A Bird Of Paradise
A paradise for birds
No relation to you know who. No politics here. Just another tube brand.
India Dept. of Roads and Transportation STANDARD quick-fix road repair. It only gets better with time and more cars running over it. Driving in India is no joke. Don't even think of trying it yourself. Let the professional handle the horn, the wheel, pedals and the folded mirrors. In this order. Mirrors are folded for an easier passing. Good news is that there are many Gods available to pray to. Do pray as you are driven around or over a pile of bricks. It takes just one in the wrong time.
Life's many choices. Left or Right? A WALL of THE JUNGLE vs. A WALL of THE COMMERCE. The New Jungle Book.
Jaipur. The economy of parking. Imagine how much bigger this parking will need to be had everyone brought a car instead.
Miles of free weed crop along the highway and nobody told the cops?
Apparently premium quality. ORGANIC! Dear People of Amsterdam, you are being ripped off!
Hi tech Telecom. New Delhi telephone / power pole. WYSIWYG. No fiber.
New Delhi. Big multinational corporations are prepared for almost anything in exchange for the piece of the action. The power often goes off every hour on the hour. Diesel generators kick-in. Better hotels and shops have them, poor one sweat. India desperately needs energy. Lots of energy. America will deliver once the pumps start pumping the bloody slow going Iraqi crude. The globalization is near or coming soon.
Outsorcing American IT jobs to India can save money. A Dollar saved is a Dollar earned. Just about.
Written in stone many times does not make it right. Khajuraho temples complex.
India Goverment at the site of the historic work. Fatherpur Sikri.
British - Indian historic times. Just a bit awkward.
"LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE"
How many cookies can the handy monkey handle? Many and more.
The train is coming but why wait? Maybe the next life will be better?? In India the price of an average human life is still VERY cheap, especially in traffic, where almost everyone tries to make own rules, lowering the price of the life even further. This is the sad aspect and almost the dark side of many drivers of India: they drive like mad zombies without any respect for others. Traffic rules are not enforced. Scooters or motorbikes meant for 2 carry 4. Motor rikshaws meant for 3 carry 6. No helmets (or no helmet for her and her sister on the back seat). People driving on the wrong side of the street and/or speeding. Public transport in the sorry technical state. Overloaded and smoking trucks with not-so-sober looking drivers are numerous and make endless streems trying to pass one another on the curve, in the intersection, or anywhere . Animals on the road. Cows sleepeng on the side. It is not funny. It often looks and feels like a mix of dark comedy and mad horror played over and over again and yet almost everybody thinks it is OK and hopes for the best as more and more people buy new cars, obtain licences 'who-knows-how' and then 'learn-as they-go'.
Jaipur street light
Khajuraho tree top Blue Sky restaurant with a great temple complex view.
This is not a laughing matter. Bamboo scaffolding can only look funny or flimsy to a Western Traveller. In fact it is as strong as Western metal scaffolding but much lighter and... much cheaper.
Unintended consequence of a policy to make national monuments (or anything for that matter) more affordable for the average not-so wealthy-Indian: a reversed discrimination, like many, a form of double standards, is not so funny when it is based solely on the color of your skin. Unfortunatelly this is the most prevalent feeling of a non-Indian looking tourist and especially when traveling 'on the budget' in India. If you are White, African, Chineese or Japaneese simply be prepared to pay 2-20 times more or go away. Not a problem for foreign Indians, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, etc. who always present themselves as 'locals'. What if the American Indian ( a 'Native American') shows up? The fact that countries like Australia, China, Kenya, USA or Poland were once or more than once colonies themselves will not help their citizens one bit or one Rupee at the cash register. White or foreign-looking people just look 'pricey' and the price is assesed based on looks alone.
No spitting and don't take pictures of spitting. Word Trade Building, New Delhi.
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