India Lady boys trying to earn money by singing off-key
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 16 October 2024
Updated on 16 October 2024
After a mandatory night in an insignificant big city that didn‘t even get a tiny section in the Lonely Planet, we could continue our journey the next day by train. Halfway through the few hours journey, a random man stood blowing his whistle as we passed by. Apparently, he blows his whistle for every passing train. I couldn‘t help but think of how he left his wife in the morning: “Honey, I‘m going to work!” and how he came back to her every evening after a full day of work, greeting every passing train with his whistle. In the same train, we also learned a new way of making money. Ladyboys would bother tourists by singing off-key or dancing exaggeratedly until they received money to go away. But they had picked the wrong target with us: we loved it, and after a few minutes of trying to annoy us, they gave up and left.
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Traveled route: Ganges, Varanassi, Agra, Taj Mahal, Buland Darwaza, Jaipur, Fatehpur Shekhawati, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bundi, Udaipur, Mumbai, Goa, Hampi
next country: Brazil
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