Gattina's Saturday Photo Hunting - Vehicles - October 19, 2013

45 Days Left in India!

Gattina chose "vehicles" as her Saturday Photo Hunting topic for today. 
India has all sorts of "interesting" vehicles, some of the four legged
variety so I have, also, enclosed photos of those.

In Jaipur, tourists enjoy riding camels and elephants, although both 

creatures are also work animals, pulling carts, and heavy loads, in addition

to giving visitors an "Indian" experience at transportation.

Of course, auto rickshaws are everywhere, weaving in and out of traffic and

sounding their horns.

These are the Mumbai variety.  Those in Jaipur are often larger and more 

colorful.

The main vehicle for transportation is the motorcycle.  Jaipur, at least, has a

helmet law which seems to be followed much better than in Mumbai.  Often,

however, second passengers and children are not helmeted.   There are quite a

few cars on the road as well but you don't often see vans or large SUVs such 

as we have in the U. S.

Some people still get around via bicycle rickshaws, quite a lot of work,

especially if the poor fellows are transporting someone my size.

I always get a kick out of seeing these little trucks on the road.  Of course,

there are regular semis transporting goods from one part of India to another,

some of them very colorful.

It is amazing that the ladies of India can ride pinion ( side saddle ), in their

long, flowing colorful saris, especially since many of the roads are in disrepair 

and potholes are plentiful.

India's trains are often filled to overflowing with passengers bulging out the 

doors.  While, of course, there are luxury trains like the Orient Express but 

those that transport regular passengers are far from deluxe.

India's vehicles and modes of transportation are as diverse as the country

itself.  With over 1.2 billion people, you can imagine the traffic jams in major

cities!

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