There’s a wonderful collection of old recovery trucks parked up in Woods Rd in the Anna Salai area of Madras (Chennai).
If you’re a vehicle enthusiast I would recommend the hotel on this street (Hotel Orchid Inn) for its location, cleanliness and very reasonable price, though not for much else.
The driver of this bullock cart in Bhuj, Gujurat, stops for a drink
The camera I used for all my journeys in Asia until 2001 was a 2nd hand Canon EOS 1000. I bought my first digital camera in 1997 during a visit to England. It was a Fuji. Unfortunately, I had problems with the memory card and only used it for a month back in Asia. Without any shops stocking replcement memory cards I ended up giving it to a Nepali friend. I did not buy another digital until 2001, in Thailand. I’ve not used a film camera since.
In 2006 I bought a Canon EOS 350; though the photos taken on our most recent trip to India – January 2007 – were either taken on my Nokia N80 phone camera, or on Soraya’s Fuji Finepix.
I’m not sure if this mobile shop in Panjim, Goa, is ‘traffic?’ But if it’s odd and has wheels my camera automatically comes out of my pocket and shoots it before my conscious mind clicks into gear.
January, 2007
You never know what you’re going to find round the next corner in India. This is a typical Madras
street scene.
January, 2007
Doors are an optional extra on a Bajaj
January, 2007
Throughout India, women spend a lot of time each day collecting firewood and water.
Ahmedabad, Gujurat, February, 1997
An autorickshaw driver has an afternoon nap next to the Maharajah’s Palace in Mysore.
January, 2007
Autorickshaws are used to carry all sorts of things in India
This is where you buy your petrol in this part of Ahmedabad. This ‘garage’ is a row of women and children sitting by the roadside, each with a plastic container of petrol. You can choose whichever one you want and they fill up your vehicle.
February, 1997
Pondicherry is an oasis of good taste (and good wine)
It’s bath time for this Harley Davidson 3-wheeler Delhi taxi
1996
Within India’s endless castes and heirarchies, a two-wheeled porter can only dream of the luxury and joy of pedalling a tricycle transporter.
Bullock carts are still common on the road in India, though horse-drawn vehicles are less so these days. This is a tourist vehicle, and the driver and the horse are having an afternoon siesta.
Dead autorickshaws are found everywhere in India. This one is in Mahabalipurm
January, 2007
Advertising on the spare wheel covers of scooters is a medium unique to South Asia
