We started our Saturday morning off with a little motorcycle tour of Bangalore! It's a total trip and never the same thing twice!! I absolutely LOVE it but it's not for the faint of heart. The traffic in B'lore is INSANE!! Matt always goes "off road" for awhile so you get to experience the "backroads" of Bangalore too!
Jamma looks a little nervous...but she DID IT!!
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Now it's Pop-Pop's turn...wasn't sure if he was going to be able to get on the motorcycle or not b/c he recently had knee surgery....But he DID IT too! YAY!  |
One of the backroads we like to ride the motorcycle on...We're not the only ones that like this road. The locals use it all the time for funeral processions!! ACK!
Houses are always painted very bright and vibrant colors.
Pink, yellow, orange....green! Claudius told me his house is painted green. "Grass green!" ;0)
Little "Blue Tarp Tepee" Villages are scattered
throughout Bangalore
A little closer look.
Another Bangalore House
Rice Paddy's
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Working in the rice paddy's It's called a coracle and chances are he just came out of the water from harvesting that "water weed".  Government School  Since there are a lot of motorcycles and bicycles being ridden in Bangalore you can only imagine that people often get flat tires, small leaks or holes. If you are looking for someone to do a repair just keep your eye open for signs that read, "Puncher Shop."....as in "Puncture Shop!" ;0)  Water Delivery Tractor  What can you buy from this roadside vendor?!... The first should be obvious...coconuts. The second item is hanging on the line behind the coconuts...nope, not lottery tickets ;0) They are in fact little packets of tobacco! NICE! A little coconut milk to swish around with your wad of tobacco! EWWW! PAToooOOOeeeEEEYYYYyyyy!  A stop off at one of our local grocery stores, Sorbet.  Hahaha! What a coinkydink...Pop-Pop's shirt is almost a PERFECT match to the Sorbet employees uniform! We didn't stay long or they might have put Jim to work bagging groceries or customers might have started asking him questions like, "Excuse me, Sir. Do you carry capsicum (green pepper)?!" Matt and his Mom both share a love for gardening so it was no surprise that Matt wanted to show his parents one of his favorite "garden centers" here in Bangalore.  Not exactly a "Lamberts" or "Lowe's" garden center is it?! Their selection and price blows Lowe's out of the water though! They have gorgeous stuff! It's Matt's landscaping mecca! :0)  Eating a lime at the garden center  Jamma & Pop-Pop's turn.  You want to try it, Mom!?  Pretty Little Girls You see this a lot in Bangalore, while the children's parents are at work (in this case at the garden center nursery) the children hang out and play or work alongside of their parents.  Playing on the swing  David's Turn  Everybody hold still for a quick "snap" The children LOVED seeing their picture in the preview window of our digital camera. They giggled and laughed. It was really REALLY cute!  "Snake House" These snake houses are found all over Bangalore (Jamma was fascinated by them!) but we'd never been this close to one before. Termites make these with their saliva and once they move out - The snakes move in! There is a lot of superstition regarding snakes here - So not just anybody will go near them. (YES! This one was vacant of snakes and termites!)  Afterschool Follies! These boys stopped at the garden center on their way home from school. Just like in America, people LOVE Jim. They thought he was HILARIOUS (we think you're pretty funny too, Pop-Pop!)  "The King of Indian Roads" The Ambassador or the Amby as it's affectionately called. How cute is she?! I bet such a story she could tell too?! We spotted her grazing in a field near where we had lunch.  Lunchtime! (Nice...INTENTIONAL...spinach in Matt's teeth for the picture!)  I wonder if they did a little "Tinkring" on that adorable car if we could have taken her for a test drive!? |
