India is a whirl of magic and chaos. Aromas, delicious and putrid hit you like a brick in the face. Colours bright, bold and glittering wash over you in a wave as you walk the streets. Traffic is an ever-changing, waving sea around you. Tuktuks, pedestrians, rickety bicycles, lazing cows, yellow taxi cabs, overloaded buses, motorcycles and stray dogs weave in and out amongst each other. Spicy, sweet, salty and tangy flavours are in constant competition on your tongue as you indulge in 5-star street food.
I am currently working on the third volume in the Sihpromatum Series, “Rusty Tracks and Booby Traps” and honestly am having the hardest time capturing our five months there because India is such an intense, fantastic, unique, busy place, there’s no way to capture it in words, place! Enjoy this photo essay, it will give you a slight taste of what INDIA has to offer!
- On the crowded bus from Hospit to Hampi. Can you see Ammon?
- Sadly there are many overcrowded places covered in filth in India. This scene is from Dehli
- Looking over the city of Jaisalmer
- The desert is cold in the early mornings. But that doesn’t stop us from our 3 day trek
- We came across these colourful children in the middle of the Thar Desert while on our trek.
- We found this character at the Golden Temple in Amritsar
- Going back in time. Kolkata
- Gadsisar Lake Jaisalmer in the Middle of the Thar Desert
- Wash day in Udaipur (also known as the White City)
- Random entertainment in the streets of Kolkata
- Yes we do need to cross that.
- Busy life in the city of Mysore
- The Rat Temple in Deshnok is where it is good luck to have the holy rats run over your feet.
- That is an interesting paint brush.
- Jodphur known as the blue city.
- Holy cows also enjoy Market day
- Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur
- We loved the calm quietness of Puri on the East Coast.
- Thar Desert in Rajashan
- One of our favourite places in India was Hampi.
- Do you see anything odd with this photo? Bodhgaya
- Ammon enjoying a very close shave in Varanasi
- This guy was our favorite cook on the street. We ate here everyday and sat on the curb with many others while in Kolkata
- Wash day in Jaipur (Also known as the Pink City)
- You gotta love the wheels on that cart. Bikaner
- Time for a little afternoon nap. Kolkata
- Taj Mahal built in 1632
- A holy man in Hindu is called a Sadhu. Varinasi
- Children playing on the railway tracks. Mumbai
- Rickshaw drivers waiting for work. Kolkata
- Diwali is a 5 day festival.
- Helping the camels get a little extra lunch. Thar Desert
- Victoria Memorial was built in the early 1900s and dedicated to Queen Victoria. Kolkuta
- We rode many buses and trains in our 5 months in India. Kolkata
- Not to sure if i trust this job.
- Children in Darjeeling
- Mysore Palace in Mysore was the home of the ruling royal family the Wodeyars from 1399 to 1950.
- Some of the amazingly intricate caveings on the Jain Temples in Halebid
- Now this is an electrician’s nightmare.
- This is not an uncommon scene.
- Looking down on the Kailasanatha. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock. Ellora
- Up in the Himalayans near Darjeeling the Yak is a very helpful animal.
- Ammon’s favourite food is all you can eat 75 cent Thali. The best part is it was everywhere.
- Jaisalmer in the Thar Desert
- River Tungabhadra runs through Hampi and its such a beauty
- Orcha has wonderful ruins to climb through.
- Fields of tea in Darjeeling where they make some of the best Tea in the world
Stay tuned for more #FridayFotos. Next week is Indonesia
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Savannah Grace
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great photos!
Wow… its a great and outstanding.