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The market place  
   

The market place

Busy winding streets with interesting stalls and shop keepers fighting over the tourists, inviting you in for Chai just to have a look at their goods. Sometimes it would take me a whole hour to make it half way down the street. Everyone wants to talk to you, to know where you're from and find out what you're doing in India. It's no walk in the park, though there is plenty of poo to dodge on the ground as there are just as many animals as people roaming the streets.
India beginning!

March 18th 2006
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