february 3
Arrived in Delhi to hop on s bus for a four hour ride through the densest fog I've ever seen. Absolutely no scenery to enjoy on the way to Agra, just thick fog.
Started to break up just as we reached Agra. I absolutely love the street scenes. Is everything I heard; loud, chaotic, dirty, but it's also a big group scene. Whereas at home when you see throngs of people on the street, generally they are walking somewhere, either by themselves or with one other person. Here it's much more interactive. Lots of groups of people (mostly men, really) sitting, working, walking.
Cars aren't rare, but what I see is that bikes and motorcycles are the main modes of transportation. Whole families on one motorcycle. Mom rides sidesaddle on the back, then a kid or two then Dad driving, then the baby placed, naturally, right up front.
Bikes are similar, they have a flat book rack on the back and the passenger sits there.
Then there is the animals. There are tons of stray dogs, all over. Even litters of puppies. Of course there are cows wandering, eating the trash alongside the dogs. A lot of horses to pull carts. I have no idea what breed or mix these are, but they are the thinnest, most narrow-chested horses I've ever seen. Ribs showing more than any animal I've seen at home.
Possible the most exotic animal se've seen on the streets so far are camel pulling carts. And baboons roaming in packs.
The big field trip that took us into the city was the Taj Mahal. Being a Sunday, it was packed like Disney World on spring break. the Taj is just like the photos. One thing I'd say is that it has a very transparent quality. In photos we attempted from further away, it seemed to actually fade away.
The next day, yesterday, we got on a huge tourist bus to bring our group here to Allahabad. We encountered our first Indian style toilets, which one daughter proudly navigated. Ten hours later we are here.
Arrived in Delhi to hop on s bus for a four hour ride through the densest fog I've ever seen. Absolutely no scenery to enjoy on the way to Agra, just thick fog.
Started to break up just as we reached Agra. I absolutely love the street scenes. Is everything I heard; loud, chaotic, dirty, but it's also a big group scene. Whereas at home when you see throngs of people on the street, generally they are walking somewhere, either by themselves or with one other person. Here it's much more interactive. Lots of groups of people (mostly men, really) sitting, working, walking.
Cars aren't rare, but what I see is that bikes and motorcycles are the main modes of transportation. Whole families on one motorcycle. Mom rides sidesaddle on the back, then a kid or two then Dad driving, then the baby placed, naturally, right up front.
Bikes are similar, they have a flat book rack on the back and the passenger sits there.
Then there is the animals. There are tons of stray dogs, all over. Even litters of puppies. Of course there are cows wandering, eating the trash alongside the dogs. A lot of horses to pull carts. I have no idea what breed or mix these are, but they are the thinnest, most narrow-chested horses I've ever seen. Ribs showing more than any animal I've seen at home.
Possible the most exotic animal se've seen on the streets so far are camel pulling carts. And baboons roaming in packs.
The next day, yesterday, we got on a huge tourist bus to bring our group here to Allahabad. We encountered our first Indian style toilets, which one daughter proudly navigated. Ten hours later we are here.
Really interesting stuff! Packs of baboons??
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