Sensory overload is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of our time in India. There are so many people, so many cows, so many scooters and taxi cabs. It is crowded and dirty, it is beautiful. Did I mention the cows?? One disadvantage of so many cows is the cow pies. One advantage of so many cows is the cow pies! They are shaped by hand (YUCK) into rings, dried in the sun, then carried on people's heads to areas where they are used as cooking fuel. The traffic in the cities is unbelievable, thousands of cars, buses, bicycles, scooters, 3-wheeled taxi cabs and bicycle rickshaws vie for the same roadways. The honking of horns NEVER stops. The colorful saris are beautiful. I saw hundreds and hundreds, all different. The beggars are everywhere, old and young, children alone and with parents. It is unthinkable but apparently true that parents sometimes maim their children in order to make them "better" beggars. We saw a six or seven year old girl begging, felt sorry for her, then saw her steal a sandwich right from the mouth of a crippled man. Survival of the fittest, I guess.
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