Planes, Trains & Automobiles

After a week in Bali I headed to Paris, France to take in the sites. I have been to Paris twice before, but both were weekend trips. However, I fell in love with the city. I really think it’s the most beautiful city in the world (at the least the part of the world I’ve seen). There is no picture that does justice to the experience of seeing the Eiffel Tower in person. I had already seen the major sites on my previous trips, the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triupmh, Notre Dame, Louvre, the Seine and so forth. On this trip, I wanted to spend a little more time than a weekend and check …

Incredible India is an advertising slogan promoted by the government here and abroad. What a train wreck. This place is incredible in many ways but most of the adjectives that would follow would not be endearing.

Delhi’s version of Bangkok’s “no I don’t need a tuk-tuk…” t-shirt would require a magnifying glass and a six-point font to list all of the things you have to refuse here. Walking 500 feet of Main Bazaar near New Delhi train station, you can get anything from a hotel to a meal to a sari to a gem scam to a rickshaw. And if you turn down any of these or 300 other things you don’t want, the next offer is usually …