Pune-Ni

Hello. After the beach house in Alibag we went to Pune (pronounced Poo-na). Now you get the title, especially you D-rock. Stayed there for a couple of days mostly just relaxing and planning future moves. Spent one day walking around the city. I must have walked 20 miles that day. Thought I'd be savy and take a different route than the way I came once, and got lost, way lost. Ended up in a very local part of town where everyone looked at me like "What are you doing here?". The sun was also starting to set and, not recognizing any landmarks or wanting to get caught after dark in a strange part of town, I decided to hire a rikshaw. Started to get a little nervous when all five rikshaw drivers in a group said they wouldn't take me where I wanted to go. Finally I found one that would. Quite a relief. Pune is an up-and-coming city and there's always a lot of construction work going on which adds lots of dust to all the pollution. It's hard on your eyes and lungs to be in the city for too long without a cloth over your face. You see a lot of people wearing rags while they walk or drive their bikes and scooters. Also they have huge power shortages and on every Thursday the power is cut off to the whole city for conservation purposes. Another hustling, bustling city. The computer I'm using won't recognize my camers so I'll post pics soon.

View from tuk-tuk

Shiva and I discussing the meaning of things

Pune's Two Wheeler Dealer

Lumber yard

Don't know why this one's messed up. Any way, this is my cocoon phase

Guest house I stayed in

Pune construction site, all done by hand

Had to throw this in, Pryom(Vishaks nephew) all tucked in and braced for impact

Couldn't have said it any better myself

Many enviro. conscious signs around Pune, maybe too late