Monkeys in the field behind the orphanage.The Bay of BengalBay of BengalBay of BengalCows stolling down the beach.Dishwashing.Village celebration.Church ServiceSomeone's home.Homes in a village we go to.Our dinner one night!Villagers cookingOx cart with a "small" bail of hay.A stretch of beach in a villageFishermen dry their fish on the beach.Fishermen who wanted us to pray over their nets.More nets to pray over.A small fishing boat on the beach.Bay of Bengal viewA villagers home.Boats in the Bay.A Christian grave. The Hindus burn the bodies instead of burying them.A fishermanBoys standing outside a church service because the inside is packed full.A little boy and his goat.A village we visited.Scaffolding used in India. I know! When I saw it I said, "You've got to be kidding me!"The inside of someones home we visited. It was a very small room.A Hindu baby. The black dot means that it has been blessed by a Hindu priestView from a hotel roomThe path entering a village that we visit.Fish being dried on the beach.More fish being dried.More fish being dried. The smell is horrible!!!!!!A fishing boat coming in.Little girls showing off their painted handsLittle girls from a village we visited.People at one of our open air meetings.A momma and her baby at the open air meeting.A family that asked us to come in and bless their home. They offered us coconuts.View from a housetop.Just a cute picture.A store to purchase pots and pans.Goats on the road.Boats getting ready to go out and fish.A begger woman on the streets. We found out that she rents a child, puts bandages on it and then goes out begging!Garbage TruckGrapes going to market.A typical BusPeople in the streets.What is typically ion the road.View in front of our vehicleVillage womenA Mom and her baby.The bridge to a village that we visit. The hut on the right was a church that was slowly sliding down the hill.Just a pretty little girl.One of our favorite photos. This was a partial wall from an old building where the little girl is standing.A church that needs finished.A woman cooking in her hut.Woman carrying a load of sticks.Tractor in a ricefield.View from a rooftop we were on.A village that was wiped out from the tsunami.A hindu Temple destroyed by the tsunami. Yeah!A little girl from the villageA little girl who was in the village that was hit by the tsunami.Another view of the temple that was destroyed.Fishermen mending their nets.Just boats and nets. These are the types of boats that we purchased for the tsunami victims.Fisherman wanting their nets prayed for.A huge Hindu temple we toured.The Hindu priest of the temple.The priest on a room with a Hindu god.Another room with a hindu god. The flowers are offerings from villagers.Looking out the window of the temple. The horses below stare out over the sea and pull the false god.A view of the center of the temple with the big bramah bull god and the snake in the center.Another view looking out of the window.A statue god at the side of the building.Close up of the bullAnother god in a room of the templeOutside of the templeAnother view from a window of the temple.A village we visit.A family on the beachA sign over a park exit. Notice the spelling.Anyone for a hair cut. This is a barber shop.Preparing coconuts.A women cooking in her home.A baby of a village we visited. She had a cleft palletKids of the villageA cute little girlMom and child of the village.Children of a village gathering to go to a Sunday School at Pastor Joseph's church. This is how they transport them.Village sceneLadies at work.Fisherman working on his boat engineMore fish drying on the beach.Village Children.Fishermen going out to sea.Another woman cooking for her family.A home that was destroyed by the tsunami.ShoppShopping in IndiaA templeA small fisherman helping his dadview of a village from a roof we were on.Another viewWe were attracting a crowd.People inside a small village church.Cows on the road.Sea of children that attended a children's service at Pastor Joseph's place while we were there.Just another view of the children.Children going home after the service.Taxi service?Someones homeComing in from a hard day of fishing.And they wonder why their heads and necks hurt!India traffic.It is not easy shopping in India.This was the traffic behind our vehicle as we were driving down the street in town.Just another view of city trafic.You will see everything on the roads.some more stores.Another storefront.Hay, driving down the road! These Hay bails take up the whole road!This is a temple in Kakinada, the town were our hotel is.A village we visit.Villagers about their daily routine.Bath time!Washing dishes.A Monkey on the wall at the orphanage.Another monkey.A monkey who was right above us while we sat outside and had some tea!
We are often asked what it is like in Inida.  It is difficult to describe India with words.  Here are some pictures we have taken over the past years that may help answer that question.  Clik on the thumbnail to enlarge a picture, then just click on the left or the right side of the picture to move forward or go back.  We hope you enjoy them!