Almost done….
There is such a thing as Indian Standard Time here. 10am really means 1130…
We packed up our stuff onto the roof of another cab, with a sleepy cab driver and headed out to our Holi Holi Holi party being hosted by a couch surfing friend’s place not far from the airport. I had avowed that I wasn’t going to get painted again, as I still wasn’t quite finished scrubbing off the other paint, but only 10 minutes later I was covered. As were Sonja and Amber! Blue, purple, yellow, red, green, orange powdered paint (the good kind) soon was everywhere.
Their party was being catered, drinks flowing freely and as well a beverage named Bhang. It was a fruit leaf plant liquor that apparently after about 8 small cups you start to “fly”. Then you crash and have a four day hangover. Amber is now starting to crash five hours later…. lol
There were some sort of crepe thing with veggies and spices, some sort of Indian nacho dish and a guy also named Amberish. It was held in the court yard of a posh apartment building that also was home to a famous Indian movie star we got to meet. Sonja wrote down the name, but I can’t remember it right now. There were armed security guards as well as a TV crew filming the party. We all took pictures in various states of being painted as well as some short video.
It certainly was a fun and appropriate way to end the trip. Such a celebration was the capper for us, and the start of their new year.
We were fortunate enough to have the Host and Hostess offer to keep our luggage in their apartment, as well as to let us shower when it was time to leave. We were painted with the good paint (allegedly) but we still bear the scars of blue, green and pink in our hair, our pores and over parts of our body. Let’s just say that Amber could hide quite nicely in a pumpkin patch and not be discovered! I look like I have been violently assaulted and have bruises all over my face. My arms are another matter. Here in the Indian airport everyone knows why we are like this, but come London, we will either fit in with the punks or will stand out like sore thumbs! hee hee
Our pictures will tell more stories than we can cover here, and we will add just a few final notes of things that have popped into our heads post blogging…
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They have sweet candy here that is made from gourds (pumpkin type vegetables) that is flavored with rose oil…..yummy….NOT! Ick! Amber’s breath smelled like a car air freshener for a long time, and not in the good way…
Corriander soup tastes like eating smog….
The longest word we found was Dharmachakrapravartanamudra which is ?????? 50 points to the first correct pronounciation and meaning of the word.
Travelling by air here is the way to see India in large quantities efficiently.
Fruit bars are meant to feed the bears, not for your own consumption.
Barter Barter Barter
Get the Dukerol diarrhea shot! Awesome! No Dehli belly for us!
It is always nice to travel the world, but it is especially nice to have friends to share this with and people we love to come home to.
Thanks for following our trip, and we will see you soon!
Love always,
Annie and Amber
xoxoxo