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!
- Ammon enjoying a very close shave in Varanasi
- We loved the calm quietness of Puri on the East Coast.
- Fields of tea in Darjeeling where they make some of the best Tea in the world
- Jaisalmer in the Thar Desert
- Some of the amazingly intricate caveings on the Jain Temples in Halebid
- Helping the camels get a little extra lunch. Thar Desert
- Diwali is a 5 day festival.
- That is an interesting paint brush.
- River Tungabhadra runs through Hampi and its such a beauty
- Busy life in the city of Mysore
- This guy was our favorite cook on the street. We ate here everyday and sat on the curb with many others while in Kolkata
- Up in the Himalayans near Darjeeling the Yak is a very helpful animal.
- One of our favourite places in India was Hampi.
- Not to sure if i trust this job.
- On the crowded bus from Hospit to Hampi. Can you see Ammon?
- Time for a little afternoon nap. Kolkata
- Looking down on the Kailasanatha. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock. Ellora
- Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur
- Looking over the city of Jaisalmer
- Taj Mahal built in 1632
- Wash day in Jaipur (Also known as the Pink City)
- Random entertainment in the streets of Kolkata
- Sadly there are many overcrowded places covered in filth in India. This scene is from Dehli
- You gotta love the wheels on that cart. Bikaner
- This is not an uncommon scene.
- Wash day in Udaipur (also known as the White City)
- Gadsisar Lake Jaisalmer in the Middle of the Thar Desert
- Going back in time. Kolkata
- A holy man in Hindu is called a Sadhu. Varinasi
- We found this character at the Golden Temple in Amritsar
- Children playing on the railway tracks. Mumbai
- The desert is cold in the early mornings. But that doesn’t stop us from our 3 day trek
- Thar Desert in Rajashan
- Holy cows also enjoy Market day
- Children in Darjeeling
- Now this is an electrician’s nightmare.
- We came across these colourful children in the middle of the Thar Desert while on our trek.
- Mysore Palace in Mysore was the home of the ruling royal family the Wodeyars from 1399 to 1950.
- We rode many buses and trains in our 5 months in India. Kolkata
- Rickshaw drivers waiting for work. Kolkata
- Jodphur known as the blue city.
- Victoria Memorial was built in the early 1900s and dedicated to Queen Victoria. Kolkuta
- Yes we do need to cross that.
- The Rat Temple in Deshnok is where it is good luck to have the holy rats run over your feet.
- Ammon’s favourite food is all you can eat 75 cent Thali. The best part is it was everywhere.
- Orcha has wonderful ruins to climb through.
- Do you see anything odd with this photo? Bodhgaya
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.