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