there! so happy to have met her finally!

I can't remember this guy's name but he and Jeff saw each other in a cafe and figured out that they were on the same little league team together! small planet!! (NPP)

above's girlfriend, alex. (NPP)

I can't remember this guy's name either but he was nice! (NPP)

Me! Taken by the Fabulous Honora

Lyle!!!! Our new awesome friend who scales mountains, hunts dragons, graduates from Stanford, AND gets invited to Kashmiri weddings!

Honora

Jeff

A friend of Lyle's

Honora (she's just so photogenic!!!)

Next couple of shots are from an open mic we attended after eating out at our favorite vegetarian Japanese restaurant (no sushi!)
This is Adriana. (NPP)

crazy tibetan singer/guitar player. (NPP)

My fave, the sax player (super photogenic. this is one of like 15 photos of him) (NPP)

American dude who was funny. (NPP)

Taylor and me. I don't think there have been any other photos of Taylor thus far. However, Taylor was the glue of our posse. 19 years old. Canadian. Taking a few years off to travel the world. and live in berlin. He did a couple of performances that this night that had us all peeing in our pants. Flight of the concords. Business Time. Her we are performing i will survive. Taken by Honora (GOP stands for glue of posse)

Lizzie and Jeff taken by Honora.

Jared is someone that Taylor knew who joined our posse!

Did you know that Taylor, Honora, Jeff and i met Taylor at a yoga class?

This is Mark, Irishman, straight-talker, sweet, traveled through Iran on a bus. He was with our posse from the first shots with Lyle and Alex and friends but i didn't have a good photo. anyhow, Mark quickly became our friend because we kept on bumping into him at the Green cafe, our Mcleod Ganj haunt, where we would all decide to do something together. Taylor would inevitably show up at some point and we would all coordinate. Jared and Amy would bump into Taylor and it would become a huge party. Mark, Honora and i later traveled to the hottest place on earth, Amritsar in Punjab on the Indian/Pakistani border, where we tore it up. a little. well as much as you can in 110 degree heat.

This is Amy. She and Jared were roommates and she was the cutest thing ever!! She was a 19 year old German girl who was the hippiest little German girl ever! She would do and say things like put her hand on someone's shoulder and say, "i vas giving you healing energy and reading your aura, ya." and she would be totally happy and serious when she said it in her adorable little German accent. it was like she was trying so hard to be a hippy but because she was German it wasn't in the least annoying! She is living in Bangalore and working.

Jared and his pipe. 19 years old and from Colorado. he was a witty energetic addition to the posse.

the pipe.

smoking on the pipe.

Taylor.


FIN

Photos from Day 1 and 2: Dehli!

Lizzie on the plane. Keeping herself busy.

Hello All! I am too tired to recount the days events. In brief, we walked all over old and new Dehli, saw extreme luxury and poverty within inches of each other (no surprise here but always overwhelming to witness), got stared at all day, got treated like movie stars, but also received stares of disdain, saw the Red Fort, and heard singing in the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargha mosque, where we got scolded for not having long enough skirts and for having our elbows exposed a little under our shawls which we purchased earlier from all the men staring at our bare, sexy shoulders. Oh and i got my butt grabbed. check that off the list. I have never in my life wanted to put MORE clothes on in 95 degree weather until now. I felt extremely exposed all day. I'm excited to share my thoughts on all of the days experiences and will hopefully have time to type them tomorrow on the train to Agra. yep. gotta hit up the taj mahal. get it out of the way and then continue north where it's cool. I only peed twice all day cause we sweat so much under our shawls!! anyway, Dehli is a fascinating and curious place! Enjoy the photos!

Also, if anyone knows how to write the html to be able to have part of the blog on the main page and the rest in another place accessed by a link, could you please teach me? That way you won't have through half a page of images to get to the previous post! Thanks!

Honora engrossed by "Marley and Me".

Looking for stuff. and stretching! 14hour plane ride!

Look at how far we went!

First impressions! the ride home from the airport!

Rock-carrying truck
so awesome.

Shnazzy hotel Imperial. Stopped there for breakfast. Where Honora's parents stayed on their pre-honeymoon.

Honora, Jeff, our amazing host, and I

Bike

Marigolds in the tree.

Honora on the Promenade near Presidential Palace.

Jeff. Recuperating in the shade.

Entrance to Red Fort

If your wondering which one is Honora just look for her sexy exposed stems!

Red Fort

Red Fort

Everyone wanted a photo with us. So i told them they could have a photo if we could get one too.

Indian Tourists

Red Fort

Strangely enough there were a few hawks at the Red Fort, which is still very much in the city. I imagine between the squirrels and pigeons they're able to survive.

Red Fort graffitti

Honora at the fort!

Maybe they have good intentions but they have a LONG way to go.

On the rickshaw, Honora holds on for dear life!

At a restaurant in Nizamuddin

The crowded narrow streets of the Nizamuddin neighborhood eventually land you at the mosque in the center where ceromonial singing can be heard every thursday night. Amazing!!

At the market leading to the mosque.

my view inside the mosque under a tent!

Wandering the streets after.

Jeff and I. Me in my makeshift traditional attire.

Almost full moon in a neighborhood in Nizamuddin.