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The Writing on the Wall

Religious artifacts

There’s one thing that can be said about this crazy Dungeons & Dragons religion they have in India, it sure is pretty. Of course I will obviously burn in hell for that previous comment. Or more specifically be reincarnated as a cockroach as is the Hindu belief system here.

Product placement

Suitably cinematic

A rickshaw with no driver? Surely some mistake.

The writing on the wall

The first thing I noticed about India is the fact that all the signage is hand painted. The identikit mass printed street signs and posters of the west have happily yet to arrive here. Of course not all the sign writing is of the same quality…

Wall

Walls are good. Walls are your friend, they hold the roof up. In my opinion they are especially good when covered with posters for many years and then bleached in the sun.

Windows vista

Outside washing facilities also available

I think this would be a great place to clean your teeth and have a shave in the morning. To the left is the sea, rather foolishly omitted by the photographer on this occasion.

Still life with beer bottles.

Funny how you don’t notice the important details sometimes. You order a Kingfisher beer as a bit of a treat. You neglect to notice the word “STRONG” in capitals on the front. You also neglect to read the 8.2% ABV on the back. Hick.

Fantasy / Reality

I love how people’s holiday photos always tend to represent the fantasy ideal of what a place is like. The reality of being in a place is usually quite different. I think it’s more interesting to show both sides. I don’t mean this in a particularly critical way, after all if I had some sort of Howard Hughes complex India would not exactly be the top holiday destination – I’d have chosen Hawaii or Disneyland or Legoland maybe. Here’s a […]

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