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shopkeeper

this adorable, local shopkeeper talked me into buying alot of early christmas gifts for my mother,even though he is muslim.

Date: 2006
Photographer: vallismith: gallery
Location: India: gallery
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bathrooms and showers

this is where i get to take a shower... about every other day or so.

Date: 2006
Photographer: vallismith: gallery
Location: India: gallery
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This is the Auroville Earth Institute. It specializes in CSEB,Compressed Stabilized Earth Block, it is cheap,sustainable,beautiful and lasts a really, really long time. The training courses also include AVD, info on Arches, Vaults and Domes.

Date: 2006
Photographer: vallismith: gallery
Location: India: gallery
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after supper

this is a little portrait that i did for the group.

Date: 2006
Photographer: vallismith: gallery
Location: India: gallery
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crew

we took our little soire to a new meditation hall that was being built on a piece of property outside town. they are planning on doing a library, health clinic guest houses, and the pond(not in photo) will be a fountain and reflection pool

Date: 2006
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Location: India: gallery
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krishna

She wanted to show me the shrine that she was responsible for. then she wanted some rupees.

Date: 2006
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Location: India: gallery
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go girl.

she wanted to climb to the top too.

Date: 2006
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Location: India: gallery
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Chander leading the way

Chander was leading us to a secret passage in whatelse, another fort. when it got the the climbing part, he decided to turn around and we kept going.

Date: 2006
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lunch

we stopped for lunch after the caves. heres our little crew that we ended up with.

Date: 2006
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near the caves

she was trying to sell these bananas and the monkeys wanted them for free.

Date: 2006
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Location: India: gallery
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monolith interior

this is the inside of the monolith. it is still used. i think it was built around the beginning of the 7th century

Date: 2006
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Location: India: gallery
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the largest hand carved monolith in the world

A monolith is a geological or technological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock. Erosion usually exposes these formations, which are most often made of very hard and solid metamorphic rock. (Its in Aurangabad at the Ellora Caves)

Date: 2006
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Location: India: gallery
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home.

this is his home in the background. I nodded alot and he bobbled his head back and forth. we understood each other.

Date: 2006
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sweet sweet little man.

later, he showed me pictures of his grandchildren and a very handsome picture of himself in earlier years.i found out that he is eighty years old.

Date: 2006
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hey guys!

the monk in the orange is my favorite guy. he didn't understand a lick of english, but we rested alot together on the way up to the buddhist caves and we shared a pepsi together.

Date: 2006
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going to meet more monks

we came to this place near some ancient caves and were amazed at how sweet and loving the monks were to us for three whole days. feeding us, letting us tag along and showing us all the great things about Aurangabad.

Date: 2006
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going to meet more monks

we came to this place near some ancient caves and were amazed at how sweet and loving the monks were to us for three whole days. feeding us, letting us tag along and showing is all the great things in Aurangabad.

Date: 2006
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the monks

we shared a cabin with them on our train south. They shared their generosity with us.

Date: 2006
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cute boys

secure indian boys holding hands.

Date: 2006
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Agra

This is inside a lesser known tomb near the taj mahal. The Taj was built out of love by Shah Jahan, a moghul ruler, for his wife. This picture is of the inside if his father-in-law's tomb.