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 This is why I was in India; if there are roads, you gotta try to hitchhike.
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 My first ride, in the back of that three wheeler, which only lasted 2 kilometers. The driver is in the blue shirt. The two boys are schoolchildren who escorted me on their bikes for a few of kilometers, before and afterwards. |
 The first ride of the second day. The driver asked for nothing, and in fact offered me tea and breakfast. |
 The first truck ride. It only lasted 1 kilometer. Indians are not really up on what the hitching thing is all about, but they certainly mean well. |
 Tooling down the main central highway, that goes from Mumbai (Bombay) down through Bangalore to Chennai (Madras). |
 Catching another ride. The trucks are fun but go really, really slowly. Given the road conditions it's probably a good thing. |
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 The main cross-country highway, shut down because of cattle crossing the road.
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 When hitching, you take whatever ride is offered. |
 Traffic jam in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The traffic lights seem to be obeyed at the drivers option. |
 It is no longer allowed to ride on the roofs of trains. So, people now ride... |
 Hey, I go semi-deluxe or not at all. |
 The view from the bus. The vehicle on the road ahead is hard to see, but whatever it is, it is horrifically ugly and somewhat futuristic in design. I only saw these in Behar state. |
 Some travelers turn up their nose at bus travel and say tourists should only travel by train, which they claim to be safer. Well, maybe... |
 Another train wreck. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of truck and bus wrecks, too. |
 A local beggar child on the train platform. They dress as Hindu diety and ask for money. |
 Not sure what kind of curse this little dude would put on you, but he looks serious. |
 The last day of hitching, this time on a rickshaw on the Grand Trunk Road, which goes from Kolkata (Calcutta) all the way up to Kabul in Afghanistan. |
 The final hitch, with three brothers in an autorickshaw, heading towards Agra. |
