From Delhi, husband Pieter went to Lucknow in the Uttar Pradesh State.
What beautiful eyes!
You can see the Uttar Pradesh state with its capitol, right under Nepal...
Indo - Mongoloid origin can be found in this area.
The area is rather flat at only 123 m or 404 ft above sea level.
Pieter captured this photo from a crowded train!
Near a tannery he captured these WHITE-RUMPED VULTURE Gyps bengalensis...←click it.
Women doing hard labor and still manage to wear a gracious smile!
Life is NOT easy in that part of the world...
Young men looking for a job...
Coffee or Tea shop waiting for customers.
Fresh fruits and vegetables for sale.
Vintage sewing machines...
Some people are bare footed...
Woman gathering deadwood so she can cook her family meal...
Such a trip does make one very appreciative!
Related links:
{Part I of Husband Pieter's Trip to India - Arrival in New Delhi} | previous post by me
{The Mission of H.R.H. Prince Claus - Husband Pieter's Trip to India} | previous post by me
yes, we take so much for granted with our modern conveniences and things available with the flip of a switch.
ReplyDeleteDearest Theresa,
DeleteThat is so true and we both have often wished that all youth could at least go there and see with their own eyes; what a difference that would make for making education and everything they have in the spoiled rotten western world, appreciate more!
Hugs,
Mariette
Dearest Mariette,
ReplyDeleteyou and your husband have really seen so many places and different peolpe in the wordl.It always si so exciting to read about, what you all did!
Have a great week,
Love and hugs,
Claudia
P.S. I still did not get any tiny golden Things for this Bottom, so ´perhaps I must think about another way ... perhaps golden threat and stitch it?
Dearest Claudia,
DeleteThank you and this was only Pieter that got to go but he did capture so well the experiences along his journey...
Don't worry about the little thing, one day you will manage... Just do your won work first; no problem!
Sending you hugs,
Mariette
Hello Mariette, I had read before about the problem of the vultures being killed because of eating animals treated with veterinary painkillers. This is yet another example of people interfering with nature and then not being able to control the outcome, a perfect example of a chain reaction. What is really amazing and saddening is that no huge effort was made to resolve this issue quickly, resulting in such huge changes in the ecology and economy of India. What left me dumbfounded was that diclofenac has in recent years been approved for veterinary use in other countries.
ReplyDelete--Jim
Dearest Jim,
DeleteIt is a shocking fact to read indeed and looking at this photo, where the vultures feast on meat, coming from a tannery, we only can predict what happens to them. Sad indeed that they almost have become extinct and no action taken and it makes your stomach turn when reading that diclofenac has been approved for veterinary use. How sad the suffering it causes; leading to renal failure and such...
Our eyes at times become big when traveling and observing...
Kindest regards,
Mariette
Those are great pictures which captured emotions and triggered thoughts. How interesting those vintage sewing machines are.
ReplyDeleteDearest Mari,
DeleteWell it for sure does stir our emotions and thoughts and it should! We are all so spoiled and we use things for decoration in our homes that are far better looking or functioning (never put to use by us...) as things they have to make do with over there!
Sending you hugs,
Mariette
Liebe Mariette,
ReplyDeletedas zeigt die Not.
Sie ist spürbar.
Alles Liebe
Elisabeth
Liebe Elisabeth,
DeleteOh und wie spürbar die Not ist und das ist für die meisten Menschen der Welt so. Nur wir im Westen leben so gehetzt und leben von Weihnachtszeit zur Weihnachtszeit und es reicht nie...
Ganz liebe Grüsse,
Mariette
Wow! These pictures are wonderful...love them all! I also visit Lucknow and surrounding areas often. Its a great part to be in...so much to experience...
ReplyDeleteDear Siddartha,
DeleteThose are in fact great photos of your home country and it does have so many faces!
Sending you kind regards,
Mariette
Pieter made excellent photos of India streetlife scenes!
ReplyDeleteDearest Marianne,
DeleteHe sure did and he has been a life long great photographer who belonged in The Netherlands to a Photo Club and he won some prizes too for portrait and street images.
At least he managed to capture the soul of his journey and let those that were not there, still see and feel what it was all about!
Hugs,
Mariette
Beautiful sceneries and people there look very friendly!
ReplyDeleteThe photo from the air, the area partitioned in squares remind me of Japan. I see such areas from plane when I go back to a Japan :-)
Dearest Tamago,
DeleteIt always has puzzled us that often people that have far less than we in the western world, do have a happiness about them and a radiating smile. It shows us that what we are all after is not the essence of life. Guess the truth is to be found somewhere in-between. It is good to stop and see how others cope to make us appreciate more what we already have without wanting more. This is one of the reasons that we both have a difficult time around the commercial gift giving in December.
Looking at Mother Earth from the air is different and yes, it makes it all sectioned into squares... and that's where people live their different lives.
Hugs,
Mariette
Those are incredible photos. I'm not sure if my husband has been to the North of India. I'll have to ask him when he gets home. Have a great week. Tammy
ReplyDeleteDearest Tammy,
DeleteThank you so much and I am delighted to share them, it has been my task for doing this for Pieter, scanning those slides and creating the story that he's told me so often! Guess your husband has been to some of the northern states as well.
