DAILY PHOTO: Undercrewed Snakeboat

Taken on July 4, 2014 in Kerala.

Taken on July 4, 2014 in Kerala.

Snakeboats are long, wooden canoes commonly seen in the Keralan backwaters. They race with crews of around 100–two wide and scrunched into tight rows.

DAILY PHOTO: Coracle Captain

Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi

Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi.

This 89 pound man rowed tourists (usually weighing much more than 89 pounds a piece–and sometimes including five or six per group) upstream, and then float them back downstream.  He was definitely putting his back into it.