{"id":358,"date":"2012-08-05T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=358"},"modified":"2012-08-05T15:28:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T10:58:29","slug":"after-mcleod-ganj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"After McLeod Ganj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trip to McLeod Ganj netted me a few days in Delhi because of the flight times of Kam Air and of Kingfisher. I was able to get my shoes repaired in the time I had in Delhi before the return to Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Originally attracted by the offer of a cut rate shoe shine from this fellow from Rajasthan, (Are all those that shine shoes from that state?) I accepted his advice for the much needed repairs on these shoes. I forgot to ask how much the repairs would cost before he was halfway through the stitching and gluing. I will probably get another few years of service from the shoes so it was still worth the price.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_360\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-492.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-360\" title=\"Paharganj Shoe Repair 1\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-492-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-492.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-492-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-492-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-492-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paharganj Shoe Repair 1<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_362\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-494.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-362\" title=\"Paharganj Shoe Repair 2\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-494-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-494.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-494-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-494-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-494-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paharganj Shoe Repair 2<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_361\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-493.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-361\" title=\"Paharganj Shoe Repair 3\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-493-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-493.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-493-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-493-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-493-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paharganj Shoe Repair 3<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Connaught Place is now officially Rajiv Chowk. It&#8217;s still more common to hear it referred to by the old name. On Sunday cricket players replace shoppers. The games are only interrupted when it is necessary to retrieve a ball from one of the rooftops.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_359\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-491.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-359\" title=\"Connaught Place (Rajiv Chowk) Cricket\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-491-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-491.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-491-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-491-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/McLeod-Ganj-13-Nov-11-491-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connaught Place (Rajiv Chowk) Cricket<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trip to McLeod Ganj netted me a few days in Delhi because of the flight times of Kam Air and of Kingfisher. 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