Gloom Delhi

We're in New Delhi, and for the first time in more than a month, it is Raining. The rain has the undesirable effect of liquefying everything in the streets (yes, I mean poo) and the slippery conditions make the rickshaws, motorbikes, cars, cows etc more difficult to negotiate. But that hasn't stopped us from checking out a few sights, including the below:




It looks like a Mini Taj Mahal, but actually built first. In an interesting reversal of the Taj, this monument was commissioned by a woman for her husband.



There are also about 100 other important people lying rest there too. There is exceedingly lovely stone work all over the place.



Below, a photo I took of school kids taking a picture of me. META!



I've got a really huge backlog of photos to share, but here are just a few from Varanasi, which was beyond overstimulating.


Above, sunrise over the Ganges.

True believers, bathing and offering devotions to the rising sun.


We did see a handful of non-Hindu tourists taking a dip in the Ganges and photographing the process. Because we feared such an action would lead to a stomach parasite as large as the pictured python, we kept dry. I have no regrets.


There is a Varnasi video in the works, but until then, here is a rough clip.