Another short one, I'm afraid. Too hot to sit in this place to write the nice long thoughtful blog post I would like to, on top of everything else that needs to be done here today... I leave India on Thursday morning, and hopefully tomorrow - my last day here - I will be able to photograph what will hopefully be the biggest Tibetan rights march seen in India, to bring to worldwide attention the ongoing appalling situation taking place in - not just Tibet - but the Tibetan community as a whole. However, seems the Indian Gov't have firm ideas that the demo will NOT take place so... the atmosphere here in Majnu Ka Tilla is heavy and tense and frentic. People have come from all over, and I was lucky to get a room - monks and nuns, mountain folk and young people some in traditional dress and some wearing converse sneakers... it's exciting.
I have posted the last of my Rajasthan pic's at flickr. Here is a link-guide:
The entire India 2007 collection
Delhi (first days)
Jaipur
Pushkar
The local bus from Pushkar to Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer and the desert (absolutely magnificent!)
Udaipur
Agra
*update* - links are fixed and I added a link to the Agra set too....
Let me just say (again, again, again) that Rajasthan is a wonderful place and that we had a fantastic time there. So much so that we canceled all other locations - apart from hideous Agra (to see the Taj Mahal) - so we could really soak it all up.