India: Food, Flies, and the Dead.

Well there's a dramatic title if ever I saw one.  

We continue driving toward Jaipur, and eventually stop at one of those typical tourist bus rest stops for a bite to eat.  The driver insists that the food is good.

Sure enough, there are a bunch of whiteys from tour buses eating in there, and the meals are rather expensive (250 rupees plus per dish). Even a bottle of water is 60 rupees (the going rate for tourists on the street is around 15 rupees).  So we wait until the driver has finished his meal in his little segregated employee area, and then ask to be taken further down the road to somewhere else.

We pick a random food stop a short way down the road, and get two curries, a pile of chapatis, and a bucket of lassi for only 60 rupees.

And all the complimentary flies you could possibly want.  (I'm not kidding.)

Further down the road we come across one of India's shocking statistics - it's high road toll.

It wasn't the first road accident I saw, nor was it the last - but it was definitely the one that looked the most like giant novelty spaghetti.
A woman fell off the back of a motorcycle and went under the wheels of a truck.  She was split completely in two pieces and lay in the middle of the road - one half head, shoulder and arm, the other... well - the rest of her.  We actually just missed witnessing the accident, but saw the guy on the motorbike screech to a stop and look back in shock.  It's not a pretty sight but we can't look away as we slowly drive by...

I present you this picture of lunch to take your mind off it.

The "chef" and his dad chillin'

This cool mofo strolled up and was eager to show off his little dagger.

Another different accident.  A reasonably normal sight on the roads here....