As far as I can tell, only in (northern?) India... do you find conglomerates of pedestrians, cars, trucks, auto-rickshaws, bicycle-rickshaws, camels, donkeys, horses, and cows all mixed together in a crowded flux through the streets... do people nominate slight accidents, traffic blocks, foreigners buying something loud or interesting in the streets, or basically anything even slightly out of the ordinary as spectacles worth crowding around and delegate themselves traffic cops, road workers, negotiators, spectators, or whatever else is called upon... do people carry objects four times their own size and probably their weight up steep hills or twisting mountain passes and call it part of everyday life... do gaggles of women and children climb and descend mountains that we foreigners climb in hiking boots carrying 2 liters of water, trail mix, and lunch... with flip-flops and
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