Friday, December 9, 2011

India pictures

roadside coconut stand

ABQ airport

Ganges River bath


on the roof of the ashram at dawn




getting ready for a wedding







ready for a haircut

a baby cow on my walk to the river for N's haircut













Ayurveda shop







river monsters











early morning train

afternoon plane



novelty train ride up to Ooty (has the steepest stretch of track in all of Asia)







tea plantation







there were a ton of kids packed in our train car who were on a school field trip

motor rickshaw


Rose Gardens in Ooty





girls basketball team that was obsessed with N




an Indian couple who asked to take their picture with N

he's such a celebrity


Jesus in India











sneaky pics i took at the market



the only female tailor I saw

girls shopping for new clothes.  It's traditional for all South India women to wear fresh jasmine flowers in their hair everyday.









train station chaos


never going 2nd class again


this empty train became PACKED with people in the next five hours. 

Daphne and Vinai


Mt. Arunachala (we were taking the clockwise trek around the base of the holy mountain).  There is a legend that says the mountain was created by a battle to see if Brahma or Vishnu was greater and many people actually believe the mountain embodies a god Siva.

the local ladies make these chalk drawings on the doorstep of all the houses every morning


LUKA!

Mt. Arunachala
temple at Thiruvannamalai


taking a little hike up Arunachala







lady and her cat


sister

laundry day

trip to the countryside





village goat herders

 




 
on my way home!

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