Delhi to Bodh Gaya in Photos

The Ganga (Ganges).

In Bodh Gaya (this and below). 

The poverty is at times pretty daunting here, with a literacy rate of less than 50% – the lowest in the country, and a drought this year putting additional strain on everyone. Above, rickshaw drivers await customers outside the markets. Rickshaw peddling is hard work on these old bikes and the pay is incredibly low, about $1 an hour if customers are steady. Note, that’s the standard rate, there is often an additional charge demanded of Westerners. We’ve been instructed to set prices and demand ‘fair prices’ (what the locals would pay).

A man rides by the town police station.

Traffic issues.

Back at the Vihar, our little slice of paradise wrapped in a 3rd world country. Here our kitchen intern sits with the staff after a lunch. The food and hospitality has been out of this world.

And finally, only in India can a man wrap his feet in Ethics. Needless to say they were a perfect fit.