Sights from the Van

While at Rising Star we spent many hours riding in a van.  On the days we went to the leprosy colonies it took about an hour drive each way.  We were in a rural area of India where some of the roads are very narrow, rough.  Other times we went into Chennai which was about a 1 1/2 hour drive on busy highways.  But no matter where we went, watching out the windows was so entertaining!  The problem came in trying to get photos of the interesting things we saw.   So here are a few of the photos that turned out to give you an idea of what we saw while riding in the van.  I still wish I could have gotten a picture of the 2 men and three goats riding on one motorcycle!

Beautiful scenery

Narrow roads 

Cows wandering through the street

Water buffalo with painted horns pulling a cart

Women working in the rice fields

Small homes with laundry hanging out to dry

Some of the more humble homes

A building under construction

A man sweeping the road

A bicycle cart with extra long cargo

A man carrying a large load on his head

Multiple people on a motorcycle

Lots of stuff on a motorcycle

Three people on one small scooter. 

Many people riding in the back of  a truck

You can't tell from this picture, but there is a man riding on top of this  load.