Mumbai
Begging Kids in Mumbai, India – 2003
They had us right where they wanted us. Marty, Akshay and I had just come from an ATM machine so we couldn’t use the ol’ standby of “we don’t have any cash”. I’m sure that was in their playbooks. A good tactic, and we’re certainly suckers for kids. We didn’t want to just give them money as a lot of times they just take it to someone else. We figured they’d like some food so we took them into one of the coffee shops and got them some donuts. Their eyes got pretty wide when we went in.
The shopkeeper tried to kick them out as he knew they were just begging, but we told him to let them stay and they picked out some big donuts. Here’s a shot of Marty in the shop with the kids.
The Q-bert Pool
Don’t exactly remember where this photo was taken in Mumbai, but I recalled seeing the interesting architectural structure I thought was a swimming pool, but still not sure, but certainly photoworthy. It kinda reminds me of the game Q-bert with all the angles. I’m getting old apparently…
Construction in India
You wouldn’t think that the construction industry would buy off on these types of setups, but when you get down to it, they seemed to have the hang of it. No shoes, no workboots, no hard hats, no nets. Nothing but climbing around on the bamboo support structures building. Hard to believe, but it gets the job done in India.
