India has a few actual highways and is busy building many kilometers more. Sometimes the roads are bliss; well constructed, not crowded, efficient. But you can be driving along and then suddenly run out of highway and all that traffic gets funneled down to one lane through a tiny country town. Such is life for an expanding country in a poor nation.
A typical scene by the side of a highway, trucks pulled over for rest. The super long truck in the foreground is one of many, many haulers used by auto plants. The H on the side is for Hyundai.
A toll plaza bathroom. Kind of a rare sight, an actual public bathroom for use along a road. So James had to take a picture. A driver, coming out for a stretch.
Inside a truck cab. A far cry from a fancy Freightliner. Big trucks will also have lots of custom paint - frequently scenes that leave you smiling. Here's a little stencil of a momma cow lovingly licking her nursing calf. Stenciled right on the side of a massive truck.
Accidents, a way of life (death) on roads in India. Here's a common scene on a windy road leading up to a hill station - a hit motorcyclist. Can't see him? Follow all the blood in the center of the photograph.
Are you sure that bathroom is in India? It looks clean.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you can smell it from 100 meters away, then it definitely is in India.