Start of Something New

I went FROM this....

My brother playing in the Homecoming game :)

There's Brett! #67

My sweet Sam baby

To THIS...

The Lotus Temple. By far the quietest place I have been in Delhi.

Train to Haridwar, a Hindu holy city.

The squatty potty on the train. Deposits go straight to the tracks. Lovely.

On the streets of Haridwar.

Family bathing in the Ganga (Ganges) River.

Monkeys. Deceptive creatures. They look cute. They do not act cute.

Idols. There are idols everywhere.

The Ganga River is holy to Hindus. People pay priests to do puja (worship/rituals) for them.

A sweet family I talked to at the Ganga. Their grandfather was collecting water from the river to take home with them.

Cows are considered gods and allowed to roam freely.

Idols that had been placed in the Ganga for a festival or ritual.

Fresh fruit at a stand on the street.

A delicious Indian meal that one of my partners and I shared one night.

India. This is home now. It is going to take a lot of adjusting and learning an entirely new, different culture. I am learning one step at a time.