Once you are solidly perched on their back they will unleash a fire hose stream of water at you. If the spray doesn’t knock you off then the elephant will demonstrate just how puny we humans are by making a small twitch of her shoulders that never fails to toss tourists and village children alike into the river.

Operating at elevations above 18000ft these mysterious superheroes employ their superhuman fashion sense and disbelief in helmets to inspire WTF moments amidst the dreary eyed men working the roof of the world.

Occasionally you meet someone, a kindred spirit that creates such a deep impression that you know the parting will leave a hollow space that will not likely be filled by the next stranger on a train.

I assumed we would have one of 6 conversations that the local street folk like to use on tourists and then he would ask me for some money, my pen, my notebook, or maybe all three. I never suspected this man would hold the key to my inner peace.

My new friend Laurenne is a woman with the courage and skill to write her inner monologue for our entertainment. Laugh, enjoy, and occasionally find yourself thinking wow I can’t believe she said that. http://humansarefunny.blogspot.com/

Somewhere in a small office in a basement of some ministry building in Delhi there is a person in charge of writing the humorous road signs found all over India’s highways.

photo fun at the Taj