Guesthouse window, Varanasi, India, February 2005
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On the Ganges at Varanasi, February 2005
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On the Ganges at Varanasi, February 2005
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On the Ganges at Varanasi, February 2005
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Views of the Taj Mahal - from the opposite bank of the river (whose nearly dry basin hosts struggling farms, men who sell pigeons to release en masse for picturesque shots of the distant tomb) - February 4, 2005
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Views of the Taj Mahal - from the banks of the river at its back (where workmen pitch tent villages in the meager shade of trees, hemmed in on both sides by uncompromising fortifications) - February 4, 2005
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Views of the Taj Mahal - from outside the side entrance (through which only this donkey and its loader can enter, to rebuild one of the many walls inside) - February 4, 2005
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Views of the Taj Mahal - from outside the wall along the nearly dry river bed (where hawkers sold cheap trinkets and postcards taken from better angles inside) - February 4. 2005
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Views of the Taj Mahal - from the rooftop of the guesthouse (to which we arrived in the morning and left before nightfall) - February 4, 2005
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The reason for my extended absence...my (happily!) now recovered bunny Mo Shui. November 2, 2005
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