Rajasthan by Taxi

Our set of wheels for the next eight days is a Hindustan Ambassador, hired complete with driver.  The Ambassador is based on the Morris Oxford and has been in continuous production since 1958.  Our example is a mere six years old, but is pretty much the same as the original in engineering terms, albeit with a diesel engine, air conditioning and 'Power Break'.

Did I say Rajasthan?  We have actually slipped over the border into Uttar Pradesh to see Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal.  All through the countryside, in the villages, towns, and cities, people are going about their business, most of them living hard, hard lives, with virtually no hope of improvement.  The old cliche that we don't know how lucky we have things in New Zealand only properly hits home when there is such clear evidence of how things might be.