Dzo [Yak-Cow Hybrid], Goecha La Pass, Kangchenjunga , Sikkim, India 2007

Taj Mahal Pano, Agra, India 2007

Taj Mahal Tower, 2008. A different look at the Taj Mahal

Mossy Cobbles of Darjeeling, India 2008

Taxi Birganj, Nepal 2008

Darjeeling Teahouse, India 2008

Sikkim Himalayas, India 2008

Yak on Kanchenchunga, Sikkim, India 2008

Yuksom, Sikkim, 2008. A flat tire yields a Sikkimese cultural bonanza hidden in the woods. This helped to break up a 48 hour journey via bus, share taxi, and horse and buggy from Gangtok, Sikkim to Varanasi, India.

Cooling off in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India.

The casual observer cannot help but be overwhelmed upon his arrival to a place as ‘foreign’ as Kolkata, India. Sensory overload was achieved within minutes through all five senses. A place that made Bangkok seem quiet, clean and organized left me gasping for air and stumbling about looking for a new destination.

The ‘meat market’ in the video is an everyday occurrence in Kolkata and you can only imagine it on a hot day. I spent 6 days in Kolkata trudging around in mud only to find out on the fifth day, a day of scorching hot temperatures that I was not trudging around in mud.

I realize the post and accompanying video is kind of mean and that was not my intention. There is surely more to Kolkata than this…I was just not prepared to find it at this point in my trip.