So as promised, we are now entering India week on "Lulu Abroad." Not only am I starting out with the quintessential India image (while it is a must see, with all the pollution the Taj was a bit of a let down) and a little background information on the trip. As I've mentioned before, I was a Religious Studies major in undergrad and my sophomore year I got a travel grant to go and study goddess worship in a temple in Southern India. My research ended up transforming while I was there (as research often does) and I ended up studying more the general temple culture of a specific temple in Madurai. While my research was focused in Tamil Nadu, I was lucky enough to spend my seven weeks traveling all over India and went north into Darjeeling, and all the way to the southern most point of India at Kanyakumari. I hope you enjoy the pictures, and luckily for you, experiencing India through pictures does not carry the same risk of illness that my experiences of India had!
3.28.2008
India Intro
So as promised, we are now entering India week on "Lulu Abroad." Not only am I starting out with the quintessential India image (while it is a must see, with all the pollution the Taj was a bit of a let down) and a little background information on the trip. As I've mentioned before, I was a Religious Studies major in undergrad and my sophomore year I got a travel grant to go and study goddess worship in a temple in Southern India. My research ended up transforming while I was there (as research often does) and I ended up studying more the general temple culture of a specific temple in Madurai. While my research was focused in Tamil Nadu, I was lucky enough to spend my seven weeks traveling all over India and went north into Darjeeling, and all the way to the southern most point of India at Kanyakumari. I hope you enjoy the pictures, and luckily for you, experiencing India through pictures does not carry the same risk of illness that my experiences of India had!
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India must have been very interesting. I have never been anywhere in the east. I would like to.
India was amazing, it was a really hard trip for me, and I don't recommend that people start out traveling by going there for six weeks, but for a more experienced traveler I highly recommend going!
Was India 6 weeks??? Or you mean your whole trip?
I will have to go once the kids get a little older!
I was in India for six weeks. I did this trip back in my sophomore year of undergrad. So since I'm back in the states from my Czech trip, I figured I'd go back to some of my other trips.
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