Hampi, November 2005. In the background is the Talavaraghatta bridge across the Tungabhadra river river in the background. Last I heard, UNESCO pressure on the Karnataka government over the bridge's potential to damage the environment around a World Heritage site caused the government to abandon construction, with just one small span remaining, as you can see. Ironic, huh? For the foreseeable future, we might still enjoy this ferry ride across in a coracle. With our motorcycles, scooters and fighting roosters along. And no, cars aint allowed. We left our cars behind, crossed the river in a coracle and hoofed it. 
Kumbhakarna, deep in slumber. This statue is located on the Bangalore/Hyderabad stretch of NH7, near Penukonda in Andhra Pradesh. We stopped here on the way back from Masinagudi so the kids' could get an eyeful.
Anantapur, April 2006. The Lal Bahadur Shastri statue gets its dusting down, courtesy this Anantapur man, who despite his own age, struggled up the steep pedestal to clean the statue. Was this a civic worker or a devoted fan? I have no idea. I took this picture from the window of the hotel room, which served as our night halt on the Masinagudi~Mysore~Bangalore~Hyderabad return leg.
A Langur monkey, at the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. This monkey is sitting by the highway, waiting for food scraps to be thrown at it from passing traffic. Never mind the Don't feed the wild animals boards everywhere. He kinda has powerful arms, don't you think?
The kids with their mom at Pookot Lake, Wayanad, April 2008. Nirvan absolutely loves trains, boats, motorcycles, planes and cars, in that order. That didn't stop him however from absorbing the nervousness that Nethra was radiating, thanks to the rocking of the rowboat we rented. Don't miss: Nirvan's sunglass lens askew; thats a trademark.
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