Back from India

We toured India for three weeks in December - hence the long break in posting. It is impossible for me to comprehend such a vast and diverse country in a three weeks - three years would be too short. The population of India is over three times that of the USA, The country about 1/3 the size of the USA.
Travelers from time immemorial have not hesitated to form opinions based on a short visit so I will conform to precedent.
I observed and felt:

• Tremendous diversity at all levels - like walking on a strange planet in a scene from the movie "Starwars"
  
• Huge disparities of wealth
• Spirituality in all aspects of life
• Public filth, personal cleanliness
  
• I was seeing the world as was 5,000 years ago
  

We visited Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthambore, Agra, Varanasi, Cochin, and Mumbai - and many points in between - we drove a lot. We did not see the high tech area in Bangalore.

My pictures are slowly being posted at:
http://clive.smugmug.com/Travel/274602