During our two weeks in India, we saw a great many pedal-powered cycle rickshaws carrying both passengers and cargo. They were something of a technological innovation over hand-pulled rickshaws when introduced to Delhi in the 1940s. We read also of the controversy involving government quotas, seizures, and the potential of corruption surrounding this basic form of transportation most often operated by poor seasonal migrants.
There's always something interesting to look at, whether it's a crowded bus...
an entire family on a motorbike...
or those ever-present rickshaws. As soon as we thought we'd seen the most heavily loaded one ever, another one would come into sight.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.