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of India pics!
 Infront of the world famous Taj
Mahal. Question in this snapshot is who is
being caught on the camera and by who? |
 Carina on Calangute beach in Goa prior to when a hurricane hit and the incident where we crashed with a moped and were caught injured for over a week |
 In Darjeeling, Himalayas
In the background are the meer foothills to the mighty mountains |
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 Boys by the Ganges, Varanasi
 Hanuman receiving a new coat of paint in Varanasi.  Buffalos in the alley, down town Benares.  Buffalos by the ghats taking
their mid day siesta in the luke warm, muddy water. We were informed
that whereas the white Asian cattle is protected by Hindu laws,
these black ones are partly used as beef stock, at least by the Muslim
population. For ourselves, we retained a habit of eating
almost solely vegetarian food throughout our journey.
 Along the river banks of the
Ganges, the ancient city of Varanasi (or Benares as it´s usually
called in India) looks almost like the motive of a surrealistic
painting. Occasionally, the corpses of dead cattle or other animals
float by and sometimes even the bodies of people who have passed away,
which generally implies holy men or priests. On the walls down
town in Varanasi, one can read advertisements like: "Come to Benares
(Varanasi) and die!" The smoke hangs heavy around the ghats where
diseased are cremated and treated by ancient rituals, preparing them
for their re-entry into the next life.
 Muglai (Muslim)
architecture in Jaipur, Rajastan.
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 Local wedding in Kanchipuram,
Tamil Nadu
We were invited and treated to an incredible festivity of which the finest treats were delivered at around eight in the morning, meaning we were having dinner at our usual breakfast time! The night before there was music on drums and Indian reed instruments called senais while the entire family with all their relatives partied around.  Varanasi train station by the
ticket booth. One wholly cow wishes to emigrate to a more wholly city
if there ever was one! The town of Varanasi (or Benares) is an
incredible mix of animals and people, as if someone had opened the
gates to the nearest zoo and let them all out!
 Many are the astonishing
creations of architecture facing the banks of the Ganges! And of such
varying age, ranging from two centuries before Christ till this
day. Each year after the monsoon, every little step of the ghats
has to be recovered from underneath the mud, a seemingly endless job
for those involved. These days high pressure hoses are used along with
shovels and one can only imagine how they dealt with it in days of
old...
 A concert held in the Oberoi
hotel in central Calcutta. Apart from the traditional female vocals
and Indian instruments tabla, sitar, harmonium and basurai flute
there was one guitar which added a slight bit of western flavour to the
overall impression.
 One of many pandals in the city of Calcutta with wax like dolls faces gazing in amazement out at the toil and turmoil of the mortal world. |