Saturday, September 6, 2008

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

I clicked the pix below while coming back to the city from visiting villages on two different days. The pix that follow are better because they show the beautiful day we had if you don't count how hot it was. Do you recognize the horses? We very seldom see these creatures.




Wish I had more specific info on the fort on top of the mountain behind this small town. You can hardly see the fort or the wall in the pix but it is all very detailed in person. We ate at a restaurant in this town and fed Indian food to five for under $4 including the tip.
































These fern trees are everywhere and much prettier and lush than the pic. The terrain is very different. Parts are somewhat like Arizona with the rock formations but the ground is always covered with green here. Some areas are more like jungle.





Women here are washing their clothes by beating them on the rocks.

















































Just trying to picture a little scenery above. The sky was really beautiful on this trip with gorgeous clouds as you can see. We don't see this often as it is mostly overcast. The cows to the right and below were in a village as we were getting into the car.
































These goats were being herded on the highway and we just drove right through them. There were hundreds in each herd and several herds.








Hard to get close enough to the cranes to see them in a picture but they are everywhere in the country and occasionally sitting on the back of one of the cows. Quite pretty birds.














































Cows pulling wagons with some type of load is a very common sight on any road, city or country. I had the mistaken notion that because cows are sacred they wouldn't have to work but their sacredness just keeps them from being eaten.






















These cows were in the road, also very common, before we totally left the city. Bill and I walked past some of these on the road near where we live which is very much city. I was a little nervous because we were close enough to touch them and they had horns but they all seem rather sluggish and oblivious to people or traffic.























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