Hugs,
Mariette
Dear Mariette,these are wonderful pictures from India!
ReplyDeleteThe people look happy even if they are poor!
Beautiful image with the smilling little childs!
Thank you for sharing!
Have a lovely week!Hugs!
Dimi...
Dearest Dimi,
DeleteThank you, they are quite touching and kind of touch your deepest feelings. It makes one think and ponder and both of us have been able to appreciate the little things so much more!
Incredible those smiles and we all ought to learn from them.
Hugs,
Mariette
Pieter's wonderful photos remind me of the ones my son took when he visited Nepal.
ReplyDeleteThe living conditions look the same in those areas.
Thanks for sharing, dearest Mariette!
Many hugs!
Dearest Marie-Anne,
DeleteOh sure, Nepal is just the bordering country and as I wrote already, the people often are of Indo - Mongoloid origin. Beautiful people and still so pure in a sense. Often what struck us when we traveled home from work in India or Indonesia and rode the train in The Netherlands, that especially young people looked so sour; no smiles at all and yet they have every reason for smiling!
It was a pleasure to share with you and more is to follow.
Hugs,
Mariette
Lieve Mariette,
ReplyDeleteHet lijkt of ik op een filmset ben beland, maar niks is minder waar....
het is de realiteit en ik denk dat er op de dag van vandaag nog steeds zulk soort foto's gemaakt kunnen worden van het dagelijks leven in India.
Voor een fotograaf blijven het prachtige beelden om op de gevoelige plaat vast te leggen.
Het doet mij ook denken aan het straatbeeld in Sri Lanka en de zeer vriendelijk en goedlachse mensen die wij onderweg tegen kwamen.
Lieve groet,Ger
Lieve Ger,
DeleteJazeker van de 1.22 miljard mensen die er wonen, zullen er heden ten dage nog vele miljoenen precies net zo leven. Is het niet frappant, dat inderdaad die mensen veel vriendelijker zijn van nature, met bijna niks, in vergelijking met de over verwende westerlingen.
Je bent een goed waarnemer geweest tijdens je reizen!
Liefs,
Mariette
Oh my goodness reading this makes me think about all I take for granted
ReplyDeleteDearest Jo-Anne,
DeleteAnd it should make us all realize how spoiled rotten we all are in comparison to the majority of people in the world! This is but one country and a couple of states that Pieter did visit but there are so many other countries just like it.
Hugs and yes, do count your blessings!
Mariette
Dearest Mariette,
ReplyDeleteYour Pielter's trip to India. Indo-morgolid origin can be found in the area.A captared this phote from a crowded train so many pepoles.
Women doing had labir and still manage to wear a gracious smile.
Coffee or tea shops waiting for customers. Vintage sewing machines some people are bare footed.
What a difference that would meke for makung education and everything they have in the westem world appreciate more anthers country.
I was just too hot with in here.
Hugs and love both of you!
Michiko
Michiko
Dearest Michiko,
DeleteYes, what a difference this would make if we could educate young and old for being more appreciative of what we got!
Hope you are drinking plenty of water during your heat wave.
Sending you hugs back with lots of love from both of us,
Mariette
Lieve Mariette,
ReplyDeleteprachtige foto heeft u man gemaakt na zijn reis
in India ...ja die oogjes zijn schitterend ...
Die gieren zou ik niet graag tegen komen ..
een fijne dag ..
liefs nieneke
Lieve Nieneke,
DeleteJa best wel hè, het is net of je er zo zelf bent! En dat is ook de bedoeling om zo goed mogelijk weer te kunnen geven hoe het er werkelijk is.
Gieren vallen geen levende wezens aan maar gaan slechts op de vlucht!
Liefs,
Mariette
When my daughter went to India she commented about how crowded the trains were. She has pictures as well.
ReplyDeleteDearest Kay,
DeleteSo for sure your daughter got to see this in person as well and it makes one really worry about safety!
Hugs,
Mariette
Dearest Mariette; Wow, such impressive scenes your husband captured☆☆☆ I cannot believe the train crowded even on the roof like that... hoped there won't be occasional accident falling off. Yes, the smiles in the pictures are beautiful♡♡♡ All of them really touched my heart as I though humans can be strong in every living conditions. Thank you very much for sharing precious pictures with us!
ReplyDeleteSending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*
Dearest Miyako,
DeleteThank you, Pieter always has been an excellent photographer!
Yes, the trains look mind boggling that way and it makes your heart ache and worry...
Gracious smiles indeed, despite the very harsh living conditions compared to the western world. It is not so much a matter of how humans can be strong but they HAVE to be strong or else they will not make it!
Hugs and love to you back from Georgia/USA,
Mariette
Those children in the first photo are beautiful! And my, all those people crowded on top of that train!
ReplyDeleteDearest Deborah,
DeleteOh, are those children's eyes not incredible?!
One wonders about safety in those areas, a word that does not exist in their vocabulary.
Hugs,
Mariette
Thank you for linking me to this post, Mariette.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Dearest Victor,
DeleteThank you for your visit.
Yes, I'd linked to this post in regard to Cliff Richard being born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Hugs,
Mariette