Month: August 2010
Oh Calcutta, you surprised me so!
Calcutta was not on our original itinerary. It’s in eastern India and we had planned to stick strictly to the western side of the country. …
It’s old, very old: Varanasi
Varanasi, Benares – it’s truly an ancient city. 3,000 years old, at least. And you can tell. Everywhere we’ve been in India has exhibited what…
Bye Bye McLeod Ganj
We stayed in McLeod Ganj for nearly 2 months — and it was 2 months well spent! Teaching English turned out to be a really…
Tibetan Buddhism Double Header: The Dalai Lama and the Karmapa
Saturdays are usually the days that people pack out the ballparks in the US to catch a double header. An early game and an evening…
I have a new appreciation for teachers
*This blog post is dedicated to Donna Brandon and I have been teaching an English Conversation class for about a month now, to a group…