India in the palm of your hand January 11-31 ,2011
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| Skyline of Bhuj- thelake is in the middle of the city |
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| On the way to the airport we stopped at the island park and discovered this gentleman having his bath |
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| Bath preparations |
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| After the bath getting ready for photos |
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| I am ready now! |
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| Offering a prayer |
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| Sorry this is saideways |
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| Ros and Judy compare pictures |
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| Do we have everything? |
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| Double checking for tickets in Bhuj |
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| Ramu and his brother begin to wrap up Ramu's gift to Janet-who was his dee dee girl friend - |
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| More careful wrapping and sewing into a parcel |
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| Ramu and his father |
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| Ramu's father painstackingly wrote out Ramu's name on the parcel |
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| Sunset at Hodka |
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| Our guard at the resort |
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| Some of the neighbourhood kids |
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| That is salt not sand |
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| One Mary Poppins |
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| Gaurav in a mask and Ramu |
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| Lots of salt |
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| 2 nd Mary Poppins |
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| Ramu and Ros |
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| Camels on the way to the village |
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| Herd of water buffalo |
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| My friend Ramu and his wife and children |
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| Ramu`s compound |
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| Ramu`s father and mother |
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| Me with the twin girls who are showing off their embroidery that I bought |
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| Some of the goods offered for sale |
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| Ramu`s father |
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| Charcoal pit |
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| Our compound at Shaam e sharad |
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| Mud work on wall |
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| Ramu`s brother modeling my shawl as a turban |
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| Ramu`s mother demonstrating on our sample- check out the size of the`sample |
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| Òne of Ramu`s ralli quilts |
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| Applique quilt |
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| Concentrate Judy! |
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| Preparation for mud work- dried cow dung is mixed with clay |
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| Then rolled into a shape and stuck to the wall |
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| Sometimes it takes getting more pressure and `convincing`to stay |
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| Not easy as it looks |
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| Ramu`s brother nad his wife both milk the water buffalo- 16 litres a day! |
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| Chaman's new work |
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| Rug weaver gets close inspection |
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| Chaman checking out his own work |
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| He discovers a flaw and will not sell this piece |
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| Warp preparation |
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| Handwoven shirt |
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| Shamji at the indigo pot |
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| Some of Shamji's work |
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