Jodphur, India... Volunteering

At the Taj Hotel. Rose and I crashed the nicest hotel in Jodhpur and went for swim.Behind me is the pool.

Jaislmer. Man dying his hair with henna.  

Jasilmer. Picture by Rose. Army patrol on camel back with spears...you won't find this in the states!!! 

Jaisilmer. Holy Sedus that beg for money...they walk around with gold pot and people give them money, this is their caste and birth right.  

Jasilmer. Rose dancing with the gypsies. 

Jaisimler. Sarah in the distance dancing with gypsies.  

Jaisilmer. Women in the Sand dunes singing to tourists for money.  

Pushkar. Rose talking to a fellow traveler over chai. Such a sweet guy.  

Pushkar. Cow entering.  

Udiapur. Cows.  

Udiapur. An enchanted forest. I love this place.  

Udiapur. My friend from Argentina that I met in the dried up lake. Little Indian girls watch in the distance.  

Face series, Man in Udiapur.  

Udiapur. India. I went here for the weekend with Sarah and Rose. I am standing in the middle of a dried up lake. This is where the James Bond movie, 'octopussy' was filmed.  

My co-worker, Nishi, dancing up a storm at his friend's house.  

This is my most challenging class, Barawala.. 

This is my favorite village, Kakelav. The girls are displaying their self portraits.  

These are my students in Kathewas, I am pretending to be married to the girl next to me, so I am wearing a shawl to cover my head.  

A photograph of me taken by the father of the house. The wife is below preparing lunch. I am sitting on their bed that is only wooden boards.  

Poor family in Pushkar, the eldest son in the desert with random Indian boys in the background.  

Poor Family in Pushkar. She has no paper, so she was writing the ABC's on her arm.  

Poor familly, Pushkar wife preparing lunch for me and the children. This is her only stove.  

Poor family from Pushkar. The son eating an orange, I had brought.  

Rose, my fellow volunteer in the village.  

My friend Govind wearing my hat with his "friend" Verendra