Leaving Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, in attempt to catch an overnight sleeper train to Varanasi led us on a wild time chase with our Harri Krishna taxi driver. Thinking 12km = 20min we had no worries, until the smell of rain engulfed our senses. The beckoning lightening storm closed the skies just as [...]
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A Great Place to Bring a Date
May 5th, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, India
This morning I watched the sun rise over the Taj Mahal. I sat on its smooth marble steps and marveled in it’s cool interior. They say it’s the greatest building ever built for love. Probably true. But if I were a Maharaja (in those times), I would have put a swimming pool in the center, [...]
Timeless
May 4th, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, India
Pssst. Hey, are you awake? Yeah. Turn on your camera. I want to know what time it is. She reaches for her camera and turns it on. We have no watches, no clocks. Every room in the hotel displays a completely unrelated time from the other rooms. Even the computers in the cafe are only [...]
Its Absurd, But its Real
May 4th, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, India
Photographically speaking, this place is explosive. The colors are brilliant, the chaos is charged, the absurdity is invigorating. But what I see, sense, and feel is not yet captured by the lens, not to my liking. We shoot all morning, walking the streets, surrounded by assertive people full of hope to a commission for unwanted [...]
Proof of Onward Tickets
April 16th, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, India
By the way, the Maoists won. The Maoists beat the Marxist-Leninists in a democratically held election. That’s great. We have no idea where we’re going, but we have onward tickets to prove we’re leaving. Most countries require that. We wont take it personally.
