Over the edge...

This is the aftermath of going to fast on these mountain roads. Miraculously the driver survived by the grace of god.

You can see from this picture that it was a huge drop, and at the top of the picture is the bus which is crashed into the mountain. While at the bottom is the vehicle that tried to avoid the bus.

Mussoorie..

On the road just outside Mussoorie, it is mostly in the clouds but when the clouds disappear the rewards are great.

This has to be the windiest road that I have traveled on so far in my tour of India.

Charlotte posing for her photo.

More beautiful scenery around Mussoorie.

And me posing for my photo.

Rishikesh.

Taken at the Swarg Ashram the other side of the river.

This was the que to go across the bridge and at times the crowd got pretty rowdy and raced to get onto the bridge.

This bridge was swaying back & forth due to the number of people on it.

Two girls I met from Korea.

Mad Max..

These machines look like they have come from the film set of Mad Max.

They are also capable of carry an entire village..!!

Village life.

Not sure what they were harvesting, but it was very dusty.

I think they are planting rice we couldn't communicate properly.

Village Milkman..

The road to Rishikesh..

Still can't believe, the loads just get bigger..!!



The guy on the bike was stopping the load from falling off.. haha.

Last day in Varanasi..

My Hindi Teacher.... Deepankar.

My Flute teacher.... Asok.

My neighbors sister..

My local fruit & vegetable market.

Another neighbor with her son.

Cobra bite..!!!

When I went out to get breakfast this morning this was the sight that confronted me at 9 o'clock.
As you can see below although not to clearly is that it is not enough to put the people of from swimming and bathing.

The body wasn't cremated because the man died from a Cobra bite. When death is from a Cobra bite the body is wrapped in Banana leafs and put into the Ganga.

Some bodies are not cremated because Hindu's believe that when the body is cremated that the poison will be released into the atmosphere, e.g. lepers & Cobra bites.

Also bodies of children under the age of 10, people Babas (Holy men), these bodies are also just put into the Ganga.

The body is in front of the boat on the left. The top step where I'm standing is the entrance to the hotel.

My Neighbours..

These are my neighbours how live next door to me in a room approx 3x4 metres. But they seem very happy with life and have different priority's than us in the west.

The music shop..

This is one of my teachers playing the Indian Bamboo flute (Basuri)