This morning I was awoken at around 6 am by some loud Indian music blaring from outside. I looked out the window and saw about 20 of the pilgrimage walkers in bright orange clothing walking barefoot down the middle of the road followed by a truck with two large speakers in the back. I can see why this would hold up traffic if it was on a busy road. I can’t imagine what a full walk would look like with thousands of people. I was too slow to react to take a picture of it.

The concert outside the apartment on Saturday night turned into a fireworks show. After the fireworks three drummers and 6 men carried in a carriage looking thing that had a candle lit with in. They placed the carriage on the main stage, sang a few more songs, then it looked they took the candle out and each person individually came up looked like they said a prayer while holding the candle to the poster. The music finally stopped around 11:30. These pictures are from the 6th floor of the apartment complex. As you can see in the pamarmomic pic, all the shoes are in the lower left hand corner.

I ventured in a new area walking around on Sunday. About three blocks of the walkway was covered in marble. It was a very nice area that had mostly banks and real estate places. I also found a Dominos and a miniature version of Target called Big Bazaar. Once again to walk into the store I went through a metal detector and a pat down. When I walked out the store they patted everyone down again but me. I must look honest enough.

Of course at the end of the marble walkway were three dumpster and 4 cows. The cows where eating some corn out of the garbage. The flies were buzzing all over the place.

For the first time I saw some PDA (public display of affection) which I thought was frowned upon. However right in front of me in the middle of a road, a bull mounted a cow. It must have been love at first site. This also caused a backup in traffic, but he was a quick one.