Parting Shots
Monday, 2. November 2009, 13:53:15
The child who took the silk factory tour barefoot - because she lost one shoe out of the autorickshaw - which upset only her mother. After all, all the workers were barefoot.
This one's for you, Kate - I thought Shawn should have asked for permission, but he didn't. Tit for tat....
Bet they didn't wake up and think "Gee, think I'll go bathe at the river and hope that my picture will be plastered on the internet today." Another one for you, Kate!
Still waiting to try this one. Either it has to be a very small bridge, or a very big foot.
We took the Shotabhi Express back to Chennai - it was fabulous. They kept feeding and feeding us, and no one got sick from the food. Whew.
Traveller's tip: the Mysore train station has a first-class waiting room (one for gents, one for ladies, in fact) with CLEAN restrooms.
Now the Chennai train station....well.....if I told you, you wouldn't believe it.
Driving home we saw the funniest thing. A man, on a horse (even in Chennai horses are rarely seen), holding a bag of grain in front of him on the pommel, in the middle of a hugely busy intersection. I will forever have this etched in my memory - the horse twitching nervously, surrounded by every kind of motorized traffic imaginable; the rider, urging him on while clutching his sack of grain.
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 3. November 2009, 09:20
Payback time :) Not asking permission is a nice touch, too. Now if Shawn would have pretended to take a picture of the kids, then quick turned to take a picture of the lady all sneaky-like, that would be about right...
myfamilyinIndia # 3. November 2009, 16:14
Really, Kate, you should start your own business - charge for having your picture taken. I think that would get them.
Anonymous # 18. November 2009, 03:09
Mehndi reminds me of this old ad -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny5_Qhcud9M