Home Shopping Network (India Style)

The guy with the beard is a man named "Butcher King" who delivers beef right to your home and cuts it right in front of you just how you like it. Eating beef is not common or popular here, so he's quite discreet in his delivery!

This guy is one of many merchants who show up at our gate often selling their wares loaded on the back of bikes or motorcycles. Come to India and you can stop shopping with your remote and bargain at our gate. The guy in the uniform here is Rambir, my favorite guard. He doesn't speak a word of English but he comes running whenever anybody needs help and royally chewed out a "chiseler" the other day who stole 18 rupees (36 cents) from us.

More Fun Things to Do With a Bike

We went shopping last week for some patio furniture to use while we wait for our sea shipment to arrive. One shopkeeper showed us a picture of a patio table and chairs and we asked if he had one we could see. He asked us to wait 15-20 minutes and he would have it brought out. Sure enough, 30 minutes later this man pedaled up to the shop with the table and chairs in tow! If there's something to be done in India, there's manpower (not a machine) to do it for cheap! We didn't take a picture of it, but on another day we went to have a copy made of a key and watched a man dressed like a monk make the key using a metal file! Isaac was in heaven watching that one.