Final Week in Jaipur, India December 4, 2011January 18, 2023g8erchum As I said before, volunteers, interns and students are always coming and leaving the camp in Jaipur and, after over 5 weeks, my [...]
Hanging Out at Camp and Around Town November 21, 2011September 21, 2017g8erchum 1 As I explained in a previous post, the camp is our communal home for volunteers and interns who are in Jaipur from all [...]
My Birthday जन्मदिन and More Jaipur जयपुर Sights November 16, 2011September 21, 2017g8erchum It’s my birthday and I wake up to a power outage – something that would happen regularly over the next couple weeks. I [...]
Reunion with Vipul विजय November 14, 2011January 18, 2023g8erchum I woke up early on Sunday to meet up with my friend Vipul, to join him on a company outing to a place [...]
Palaces and Forts of Jaipur November 10, 2011September 21, 2017g8erchum After settling into the volunteers’ camp (house) and my Hindi lessons, I went exploring around Jaipur. As the center of the princely ‘land [...]
Jaipur जयपुर November 8, 2011January 18, 2023g8erchum 2 After a 6 hour bus ride from Delhi, I arrived at my guesthouse in Jaipur, Anuraag Villa. Jaipur is the capital city of [...]
Back to Jaipur जयपुर with Shannon December 11, 2010September 21, 2017g8erchum After meeting up in Delhi and exploring around for several days and visiting the amazing Taj Mahal in Agra, Shannon and I made [...]
Exploring Jaipur November 13, 2010September 21, 2017g8erchum I have started my Hindi lessons with my teacher, Subhadra. Each weekday morning, I take a tuk-tuk (autorickshaw) to the Idex offices and [...]
Learning Hindi in Jaipur, India November 10, 2010September 21, 2017g8erchum While researching about working at the State Department, I found out that there are four languages that they consider critical. With Hindi being [...]