Best Laid Plans Go Astray.....

This is Adam, sitting on our thrones nipping tiles. We each found a toilet as a seat. The security guards think we are crazy.

As usual, my best laid plans are foiled here in India. It is a land of ultimate compromise. I went to download photos today at the internet cafe in town, and in the middle, the electricity went out and I lost everything. So I came home and started to download and the internet connection dropped. So, it is much later and I am just sending what I have...an assortment of pics from today. Enjoy!

Market owner who sold us fabric at $3 a meter. They have fabulous wood blocked patterns
that women buy for punjabis and sarees. I went with Sarah, my roomate who speaks Hindi so it made it much easier.

Young Sikh working a stall in the market. The hair dress is what the boys wears as youths until
 they reach maturity at which time they don a turban.

First A Nap - Puppies At the Market. I have only seen one pet dog on a leash since
I have been here. Most dogs are wild and run free, which of course creates
problems at night when they hunt in packs.

Picking tiles at the tile landfill - will take 2 hrs a day picking to get what we need. I spent several
hours today picking tiles and nipping them so we can use them in our mosaic. Unfortunately, they
have run out of cement so I am not sure what will happen....

sorting piles of colors of tiles. Bright colors are difficult to find since most of the tiles are white. Construction
companies just back up their trucks and use the site as a umping ground for tiles, toilets, sinks
 or anything else made of porcelain. 

Assortment of really special tiles we found.