Trip to India

Here are some photos from my recent trip to India (October 2008).

These are temples hewn from a single rock. It is amazing.

An Indian elephant.

Typical shantee built off of the side of the road.

Auto rickshaw or tuk tuk commonly used as transport.



An Indian style toilet on the train. Notice the sunlight from the bottom of the pipe. Yep, it goes right on the tracks....





A rural thatch house.

An etching/carving on the side of a cliff. It is the second largest in the world and extends over 150 feet.

An Indian fishing village on the Bengali Bay of the Indian Ocean.

Ritual bathing on Diwali (A Hindu holiday similar to Christmas).

Sunrise on the Bengali Bay.

We saw this a lot. The cows used in agricultural transport had highly decorated horns.

That is me beside an Indian elephant. It is nearly 10 feet tall at the shoulder.

Me in front of the the second largest monolythic bull - carved out of a single piece of granite.

Hindu temple tower.

We just missed capturing a man urinating below this sign. They were everywhere on the walls. Apparently, there is not a taboo against male public urination.

A Shore temple.

Ganesh - Hindu deity.

Another tower on a Hindu temple.

I am in front of the royal palace in Tiruchi India. It is very impressive.

Our group minus one (someone had to take the picture) in India.