Spend money to buy experiences
Posted on February 20, 2026

Patti and I left for a Big Trip to India last week. This will be a very different travel experience for us. Culture shock. My next post will be in a couple of weeks.

One experience I don’t think we’ll ever forget is our bicycle rickshaw ride in old Delhi. Very narrow lanes. VERY crowded. Noisy. Many motor scooters honking, honking, honking, honking. The seat is uncomfortable. You think a person or motor scooter is going to run into you or you’re going to run into them. Shops of all one kind in a row: material for saris; wedding dresses; men’s clothes; kitchen wares. A couple of carts pulled by Brahma bulls. Incense. The seat you are riding on is uncomfortable and the ride is bumpy. An incredible tangle of electrical wires overhead. Monkeys overhead.

I don’t think I’ll forget this man. This is a holy man at the small Hindu temple in the market area of Jaipur. He’s the caretaker. Our guide said he has been coming to Jaipur for 35 years and he has always been here. “The temple is his life.”