by Debra Nicholson | Jan 5, 2016 | Adventure, Camel Safari, Memories, Time, Transition, Travel
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...
by Debra Nicholson | Dec 30, 2015 | Transition, Travel
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...
by Debra Nicholson | Dec 9, 2015 | Travel
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...
by Debra Nicholson | Nov 30, 2015 | Travel
Arrive Delhi, December 12, 2016. Rajasthan tour and Delhi, December 20, 2015 – January 5, 2016. (See map above.) Jaipur, January 5 – 31, 2016. To include the Jaipur Literature Festival. Delhi and Indian train tour, February 1, 2016 – March 31,...
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.