Actually still Bangkok, as we break down the bikes before the flight.
Date: 03/16/2008
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My unceremoniously rigged luggage bag.
Date: 03/16/2008
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I can hardly believe it made it.
Date: 03/16/2008
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Church in India.
Date: 03/17/2008
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Traffic.
Date: 03/17/2008
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More traffic.
Date: 03/17/2008
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The rickshaw is still a common form of transport here.
Date: 03/18/2008
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Goats!
Date: 03/18/2008
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The women dress much more interestingly or at least colorfully than men do here.
Date: 03/19/2008
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Joking on the street.
Date: 03/20/2008
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At the market.
Date: 03/20/2008
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Market
Date: 03/20/2008
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More market scenes.
Date: 03/20/2008
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I biked over this bridge even though I don't think they normally allow bikes. I also accidentally didn't let the guards take a bribe from me. Way to go, me.
Date: 03/20/2008
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Playing for a school in India.
Date: 03/21/2008
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Individual music lessons.
Date: 03/21/2008
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The "Festival of Colors", celebrated about the same time as Easter, is a major Hindu holiday and involves throwing paint on everything, whether you or it like it or not.
Date: 03/21/2008
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Date: 03/21/2008
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Watching construction progress.
Date: 03/22/2008
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Great light and nothing to photograph...I'll photograph anyway.
Date: 03/22/2008
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Festival of colors.
Date: 03/22/2008
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Festival of colors.
Date: 03/22/2008
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FOC.
Date: 03/22/2008
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Gretchen, our gracious Thailand host, with part of FBR.
Date: 03/16/2008
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Fruit in Kolkata.
Date: 03/23/2008
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Some important building.
Date: 03/23/2008
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These street maintenance workers commonly carry large baskets full of dirt or big piles of bricks on top of their heads.
Date: 03/23/2008
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More street workers.
Date: 03/23/2008
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Close-up.
Date: 03/23/2008
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On the streets of Kolkata.
Date: 03/23/2008
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Rear view.
Date: 03/23/2008
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"Sir, this man is crazy!" explained my chai server as this gentleman posed for his photograph. The evidence seemed to bear out the truth of the chai server's proclamation.
Date: 03/23/2008
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On the road out of Kolkata.
Date: 03/24/2008
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One man and a baby.
Date: 03/25/2008
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A combination of pool and air hockey. Picture by Pete.
Date: 03/26/2008
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Two brothers who own a number of sweet shops around Kalna whom we ran into several times during our trip to Brian's.
Date: 03/26/2008
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On the Ganga (Ganges).
Date: 03/26/2008
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Villagers.
Date: 03/26/2008
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Village children.
Date: 03/26/2008
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Sunset somewhere.
Date: 03/27/2008
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The crowds in India seem a bit more intense than those in China.
Date: 03/27/2008
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Boiling down sugar can juice.
Date: 03/27/2008
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Holy cow! (apologies)
Date: 03/27/2008
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A view from the road.
Date: 03/27/2008
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Going on a tour of Katna with Brian and Moti.
Date: 03/29/2008
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Another shot from the tour.
Date: 03/29/2008
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The organization with which Brian is associated assigns embroidery tasks to village women, sells the goods overseas, and uses earnings to improve village infrastructure.
Date: 03/29/2008
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Moti, teacher, poet, erudite explainer of Indian culture, father and excellent guide to village life in Katna.
Date: 03/29/2008
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