Northern India, 12-29 October 2007
Varanasi - morning scenes
Scenes viewed from our hotel balcony
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Matinal cows
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Contented cows in the morning
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Kite back down
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A child gets up
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... and helps get it going.
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Flying a kite
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Dancing to keep it in the air
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I'm not sure he agrees
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Children
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Colorful young ladies
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... stretches ....
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The ashram awakes ...
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Kids taking care of each other ...
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Beasts of burden
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Spreading out grain to dry in the sun
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And another rickshaw arrives
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Yet another type of vehicle
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Looking toward Assi Ghat (behind the trees)
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A lady draws water from the well ...
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Hold on
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A shiny new rickshaw gets polished
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Some are just arriving
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Off for the day on motorcycles
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... and pours it into her bucket.
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Young and old
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Off to school
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Another rickshaw heading for work
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... and brushes teeth
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If anybody knows what this bird is, please let me know. It doesn't have the wing stripes of a hoopoe.
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The white building with the pyramids is a multi-confessional ashram.
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So do we!
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A morning men's chat
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... for his morning shower
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The mystery bird
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Drawing water from the well ...
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Assi Road and the entrance to the yard in front of our hotel (Temple on Ganges)
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An assistant arrives ..
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The yard. I estimated the well in the lower-right-hand corner to be almost 10 meters deep and the bucket to weigh about 5 kg.
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Two atypical Indian doggies ran up the stairs to the roof
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School children in uniform and a balloon seller
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More dog play
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School children
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Uh-oh, he's striding along like he's late.
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Get 'em, kid
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... or playing with dogs
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Ladies chatting in the morning (7:20) sun
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... or playing ...
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Mystery bird and cow
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