Counting the Ways to Discover India!

When we stepped off the plane in Germany

I took a picture of the propellers. The curve of

the outside looked a lot like a zero would

or what I think a zero would look like.

It just happens to be a big zero.

This one was found outside the fireworks

store on the 4th of July. It was cool because

I found it on the side of a building in the

background of one of my picture that

I was taking at the time.

This 2 I had to turn to help make look

kind of like a cursive 2. It was on the

checkin desk in Jaipur. It was really

pretty because of the background

of granite behind it.

This 3 was found at the temple we went

to on day one in Jaipur. This lady was

wearing this beautiful pattern of

yellow-green and white. All over it

were shapes that looked like 3s. So

I stopped her to ask her for a picture

and she gladly let me take a picture

of her sari.

In Agra when we were touring around we stopped

at some little restaurant that looked like a hole

in the wall kind of place. Well I was waiting in

line to go to the bathroom and I looked up.

I noticed the thing that held the light looked

like a wooden 4.

When going to visit the holy well on our 4th or 5th

day in India we had come to the top to wait. We

noticed that there were grave stones with

green blankets covering them. I noticed all

kinds of shapes and patterns inside there blankets.

This one I had to turn a few times but I finally looks

like a 5 should with the way the curved lines almost

meet.

This picture was taken at the Presidents house

in Delhi. It was cool because it was originally

part of the gate looking up but when turning it

on it's side it makes a 6. It is more on the left

center part of the picture but it still looks neat.

This one you have to look close but I didn't

want to take it out of it's element. It is neat

because if you look in the upper left hand

corner of the photograph you will see the

7. I wanted to show the picture how I saw it.

This was found in old Ahmedabad.

8 isn't connected but you can tell

it is an 8. I found this at a construction

site right outside of the Crossroads

book store. From far away and the

angle shown helps you visually see

the number.

This picture was taken the night we all got

to go out and have dinner with Anita. The

chair side created the outline of a 9. It

was really cool because it was made

out of some bamboo.

Patterns of India

These patterns I thought were unique because I found

them in a market place in Mt. Abu. They had a bunch of

scarfs with different patterns. Each one is unique in its

own way.

In old city Ahmedabad we went to the first temple

and I liked the different floral patters of these women's

saris. Each one had some different kind of colorful floral

pattern and it just made them stand out.

This is when we went to some jewelry

making shop in Jaipur. They had this

bench that was stone but on top of

it was this cushion. It was a quilt type

pattern. It was a variety of Indian

patterns.

The Taj was one of the coolest place

I have been in my life. This was taken outside

one of the small doors. I picked it for pattern

because the tile on the floor of Taj. It made

a unique pattern that went all the way around

the Taj.

Similar to the Taj was another

pattern that had a zig zag shape

except I found it at the Agra

Fort across from the Taj. This

actually use to be where the

water dripped into the fountain

but there has been no rain for a

while so it wasn't flowing.

ABC's of India

This A was found in old Ahmedabad

city. I saw a man trying to sell it to

me on the streets but I wasn't really

sure what it was. Then at a glance it

looked like an abstract A.

I found this B when Jenny and I

went exploring the palace in Jaipur.

It was a zoomed in shot of the B

because it created a pattern that

kept repeating. It also looks like

a honey comb.

This C was found at one of

our favorite places to eat,

Mainland China! The C was on

table underneath the glass. It

was more of a Chinese pattern.

While visiting the old well that

was five stories below the ground

I found this D shape. The coloring

of the light grey makes it stand out

more since there really isn't an outline

of the letter. It was about the well where

there were tombs of Indian ancestors.

It had also rained that day so that could

be another reason for the discoloration

of the grey bricks.

This E was part of an amazing

lock system on this old wooden

door. It was located in an old

children's school in Old Ahamedabad.

The door man showed us how it locked

and unlocked while we were all amazed

of how cool and unique the lock was.

This F was found in New Delhi on

the side of a dirty bus. We were stuck

in the crazy rush hour traffic when I

looked to the left of me and saw an

entire bus load of people looking

back at me. The way the rain had

washed some of the dirt of the bus

created the letter F on the side.

While at the marble factory in Agra

I had noticed some marble work that

had beautiful carvings in them. They

created all kinds of unique shapes that

are a part of the Indian culture. In one

of the shapes I had noticed there was a G.

The way it curved and the top and came

around had a pretty good resemblance

of the letter.

The H I found was at Gandhi's

home. There was a fence that went

around the property that had lines

that created these Hs. Some are

flipped upside down and some

right side up. It was also a form

of repetition.

I found this on the ground one the

way to the electronic store. No it

is not the i from iphone or ipod.

It just happened to be a pattern

that these tiles were placed in.

The colors of light peach and dark

peach helped the I stand out a little

more.

J is for Jaipur. Well we road these

amazing elephants in Jaipur up to

this old palace. It was great because

we got our pictures with the elephant.

The way this one elephant threw his

trunk up onto the side of the building

reminded me of the J.

When visiting Jaipur we also

got to go to another palace.

This one had all sorts of little

museums like clothing and art.

This one in particular was a weapons

room. The way they displayed these

knives they used back in the day made

a shape of the K. It was funny because

I wasn't supposed to be taking pictures

so I snapped this one and then ran off.

L is for Lothal on a rainy day.

I actually remember this day well

because I was my birthday. While

walking around the ruins of Lothal

I spotted this ruin that was old and

had fallen down over time. I am sure

it wasn't shaped like an L originally

but it ended up that way.

Even though this actually isn't

an M the way the two arches

form it visually creates the M.

I found these beautiful arches

when we were in Jaipur. We had

taken an elephant ride up to this

old palace. While exploring the

hidden passage ways I glanced

out over the court yard and

directly across from me were these

arches that created the shape of an M.

I took this picture on the way

to Gandhi's house. We were

crossing the bridge heading

to old Ahamedabad. When I

looked out of the window I was

trying to get a real quick snap

shot of the river when I actually

go this picture instead. The way

the bridge was connected it looked

like the letter N.

This was once a well that was connected

to the watering system in an old building.

It was interesting how the picture resembles

the an O. When looking down the well all

you saw was black. The history of the well

was that it was in this old school building

and was the only source of water.

While walking through the streets one

day in Delhi I had noticed a bunch of paint

had spilt on the ground. It had created all sorts

of shapes. When looking closely in this close

up of the picture I saw the P.

The first day we had to tour Ahamedabad

they took us to a mall. It was interesting

because they were all so proud of their malls.

To us a mall is a mall back at home. You seen

one you might as well have seen them all.

This was an actual ad for one of the Jewelry

and clothing stores in the mall. The way the

ribbon is attached to the bangle it created

a Q. The colors also help the Q stand out

a little more in the picture.