namaste, india

dear india, you were magnificent and terrible at the same time. thank you and curse you for the memories. i will never forget you.

dear readers, you've seen many of my photos from the ganges, varanasi, the mumbai slums, goa and ganesh chaturthi. here are the last ones i'll be posting from my trip to india.

me participating in a hindu worship ceremony in the humble home of some mumbai strangers



sarita's grandmother & sakshi's schoolbag



me after surviving a near-death experience, aka boarding onto a local mumbai train



maja squeezing into a teeny tiny taxi in thane



child on the way to haji ali



maja and me enjoying a rare, near-empty train cabin in mumbai



pani puri paradise



a lovely local lady wrapping me up in a sari



three idiots and a midget in mumbai



me getting serious about fabrics at janpath market in new delhi



a very common male ailment in india: excessive stare syndrome and photographing of foreigners



backside of an auto-rickshaw


namaste to you all [bobblehead bobblehead].

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