Margot and I at Koh Samui

Margot and I at Koh Samui 1991
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India New Delhi Butcher shop and Hungry Dog

India New Delhi Butcher shop and Hungry Dog
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This is a cropped version of same photo in blog elsewhere.
I wanted to bring out more of the dog with his expression here.
Note the workers dress.
Muslims can eat cow meat which Hindus can not.
This can cause clashes in the streets which never end well.
Dogs being non dogmatic will eat anything.

Road to Kathmandu Nepal as in 1991

Road to Kathmandu Nepal as in 1991
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Both the British and the Chinese were working to improve this hazardous road.
I wonder how this road is today?

Ganeshpuri India Waiting for School Bus

Ganeshpuri India School Bus 1993
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Notice positioning of the sentient beings on the or near the road.
The cows KNOW they are safe and take their time as this is Hindu India
The children know that human life is not as sacred so they beware.

Ganeshpuri 1993 India; Sydda Yoga

 1993
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 This Ashram I visited with my wife (the psychiatrist ex wife which was a bit of heaven as opposed to the bit of hell my second ex-wife introduced to me through threat of abortion)

 The ashram was wonderful and became the backdrop for the Prayer part of
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879870/  [Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia is a 2006 memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert.]

I was surprised how well the movie grasped the atmosphere of this particular real ashram in Ganeshpuri....where everyone smiled no matter what and non encouraging words were quickly dispelled.Where the visitors desperately wanted to see the blue light in their meditations and those who did and even did not, boasted how enlightened they were for having accomplished such. I had my deepest meditation in this heavenly part of India where one could actually drink the water straight from the shower nozzle with no fear of illness.

Pokara Nepal 1991 Where the peaks are surrounded by Clouds

Pokara Nepal 1991 Where the peaks are surrounded by Clouds
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Cow in street among normal activity all around

Cow in street among normal activity all around.
c. 1998
Nikon F2
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Boarding the QE II from England to New York 1989

Boarding the QE II from England to New York 1989

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Try if you can to skip the gale 5 storms of fall

This would be why. Waves look small here. Over 40 feet in reality which disabled the wait crew for meals...always dropping trays of food if they were not in bed.

Fortunately my wife at the time could prescribe us proper meds in the form of skin patches which made reading difficult but otherwise saved the quality of life for us.

Cobra facing Camera India c.1992

Bali Dance Class; 1 (?) teacher, 2 students

I love this series of photos I was privileged to be allowed to take. This class is from one village with which I had grown accustomed to visiting yearly. If it is a duplicate I apologize.

Mumbai Taj Hotel pre terrorist attack

Mumbai Taj Hotel pre-terrorist attack; On Right of frame

Delhi India 1993

Delhi India 1993

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French Cookies c.1983

French Cookies c.1983
Taken with a Samsung S6 Active

I emptied my freezer the other day as I do every few decades or so.
To my delight I found a souvenir from a trip to Paris in the early 1980s. .
At the time I do not remember encountering these tasty cookies in the USA but now they are available in the states if I remember correctly. Excellent to eat when fresh.This batch best left alone for the memories.



                         

India 1994 New Delhi Cow resting with Cars

India 1994 New Delhi
Cow resting with Cars
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A not so favorite Peanuts Cartoon albeit I identify, Lucy

Lucy van Pelt By Charles Schulz
Go for it Lucy, my kindred spirit!!!

One of My Favorite Peanus Cartoons