Finally some pics of India... i have included far more than i wanted to, but the Indian scenes are just too good to not share...

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This is group II of the India pic, incl Varanasi

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sorry so many of the pics are out of focus... low light conditions and frequent movements cause most of it, plus my haste

some pics of jaipur


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Have not looked at all pics yet, as I'm catching up on all sorts of things after 3 weeks in Europe. But what I've seen of your pics so far, they are really great! Thanks for sharing.

thanks for sharing.

Loved your pics....loved the caption "peel me a grape".

Thanks for sharing.
Still continuing to look ate the other pics.

let me speak to indian women's veils.... according to krishna the main purpose of the use of the veil is to show respect...

as an example he told us that his wife pulls her veil over her face when his father is present, but never when K or his brothers are present... his mother does not use a veil except when a non member of the family, a male, is present. K's wife uses a veil when out in the village.

i am sure many western women disagree with this, but to me it does demonstrate a level of respect.

i have ordered Karen some veils for Xmas.

we are in ny for the weekend so no new pics till next week.

Respect for what?

Wedding veils, I hope. i hear after your latest posts that she's out "looking around"

Indian women veils are something like covering your head when you go to church or temple...a form of respect and/or modesty.

And the longer the veil....more modest and more respectful????

Bob, if K comes back with a veil, you better be prepared to act like god. I don't think you are up to it. LOL.

ok, i will suggest a black berka

still having trouble uploading pics...

I hope you get the upload problem solved. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of yoru photos.

my daughter helped me last night and i have quite a few more available... i just need to title some and pick from the hundreds...

may skip kathmandu until after xmas, but i can do udaipur and its neighbors now...

stand by

here is the first group of my Udaipur pics. this city is our favorite of the Indian places we have visited thus far.


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this is the 2nd part of the Udaipur pics....these are mostly outside the city...


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Bob, nice sets - really enjoyed these. Your hotel is beautiful.