This photo was taken along the banks of the Mandakini River in Chitrakoot during my 2007 visit to India. It’s a town which does not really see western tourists, so I was certainly a person if interest as I wandered around the streets with my camera. I found that I rarely had problems photographing in the streets, because the locals soon realised I was focussing my photographic efforts on the dogs and they probably thought I was a little bit soft in the head. I tended to gather a crowd most places I went and some of the locals would often take me to see other dogs in different locations. It was certainly a surreal experience.