Hubli: The City

As promised earlier, below are some pictures and commentary from our trip into Hubli.

But first...here is a picture of Sagar getting acquainted with the short handle broom. Clean up Sagar, sweep like you've never swept before



Now...we present Hubli...


The rickshaw...3 wheels and 50ccs of fury





Cows grazing in the street...pretty standard


Heaven is a shop dedicated solely to making fresh potato chips. We all thought we were losing weight on this trip...this may prove to be impossible.


In Hubli there are many different ways of getting around. Walking, bikes, motorbikes, scooters, rickshaws, bullock carts, and tractors.


Sagar just before testing whether people have the right-of-way when crossing a pedestrian "crosswalk"


As you can see, crosswalks here are merely a suggestion.


Sagar and Mairin exploring the city. Sagar gets the look of "where the hell is he from", Mairin gets the not-so-discreet stare down from every male in the city , and I represent 100% of the half chinese, half Irish population. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of it yet, but for those of you that have been proponents of me growing out a fu-man-chu style beard, I am on day 6 which has translated into random patches of facial hair. I am hoping there will be union soon.


Lastly, we discovered the equivalent of Olde English Malt Liquor here in India: Kingfisher Premium Strong. I am considering starting a movement here to bring the brown paper bag into style. Without it, it is lacking some of that ye Olde English charm.

As commented on by Sagar earlier, we found a basketball. In his first pick up game (at 7am this morning), apparently traveling is legal, there is no defense, and everyone shoots jump shots (without jumping)...so its just like the NBA. We hope to introduce American style street ball in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for more...