favorites #7

favorite photos #7

Two of our hotel waiters having a siesta



Boys outside a temple in Varanasi



Women selling flowers



The average street in Varanasi





Sikh (I think) guy shaving

favorite photos #6

Varanasi, India.
People bathing in the Ganges in the early morning. The sacred-dip sits fine with me. But why they bathe in the Ganges to get clean, I'll never know.



Mysterious door in Varanasi. Very mysterious how there's no garbage in front of it. I think it's boarded up.



I got dangerously close to this monkey and her acrobatic child on our hotel terrace.



Bus photo



Varanasi grandma surrounded by saffron orange, a sacred color. Only Indians look good in saffron orange. Did you know saffron comes from the stigma of the Saffron Crocus?!!

Favorite photos #5

We had to walk on irrigation canals past rice paddies on our 18km hike up a mountain.







The view was almost worth my sprained knee. There was a temple at the top, and a guy cooked us Ramen noodles. Best Ramen noodles I've ever tasted.

favorite photos #4

Justin getting a henna tattoo from what was the nicest, least in-your-face seller-of-wares in India. Didn't even attempt to drape me in jewelry.



Palolem, the first village we stayed in, seemed blessedly more interested in the maritime industries than the tourist ones.



Bullshit



Artsy fartsy photo I took near a Portuguese fort. The Portuguese colonized Goa. There are a lot of catholic churches in Goa.



Illegally swimming in the Arabian Sea. Nobody really seemed bothered by this. Our waiter told us that white people can swim better than Indian people. I'm guessing more white people drown in riptides than Indian people.

favorite photos #3

Brahmins and other folks in a temple in Goa. I desecrated it, I guess, because I was on my...eh... No wonder our karma went so sour.



A hookah bar where Jeremy had a severe case of ghost-face



A pretty picture of the bride in her noose of jasmine. Oh, dear. My feelings about marriage are leaking into my blog.



Dwiju and Eric pouring rice into the fire (no idea why)



Rachael floating in Goa

favorite photos #2

Two of a bazillion clothing changes in the space of a couple days



Bangle partay!!!



Little girl getting henna



Groom covered in turmeric (he had to sleep in it (don't know if he did, though))