The colorful People

In general I enjoy walking through city streets and alleyways just to see what I might see, like the colorful mural painting pictured above. Here in Jodhpur I found many friendly people just as interested in stopping to chat with me as I was interested in chatting with them. Often after an interesting exchange, there are requests for selfies or posed photos, like the young man who interrupted his cricket game for a snap.....

.....or the wedding band saluting in their smart uniforms.

Then apparently I wandered into the fabric district, since shop after shop sold bolts of cloth, thread and notions. Here I found these shirt-makers with a well organized shop, new sewing machines and the look of success.

Before too long I was standing at a sewing machine repair shop. These two brothers are third generation repairmen in this 100 year old business and were thrilled to discover that I repaired sewing machines as well. This led to a work stoppage in order to sip Chai and discuss the finer points of rotary hook machines and the new industrial models from china.