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I’ve done a lot of hikes in my life, but this one is the best by far. I was amazed. My sons amazing Boy Scout leader, Rich Powell, lead this motley expedition. I could go on and on about it, but a picture’s worth a thousand words, so see for yourself! If you want to [...]

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I had heard that driving in the Philippines was just like India, which it’s not, but it’s sure not what a North American is used to! Check out the live action: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davesherwin.com%2Fdriving-in-the-philippines%2F181%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Driving+In+The+Philippines’; addthis_pub = ”;

The Taj Mahal may be the most photographed building in the world. Every picture, from every angle, in every lighting, has already been taken, and I’ve seen many of them since I was little boy, yet when I walked through that North Gate for the first time and saw it with my own eyes it [...]

The only hard part about finding a tour guide at the Taj Mahal is getting to India. The rest is easy. Show up in the Taj Mahal parking lot, and voila! A host of tour guides, book sellers, and other sundry and miscellaneous sales professionals show up before you can even open the car door. [...]

My son Josh, who’s eight, had just one request before I left for India. he wanted me to bring him back a rock. So imagine my happiness when, after completing a tour of the Taj Mahal, we ended up in a shop that had a wonderful variety of pretty rocks and semi-precious stones. I was [...]

As you probably know, cows are sacred in India. So it’s probably not appropriate to use the word “beef,” as that’s more of a food related term. So I knew before I came that cows were sacred, but I never got the full implications of that until I got here. For example, it’s illegal to [...]

So I knew when I came to India that I wanted to get some custom tailored clothes. It took some local knowledge, but I found a great place and with the help of my volunteer helper, Greeny (real name!), I was able to find the deal I wanted. One hour of measuring later I had [...]

What’s not in India? The weather, first of all. 120 degrees today! But otherwise, here are some of the interesting news items I found through scanning the hotels paper of choice, The Hindustan Times: In The News Government accepts new figure for poor: 372M Wow. Just slightly more poor people than the entire population of [...]

Now I know what a 15 hour plane ride is like. It’s easy to describe: Extremely long! Luckily, I made a conscious decision before I left to be as non-productive as humanly possible on my trip over. Usually when I travel, I have my laptop, some books, and other miscellaneous work stuff ready for me [...]