photo of the day 8-11-2010

Today I went to the outskirts of the city...where the city melts into the village... and here's today's shot.

Photos of the day 8-10-2010....slum kids

Today, I went to the slum next to the bridge that was flooded in the picture yesterday. I took some absoultely beautiful shots of the children there...once again, today warrants more than one photo of the day. :)

photos of the day 8-9-2010

Here are some monsoon pics. Our city has been flooded lately...I mean, some places completely underwater...others waist high, others knee high. It's been pretty crazy. I promise when I can actually get out and about again, I will get more pics of people and will stop taking pics of the rain...but that's about all there is now. One of these pics is taken from my apartment....hopefully, these are some of the last few monsoon. The other one This a pic from the newspaper...this is an area that I go to about once a week and my friends called me yesterday and said, "Don't come! It's too dangerous." Then, I opened the newspaper and saw that, yes, it is quite dangereous.

photo of the day 8-8-2010

Here's a taste of the crazy monsoon...we were only outside for about two minutes...

Wait for it...

Because I am temporarily out of the city, I don't have access to my computer...so I will get to the photo of the day (and hopefully some other crazy stories) when I get back home. :)

photo of the day 8-4-2010

Yet another monsoon picture. This is quite a common sight right now...people crowding under umbrellas. People say that 70% of the monsoon is over...which is pobably a good thing...or our city might be underwater soon. Some areas have had waist deep water!

photo of the day 8-3-2010

So today was Katie's last day...there used to be three roomates and now there are only two... This picture is Katie, Kimberly, myself, and Saber, our friend from South Asia at the airport saying goodbye...once again, we're all wet. Way to go monsoon.

Photo of the day

Another monsoon picture...in this one, this pour guy couldn't get his bike to start in the rain.

8-1-2010 Photo of the day

Oh goodness, how can it already be August?!?!? I'm planning to go home in November, so I'm slowly starting to realize that time is winding down! Today's photo is taken in the middle of the monsoon. We had heavy, heavy rain for about 3 hours, which put this troupe of monkey's plans on hold for awhile...

7-31-2010 Photo of the day

Here are the three pics of the day...Yes, I gave in to posting three of them...
These are taken in a slum area where the people build the idols. They are some of the poorest of the poor in our city and the only income they receive is from making the idols and begging on the streets. We've started going to this area once a week and it's been crazy to see how going to see these people and building relationships with them can completely change your heart towards the beggars. While before they were faceless annoyances, now they have names and faces and we recognize them. It's been hard, I'm not going to lie. But I wanted to take a moment to show you some of their beautiful faces.