Ferris Wheels

I stopped by Parvati Hill again yesterday afternoon because I was nearby. There was a little ferris wheel set up on the hill above the slum, and the little kids were loving it.


All the ferris wheels I have seen here have no motor and no electricity. Here's how they work:


Those guys in the middle walk from bar to bar, and the weight of their bodies turns the wheel. The kids sit cross legged in little baskets. When the guys want to get off, they drop down onto the outer rim, ride it up to the top, grab the edge of a basket, and casually dangle off it by one arm as the wheel turns and brings them around to the ground. They were wearing flip flops.

If you click on the pictures you can see them enlarged.