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I lived in Varanasi teaching photography as a volunteer for http://www.fairmail.info from late July until mid-september 2011. Although it's mostly the teenagers out and about with their cameras, i managed to get out and snap a few shots here and there as well.
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  • A silly video of my time working in India. Beautiful country, lovely people (and some odd ones, just like me =), never a dull moment! and i really do mean the best yoga teacher ever, the guy could light up an arctic winter. Thanks everyone!

    A silly video of my time working in India. Beautiful country, lovely people (and some odd ones, just like me =), never a dull moment! and i really do mean the best yoga teacher ever, the guy could light up an arctic winter. Thanks everyone!

  • TEXTURE.

    TEXTURE.

  • A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

    A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

  • World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

    World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

  • Outside the Jain temples in Khajuraho.

    Outside the Jain temples in Khajuraho.

  • Silly photographer prodigy 2 Thanks for the fun day guys!

    Silly photographer prodigy 2 Thanks for the fun day guys!

  • Chandu + his phone = happiness.

    Chandu + his phone = happiness.

  • Silly photographer prodigies 3 Thanks for the fun day guys!

    Silly photographer prodigies 3 Thanks for the fun day guys!

  • Hanuman temple in Varanasi.

    Hanuman temple in Varanasi.

  • Hanging out with some university students (and one crazy bearded man from Calcutta that had a bone to pick with Mumbai people) at Back Bay, Mumbai.

    Hanging out with some university students (and one crazy bearded man from Calcutta that had a bone to pick with Mumbai people) at Back Bay, Mumbai.

  • Untitled photo
  • Untitled photo
  • Silly photographer prodigies 1 Thanks for the fun day guys!

    Silly photographer prodigies 1 Thanks for the fun day guys!

  • Untitled photo
  • A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

    A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

  • A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

    A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

  • A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

    A well near where i'm living in Varanasi is host to thousands of saris, thrown away by women wishing for fertility and healthy babies. After purifying themselves in the water and putting on new saris, they leave the old ones behind.

  • Monkey butt in Khajuraho, site of the intricately carved world heritage kama sutra temples.

    Monkey butt in Khajuraho, site of the intricately carved world heritage kama sutra temples.

  • World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

    World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

  • Our wonderful tour guide at the temples. I couldn't help but snap this as he struggled for ages to take our photo. This 40 year veteran guide took us around the temples for free, spoke excellent English, and genuinely seemed to want to help us before waving goodbye with a big smile through his scraggly beard. ...We found him 20 minutes later downing a whole bottle of whiskey and looking for his lost bike. At least his heart was in the right place!

    Our wonderful tour guide at the temples. I couldn't help but snap this as he struggled for ages to take our photo. This 40 year veteran guide took us around the temples for free, spoke excellent English, and genuinely seemed to want to help us before waving goodbye with a big smile through his scraggly beard. ...We found him 20 minutes later downing a whole bottle of whiskey and looking for his lost bike. At least his heart was in the right place!

  • Monkey with his head stuck in the bench in Khajuraho, site of the intricately carved world heritage kama sutra temples.

    Monkey with his head stuck in the bench in Khajuraho, site of the intricately carved world heritage kama sutra temples.

  • Lake in Khajuraho.

    Lake in Khajuraho.

  • Enjoying a day out at the waterfalls just outside of Khajuraho. Can't see the landscape here, but the rocks sprawled beautifully in all directions, carved through with numerous waterways.

    Enjoying a day out at the waterfalls just outside of Khajuraho. Can't see the landscape here, but the rocks sprawled beautifully in all directions, carved through with numerous waterways.

  • Fossilized branch in the rock lining the inside of one of the kama sutra temples.

    Fossilized branch in the rock lining the inside of one of the kama sutra temples.

  • Rock patterns at the Kama sutra temples.

    Rock patterns at the Kama sutra temples.

  • Relax.

    Relax.

  • World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

    World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

  • World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

    World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

  • World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

    World heritage kama sutra temples, Khajuraho. This is just a tiny sample of the thousands upon thousands of carved bodies lining the temples. Adult themes aside, the craftsmanship is stunning.

  • Shameless.

    Shameless.

  • Hanging out on the roof next to the flower market in Varanasi.

    Hanging out on the roof next to the flower market in Varanasi.

  • Varanasi flower market.

    Varanasi flower market.

  • Varanasi flower market.

    Varanasi flower market.

  • The breathtaking Taj Mahal, a mausoleum for the 3rd wife of Shah Jahan. ...His other two wives were cremated and put into empty jars of Folgers coffee.

    The breathtaking Taj Mahal, a mausoleum for the 3rd wife of Shah Jahan. ...His other two wives were cremated and put into empty jars of Folgers coffee.

  • Rickshaws rickshaws everywhere in Varanasi.

    Rickshaws rickshaws everywhere in Varanasi.

  • Taj seen from Agra fort.

    Taj seen from Agra fort.

  • Sample of texture from Agra fort.

    Sample of texture from Agra fort.

  • More Taj, roughly 8am.

    More Taj, roughly 8am.

  • More amazing textures at Agra Fort

    More amazing textures at Agra Fort

  • Agra fort.

    Agra fort.

  • Agra fort

    Agra fort

  • More Taj, roughly 8am.

    More Taj, roughly 8am.

  • At the Taj.

    At the Taj.

  • At the Taj.

    At the Taj.

  • More Taj, roughly 7am.

    More Taj, roughly 7am.

  • More Taj, roughly 7am.

    More Taj, roughly 7am.

  • More Taj, roughly 6:30am. I was about 8th in line to get in, hence the lack of anyone else.

    More Taj, roughly 6:30am. I was about 8th in line to get in, hence the lack of anyone else.

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