Bright Moments - The Passionate Programmer

Just stumbled on this old fabulous memory:

In December, we went to the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India with Kelly’s mother and sister. It was an amazing place. Incredibly different from being in South India. I guess it must be something like the difference for foreigners in the USA going from Wisconsin to New Mexico. Completely different cultures, language, and animals (camels!). As we drove there from Agra, I kept looking at the map and noticing how much closer we were getting to Pakistan. I don’t know why, but I get more interested in visiting Pakistan and Afghanistan every day. I can’t think of many good reasons to go there these days, and there plenty of reasons not to go. Still, I can’t get over the infatuation. We took a taxi down (I couldn’t talk the family into going by camel cart) to the main shopping area in Jaipur to feed our collective addition to consumption of goods . For some reason, no matter whe...

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