Around India

India is an amazing! There are two things that I noticed right away when I got off the plane! They honk their horns all the time!! The back of the trucks say "Honk Please". They want to know you are there. They do not use their mirrors at all and they just honk. We asked one of our Indian friends if there are any driving laws and he said that they drive by their feelings! And really, they do! It is a bit insane! We hit a goat (it got up) and another car hit a monkey (it did not get up) and we almost hit a million people and other cars and other things in the road! Driving was CRAZY!!! The other thing that I noticed in India was what we called, "the bobble". It is like a bobble head figure but they really do it! To master the bobble, you must do a slight figure eight with your head, starting on the right and you must do it without any expression on your face. This gesture is a response when a question is asked. Basically it is saying, "uh, huh". But it looks like they do not understand or they are saying no. So it was very confusing! We all tried to practice the bobble! Oh India, it was wonderful!

This is a picture of a typical street in Ongole. The only thing missing is a cow in the middle of the road. You can look at the other pictures to see that!

This picture reminded me of Thailand. The snack stands were almost the same! But the way they display things is different. The things hanging down are bags of chips stuck together.

This is a water well they use to do their laundry. They wash the clothes, slap them against the stones and then they lay them out to dry. Very interesting to watch!
I love India and I look forward to my next visit!