back from the desert
this will be somewhat quick. we went to osiya the other day and came back today. later today, or tonight i guess, we'll take the night train to delhi and meet my former student saachi and her family. then we'll go to agra together! we took a bus to osiya and stayed at a jain guesthouse and learned a lot about jain people. and saw a major jain temple and another hindu temple but the jain temple was really really beautiful and interesting. i'll attach pictures later.
so we stayed a night at the jain guesthouse and then with a guide walked into the desert and stayed overnight in the desert. we stayed at the home (or on the roof) of the camel man. everyone just called him the camel man. saw lots of stars and he told us that the milky way is also called "the track" and every night at 4 am, god travels the track. i meant to but didn't ask: which god? there's 300 million of them, right? so i wonder which god travels the track. i'm now somewhat familiar with shiva, ganesh, durgha (or something like that), lakshmi, vishnu.
i also learned that what i've been saying to people for "thank you" in hindi is not the word for "thank you" at all. i've been saying chokriya, which means "boy". i should have been saying "sokriya." oh well. no wonder i got weird looks when i said this to people.
we're trying to learn the difference between cow and buffalo. we're starting to get it, i think. here's what we're seeing a lot of: babies wearing eye makeup, people wearing flip flops with socks, kids wearing shirts or sweaters but nothing else (no pants, shoes, underwear). here's what we have not seen in a long long time: doorknobs. i'll attach a picture soon of what we see instead of doorknobs.
health is good, mom and dad. i got a blister on my toe. that's the worst i can say. it was nice to sleep on the roof so we could see so many stars. zillions of stars. we didn't ride a camel but got to hang out with one. camels have very long eyelashes. and thick callouses on their knees and elbows and even bellies where they lay down.
had a really yummy drink called kesar doot. warm milk with safron and almonds and cardamom i think.
so we stayed a night at the jain guesthouse and then with a guide walked into the desert and stayed overnight in the desert. we stayed at the home (or on the roof) of the camel man. everyone just called him the camel man. saw lots of stars and he told us that the milky way is also called "the track" and every night at 4 am, god travels the track. i meant to but didn't ask: which god? there's 300 million of them, right? so i wonder which god travels the track. i'm now somewhat familiar with shiva, ganesh, durgha (or something like that), lakshmi, vishnu.
i also learned that what i've been saying to people for "thank you" in hindi is not the word for "thank you" at all. i've been saying chokriya, which means "boy". i should have been saying "sokriya." oh well. no wonder i got weird looks when i said this to people.
we're trying to learn the difference between cow and buffalo. we're starting to get it, i think. here's what we're seeing a lot of: babies wearing eye makeup, people wearing flip flops with socks, kids wearing shirts or sweaters but nothing else (no pants, shoes, underwear). here's what we have not seen in a long long time: doorknobs. i'll attach a picture soon of what we see instead of doorknobs.
health is good, mom and dad. i got a blister on my toe. that's the worst i can say. it was nice to sleep on the roof so we could see so many stars. zillions of stars. we didn't ride a camel but got to hang out with one. camels have very long eyelashes. and thick callouses on their knees and elbows and even bellies where they lay down.
had a really yummy drink called kesar doot. warm milk with safron and almonds and cardamom i think.
posted by yona abrams | 12:50 AM
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Doorknobs are overrated.
-Aaron
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