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At 1:01am on March 28, 2008, Mariana Ruiz said…: So I just checked out your photos and they're pretty amazing I must say! I don't think I had enough memory to hold as many pictures as you did but you saw a lot of neat things that I didn't...was that a cow's skull on the Ganga!? I'm not really surprised though lol

At 12:46am on March 28, 2008, Mariana Ruiz said…: yea, I have a lot more pictures to upload hehe, but something is wrong with the bulk uploader here on AFC Exchange, so it's taking me some time. I had an amazing time though. I discovered a lot about myself there and as I went into this, I thought that I was giving to these kids but it turned out they gave to me a greatest gift of all, love. They are such amazing and sweet kids, I want to go back to India one day just to see them and explore the south. I'm reading this book called "Holy Cow" by Sarah McDonald, and it's funny cause she really describes India the way I saw it, just this really big paradox! Its beautiful and ugly, mean and nice, real and surreal, colorful and dull, and like McDonald said "It's the worst of humanity. It's the best of humanity." But it was definately something quite unforgettable and really changed me for the better. Did it do the same for you?

At 11:13am on March 19, 2008, Michael Ryan said…: All my photos from 2007 trip can be seen on Flickr at

http://www.flickr.com/gp/12031532@N03/wxU6Ec

(it would take too long to add them all here)