Category: India

Auto rickshaw


I am sharing photos of just some of the street scenes on our way to our next destination, the national park. A cyclist and a driver riding their public mode of transportation they call auto “rickshaw’. Rickshaws all over the place have the same colors and styles, and as taxis.

Frontier trivia of the day:

India’s Judicial system consists of a Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for “proved misbehavior”)

And then came another fella

Now here are the two fellas. I have also talked about them here. This was on our way from the National Park.

Frontier trivia of the day:

India is capitalizing on its large numbers of well-educated people skilled in the English language to become a major exporter of software services and software workers.

Lake boating

There was a place where we could go boating in the lake. It was pretty cute. Obviously Paul knows so much about his place, even those in the remote areas, I forgot the name and even this lake’s name. But until now it is still clear in my mind the whole place, the store, the dining place oh well, and the gate. It was a good experience though. And I really appreciate Paul’s service.

Frontier trivia of the day:

The huge and growing population is the fundamental social, economic, and environmental problem.

Another tour around Mumbai

In the hotel lounge while waiting for Paul to pick me up for another day of tour. Paul was one of hubby’s partners driver there whom he offered us for chauffer services for free, a very nice courtesy.

Frontier trivia of the day:

India is the world’s largest producer of licit opium for the pharmaceutical trade

Hotel silhouette

A shot of the hotel. I liked how it came out, seeing the beautiful huge clouds and well, the sun, creating a little silhouette of the building. Some of the wall dirt were still clear, but I believed they had taken care of that long after we were gone, I hope so.

Frontier trivia of the day:

Joint Border Committee with Nepal continues to examine contested boundary sections, including the 400 square kilometer dispute over the source of the Kalapani River; India maintains a strict border regime to keep out Maoist insurgents and control illegal cross-border activities from Nepal

In Juhu beach

In one of my afternoon strolls on the beach. One of those days on my strolling on the beach, I was just walking around for exercise and to get air. It somehow came out okay though. I enjoyed my place there.

Frontier trivia the day:

India seeks cooperation from Bhutan and Burma to keep Indian Nagaland and Assam separatists from hiding in remote areas along the borders

A silhouette of me

A silhouette of me looking through the hotel window at the beach below. In one time below was one of the scenes I observed, just a few people around the sands, lying down, sitting or sleeping.

Frontier trivia the day:

Bangladesh protests India’s attempts to fence off high-traffic sections of the border;