The last stop on a half-day visit to the desert near Jodhpur was for an opium ceremony. This was our host. Given the dilution of the opium, I was less concerned about it than the water it was diluted in, but as it turned out, neither had any effect. Afterwards we were treated to a simple and delicious meal, which for me was as memorable as the ceremony.[I published a new post on Pohanginapete a short time ago. Given how it reads, perhaps the effects of the opium were just delayed a couple of years ;^)]
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He does look a bit unfocused, I think.
ReplyDeleteMaybe dealing with a bunch of Israelis and one kiwi would unfocus most people?
ReplyDeleteI did find it frustrating not to be able to talk with him (and so many others) in his own language.