Oooooooooooh I can't believe I'm doing this!!!

The Elephants were trained to take your money from the bus window. Some Indian's believe that when the elephant lifts it's trunk to you that he is blessing you. Actually the men who own the elephant is getting blessed with your rupees. They also have monkeys on leashes climb on the bus and find an open window, put their hand in and beg for your rupees.

The escaping snake with it's fangs heading straight for grandma. This man is still a wnat-to-be-snake charmer.

If the first snake isn't going to perform, then bring out the big boys.

Only for my grandkids would I hold this snake for this picture. I was saying OOOOOOOooooooh, and thinking of all of my grandkids who love snakes and small critters. This one is for you!!!!!

Now this is Grandpa

This was a great trip and we did get to see many animals. Grandma is being really brave here. She has no idea that this snake is going to eat her alive! We will be posting more later about this great trip. This was a once in a liftetime oppoertunity for us.

Photo's for the Grandkids India's Animals

At Agra Fort, monkeys were running around in the courtyard of the Fort. One young monkey had tipped over the garbage can and had come up with a bag of cheese balls. She sat quietly against the wall eating the cheese balls until another monkey noticed her. Then the monkey began to shriek and jump around. This brought mother monkey on the run with her baby riding on her back to see what was going on. Now all the monkeys were shrieking and jumping around. Dad monkey finally came on the scene and the ruckus was settled in a minute. Dad rules. Half way to Agra we had a potty break at a place that also sold souvenirs. We did’t buy any of the overpriced trinkets, but we did see a snake charmer just off the property and plenty of monkeys playing on the rooftops. I thought about all of my grandchildren who just love snakes and my promise that I would find a snake charmer and send a picture. So Grandpa and I paid a visit to the snake charmer. The man with the snakes opened his basket and grabbed his flute. The cobra slowly raised up from the basket to greet the snake charmer with his back arched and his hood spread, but just as the man began his music, the snake slithered out of the basket and made a run for it, right my way. The man was able to lean over and grab the end of the cobra’s tail; I had the fang end my way. He put the snake back in the basket and put the lid on to settle it down, and after a short time he tried again. He took off the lid and removed the cloth. The snake gracefully raised his head, arched his back, spread his hood and then quickly slithered out and headed straight for me again. The snake charmer was able to grab the end of the snake’s tail for a second time. He told us that it was a new snake and wasn’t completely trained yet. I think that the snake wasn’t the only one new at this gig. I wasn’t willing to go three strikes and I’m out, so I didn’t get the traditional picture, but wait he had more. He lifted the lid on another basket and took out a young python. Would I like to hold it? Honestly, I really didn’t but then anything for the grand kids, right? Hey, why didn’t someone tell me to take off my sunglasses?