Driving to India's Golden Triangle
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India's Golden Triangle consists of 3 basic cities: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Each place has their won sights and cultures and the triangle is one of the most traveled tourist routes in India. We went by driver (4 days at $220US).
Like a lot of the trip, I end up being more interested in the random and fleeting things you see on the way to a sight than the sight itself. here are a few...
Once we entered Rajasthan, where Jaipur is, we started seeing lots of camels. Rajasthan is very arid and desert, especially since the drought that started in 1997. Most camels "ships of the desert" were strapped to carts and made me feel like we had gone back in time.
Here is one with a dog on top and an another dog in the shadow.

I don't think I had ever seen baby camels...

Aside from the camels the Indians have all sorts of interesting vehicles, including the "jugad", which is put together with spare parts and is illegal. I remember the name because "jugad to put it together yourself, man."

The trucks are much like Sri Lanka, with each having a lot of artful color and messages to other drivers. Most do not have turn signals and few have working rearview mirrors. "Horn Please" means to blow your horn when you pass and "Wait for Side" means wait for a hand wave from the driver.

This is a random girl watch us go by...

The road from Agra to Jaipur is terrible now, due to construction, but should be better in 2008.



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