 Boarding the Elephanta excursion boat at the Gateway of India |
 The Taj Mahal Hotel has a new tower |
 The Indian military restricts photography from the tour boats, so no photo of their aircraft carrier |
 Our boat driver |
 A returning tour boat |
 Dru making friends with Janice Kam from Australia, who was a teacher in an Indian village |
 The Guru Gobindh Singh, a massive supertanker |
 The Guru Gobindh Singh, Mumbai |
 Elephanta Island |
 Elephanta Island |
 Preparing to dock |
 Boats tied up at Elephanta Island |
 The fishing fleet grouned at low tide for maintenance |
 Fishing boats at low tide, Elephanta |
 Welcome to Elephanta |
 The gauntlet of souvenir stalls heading up to the caves |
 Dru was kind and didn't make them carry him up the hill |
 Monkey on Elephanta Island |
 Elephanta Caves closed Monday (and the Taj Mahal is closed Friday) |
 Elephanta pier from the caves |
 8th Century rock cut cave temple, Elephanta |
 Monkey watching over the main cave temple |
 Monkey at the Elephanta Caves |
 Shiva as the cosmic dancer Nataraja |
 Elephanta caves |
 Elephanta caves are dedicated to Lord Shiva |
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 Dwarapalas guarding the central Linga Shrine |
 Janice Kam admiring Elephanta |
 Linga Shrine, Elephanta |
 The Trimurti represents the Hindu trinity |
 One face of the Trimurti |
 Holy man touring Elephanta |
 Holy Man, India |
 Elephanta monkies |
 Cute little monkey |
 In addition to the main cave, there are several other minor caves |
 Minor cave at Elephanta |
 Dru being friendly with a guard |
 Elephanta |
 He couldn't figure out how to eat this fruit |
 Coca cola monkey |
 Indian family touring Elephanta |
 Locals posing with water jugs (mutkas) for money |
 Woman working in the evening sun |
 Local women, Elephanta |
 Woman carrying a load and the tourist train |
 Elephanta |
 Elephanta fleet at sunset |
 Sunset from the pier at Elephanta |
 Filthy air makes pretty sunsets |
 Dru on the pier at Elephanta |
 More of Dru's new friends |
 This young tourist is wiped out |