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Crazy Pictures of Indian Life

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India is a very different place, with a unique culture and lifestyle. We put together a few of our favorite photos showing the weird and wacky and funniest of India to give you a bit more of an idea of what it is like to travel through here. One last funny story: We were at a restaurant in Jaipur, and were sat next to the Air Conditioning unit. It started squeaking and making such a crazy racket. We asked the waiter if it was broken. As he was switching it off, he replied, “No. Not broken. Something inside just not working.” Later, we asked him how much the rent was on a tuk-tuk for the day. His reply:”God is angry”. HA! Enjoy the pictures! Eric and a manquin in the Baharain airport. Luggage at the airport. Suitcases or cardboard boxes, wrapped in cloth and rope. Will you go with the "Econo Meal" or "Happy Price Menu"? Beef and Prok are banned, so its veggies or chicken here at McDonald's! So how much does a left turn cost then? Is riding around on a bike

Rishikesh - The Ganges and the Ashrams

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Laura on the boat going across the Ganges, in front of a ghat. Our next, and final stop in India was a smaller town, called Rishikesh . It lies up near the Himalayas, where the Ganges begins. Rishikesh is a very holy city, with a few temples, and hundreds of ashram/meditation centers. It has a footnote in history as the place where George brought the rest of the Beatles, where they stayed at an ashram and wrote a ton of songs. We decided that since it was supposed to be so laid back and relaxing, it would be a cool place to go. The night we left Jaipur, it was thunder storming, which we had a really good view of from the rooftop restaurant of our hotel. We went to the train station early, just in case, but upon arrival found we had plenty of time left, since the train was running about 40 minutes late. We found a nice clean spot to put down our bags and sit to wait (no easy task in India, where most public surfaces are dirty, and covered with people). We were sharing a bench with a