I swear, Xer, reading your posts above were as exotic to me as if you were on some foreign planet.  I must've had a bad experience in a past life, but that whole area (India, Pakistan, etc.,) has never "called" to me to come visit (like some other places like Japan and the British Isles...)   I could never go visit there, even if somebody paid me to go.

 

I'm sure glad you have visited, however, and are sharing the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes to us.  For me, better than being there!