An elephant trail through the rice paddies.
The people made small fires to keep warm in the morning and cook their food on. The air was constantly filled with thick smoke.
A grinding stone.
A room in a home that one family kept its livestock.
The family who lived there.
A fresh spot that this family had just spread the dung / sand / water paste to make plaster near their family cooking area.
Someone's front steps they've decorated.
A woven bed. Most people slept on mats on the floor.
Leaf plates.
A kitchen stove.
A village blacksmith. He worked metal with this contraption.
A rare pet dog.
A termite mound.
Sunset through the smoke haze.
A fence to keep the elephants out. They run right through them...
The entrance to the orphanage.
Checking candidates for surgery.
The generator went out so we finished this surgery with Mat's dying flashlight.
We invited the children from the orphanage to come in and see us work. It was a good Chance for them to see what opportunities are available with education.
There was NO WAY this little boy was going to let Mat get a hold of his ball...
A woman brushing her teeth with the stick they chewed until it was frayed and then brushed.
A pipe that has tobacco on one end and a cocaine like substance on the other.
A rare mango tree.
Our group.
Terri wants to know "Where are they decorating?!"
The sewage backed up into the orphange housing, so one child climbed up the wall, unsrewed the pipe, let it drain for awhile.
Our "sterile" area for surgical equipment.
Terri got creative to entertain the children.
The children were much older than they looked. This girl was as big as our 5 year old Sophia, but she was closer to 10.
Children in the leper colony. If they were related to someone with the disease, they were outcast and had to come here.
They loved having their picture taken.
A local store. The reason Terri didn't buy a lot of souvenirs.
Marigolds on a rooftop/
Eating area again.
Dinner
Terri's job - sterilizing the equipment.
The children did henna tattoos on Terri's legs after she asked for something "very small".
Trying to be grateful...
The man who enjoyed the Ensign so much Terri gave it to him.
Another woman got her hand tattooed.
This man carries his serger around to sell his sewing services. The orphanage trained some of its children to sew as well as a trade.
Paussant and his family.
The morning we saw a Haati!
Each family had a small parcel of land to farm - parcels are separated by the bumps.
Mat the pied piper...
School uniforms
Playing cricket.
Chapel service
A toll bridge. The only way to cross the river.
Calcutta
The market
The tshirt shop Mat got taken at for a very expensive tshirt...
Bamboo scaffolding to work on the building.
The camel we saw.
Water buffalo
The man hired to use his big monkey to scare the little monkeys away at the Taj Mahal.
The building outside the Taj
The Taj Mahal
We need photoshop!
An example of how the precious stones were lay in the taj mahal.
The fort that the son imprisoned his father in when he wanted to be king.
Each hole was once filled with precious stones that the Persians came and plundered many times over until it was empty.
Monkeys were everywhere - like stray cats.
AgainAgain, empty spaces for Jewels.
A religious symbol.
The prison the king was kept in so he could see the Taj mahal. His eyesight declined, so he had an enormous diamond to look through to see far away. Hundred of carats...
Dr. Rahm.
A mirrored room in the Taj.
Mirrored bathroom for rose water baths.
Perfectly Symmetrical.
Moat around the fort that held alligators. Just above that was another area with wild tigers.
