India Photos Batch 2

- The Red Fort in Jaipur
















- View of the Floating Palace from our hotel room in Udaipur



















- Roger, Owen and Brad learning how to make yummy Indian food at the excellent cooking class in Pushkar.
















- Pigs don't get to eat yummy Indian food...This was taken in Pushkar, but the scene is the same everwhere; this is what cows, dogs and pigs eat every day.

















- Yet another amazing picture taken by Brad. This one was taken on a sunrise hike to a hilltop in Pushkar.
















- Sun rising over the smog in Pushkar
















- Owen, having the time of his life driving a tuk-tuk.















- Celebrating my b-day at a fantastic restaurant in Jaipur. Thanks again for the cake Jitu.

- The Birthday Goat! The Birthday Goat! The pic didn't turn out all that well due to the bumpy-ness of the bus ride, but you get the gist. That is a real live and true goat. And it's on a bus!

Below are shots of the Taj Mahal; no description necessary...

- Me and B sitting on the onyx slab that used to hold the shah's throne at 'parliamentary' decision making sessions at the Red Fort in Agra.

















- Neat veggie stall in Varanassi















- I was happy to see the garbage shed, 'cause it meant that some garbage actually got off the road, however, I was not happy to see that the cows were allowed into the garbage shed to eat all the rotting food and plastic bags.

- Nightly Hindu ceremony with fire torches along the banks of the Ganges in Varanassi

- Funeral pyres along the banks of the Ganges

- This photo is of me having an Indian 'crazy' moment. We were at the train station in Varanasi, waiting for the train to Kalcuta. The tuk-tuk ride from our hotel to the train station had almost killed us 6 times; the worst incident being when we passed the cycle rickshaw carrying 4 cans of propane almost get smoked by a passenger bus...Anyway, as we stood on the platform waiting for our train to arrive a circle of men gradually formed around our group. At one point the circle was about 3 people deep and they were all staring at us! Full on, unashamed STARING at all the wierd white people. It was probably the most surreal moment of my life. Hence the photo!

- Sad goodbye photo from our final dinner in Kolkata; this one is of all the Canadians on the trip. From left to right, me, Michelle, Brad, Lisa and Jen.

- Me and Brad with Jitu; the best 'friend and facilitator' we could have hoped for. Thanks for everything.