Driving through rural India offers a wide spectrum of poor and simple life, manual labor, friendly people, slow transportation and even a new airport near Hospet, which accommodates visitors to the great ruins of Hampi and to the huge steel plant adjacent to the airport.

This gallery takes us through the areas of Colva in Goa, Kanyakumari at the southernmost tip of India,
Namdroling monastery near Mysore, Quilon in Goa, Mysore city then Villupuram and Trichy.

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Unusual dental school in Kanyakumari at
Rice fields near Quilon. Quilon or
Rice fields and mountain
School kids pack into an auto-rickshaw
Local transportation for rural farmers is a colorfully painted wagon.
Local transportation for rural farmers is
Fodder for the cattle.
Local transportation for rural farmers is a colorfully painted wagon
Rural farm house with young motorbike
Rural bus passenger
Rural bus passenger
Colorful building near Kanyakumari at
Local bus with no windows.
Windmills in Kanyakumari area
A useful frame for weeds to
Rural kiosk near Kanyakumari area
Roadwork near Kanyakumari area
Processing plant near Kanyakumari area
For most people the pace of
Painted ads on buiildings
Along the main road to Kanyakumari
Building a new road near Kanyakumari
Truck on the road
Church near Quilon. Quilon or Kollam
Filling up
A girl and her small animal
Painting the horns on an ox
Boys at a restaurant
Schoolboys walking home in their uniforms.
Oxcarts make the highways dangerous for
Police barrier to control traffic in
Slow and fast traffic make for
Very small kiosk selling cigarettes
River scene in Goa
Outcropping near Kanyakumari area
Christian shrine near Quilon. Quilon or
School children near Quilon. Quilon or
New school near Quilon. Quilon or
Schoolboys near Quilon. Quilon or
Schoolgirls near Quilon. Quilon or
Upscale house near Quilon. Quilon or
Near Quilon. Quilon or Kollam is
Huge power lines
Defunct rail line
Colorfully clothed women.
Poultry shop: chickens wait for the
Women talk in front of a
Rustic farm house
Rural thatch farm house
Small rural shop with men waiting.
Small copper diggings mined by hand.
Thatch shelters with bike.
Squatters camp
Thatch-roofed shelters
Tiny shop and house
Men standing, watching and waiting.
Rural Hindu temple
Passenger train to Quilon in
Sharing the road
Peasants' house and laundry
Collecting water in urns
Soda kiosk in a red-dirt village
Women doing laundry at a watering
Kids diving and swimming from a bridge in Goa.
Kids diving and swimming from a bridge in Goa.
Locals washing in a river in
Diving fully clothed from the bridge.
Kids diving and swimming from a bridge in Goa.
The new Vijayanagar airport near the
Colva beach in Goa Goa is India's
Colva beach in Goa Goa is India's
Colva beach in Goa Goa is India's
Colva beach in Goa Goa is India's
Colva beach in Goa Goa is India's
Colva beach in Goa Goa is India's
Town scene near the Colva beaches
Hotel at Colva beach
Village road in Goa
Huge steel plant adjacent to the airport near the ruins
Women do the washing and men
The new Vijayanagar airport near the
The new Vijayanagar airport near the
The new Vijayanagar airport near the
Huge steel plant adjacent to the
Crowded taxi in Goa
Outside the
Painted trucks waiting for jobs in
Rolled steel from the factory near
A lone woman washes her laundry
Rough paved 2-lane roads are dangerous

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