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January 10, 2016 Yesterday, I visited a Jaipur temple, Kanak Vrindavan. It involved walking a long steep zigzag path up to the top of a hill. The temple is frequently referred to as a monkey temple because of the many monkeys found along the way, not to mention boars,...Holding On
December 30, 2015 The overnight camel safari is over. It was the adventure I was most looking forward to in the first part of my nearly six-month trip to India. This morning, as I lurched back and forth on top of the camel on the return to the jeep pickup location, I...Finding My Way
I’m lost. None of my friends and family would be surprised by this. They know I can hardly distinguish right from left. But the way I’m lost this time is not directional, even though I misunderstood the hotel clerk who had suggested that one of the hotel men would...Pregnant
The other day I was thinking, “What was I thinking?” Planning a six-month trip to India, at that point, seemed an exercise in madness. I was in the throes of preparing my packing list, preparing the house, preparing my car for storage, preparing last minute travel...About Debra
A trip to India in November-December 2014 so completely stunned Debra Nicholson that she vowed to return as soon as possible. Following her nearly six months’ second trip to India, from December 2015-May 2016, which included a camel safari in the Thar Desert, volunteering at the Jaipur Literature Festival, a two-month train tour around the perimeter of the country, and Bollywood dance and Hindi classes in Delhi, she continues to post on her blog, The Laughing Camel, about her adventures.