the hood

i managed to turn on my camera. snap. die. several times over the last couple months.

here are some snaps of the place that feels the most like home - shalimar bagh, delhi....

these are the rishshaw wallahs.. they ride you in the back at 25 cents for about a 20 minute journey. (thats some trash burning to the side)

mmmmmmm..... chai. the man that works here is the sweetest man ive ever met. he lives in the dirt by his chai stand and yet he has not once let me pay for my tea.

this is my bedside table on the left. on the right is next door. these people are fixing the sewar. i guess they live in this tent until the work is done?

PINK PEOPLE... recovering from Holi festival. the guy in the pic on the right is my favorite in india. his name is rajindra... he's the cook here... he is my friend. the guys in the pic on the left are some of the doctors at the clinic and another kitchen guy. oh! the man on the far left is my new "brother", re the red string.

another friend. i dont know his name, but sometimes i ride on his bike.

on the way to the market.

when i first arrived. note i am a bit grumpy :)

i would like to share one thing i saw in varanasi that i cant get out of my head. i saw a sadhu - naked but for his little orange crotch swatch. well this particular man's hair was just one dreadlock. now of course lots of the sadhus have dreads, many even have odd singular long ones. but this was the whole head... ok what comes into your mind is like a pony tail extending down. no. you are wrong. this was a dreadlock rounded rectangular in nature. imagine the sides extending wider than the sides of his head, the top about 6 inches above his forhead line, then making its way down to shoulder level. blockhead must have been his nickname. in fact, it would be hard to tell it was actually a dread and not some form of helmet hair unless you got as close as i did. i had to. i was transfixed. i still cant stop thinking about it. its like a song stuck in my head, except its something very dirty stuck in my mind.

anyway, just wanted to share :)

ps ive added a few pics to the other posts as well... tonight i go to BALI!!!!