Today we got up early (6:30 on a Sunday! if you notice, I'm actually still in my PJ's!) and went for a walk in a park with Shalini & a friend of hers. We rode the scooters over! They're actually really fun, once you get over the initial feeling that you're going to hit a bump & fly off the back. =) The walk was beautiful, trees, dogs, flowers. & these horrible looking snake houses! I'm just glad we didn't see any snakes to go along with them. Apparently the ants build them & then the cobras take them over & live in them; they're about as tall as a person. 
Towards the end of our walk, we came to a field where they were playing cricket so we decided to sit & watch for a while. Quite an interesting game, so many rules though.
After we decided to pamper ourselves with Manicures & Pedicures before the wedding... if only I knew what I was getting myself into, I would have opted to stay at home! Here I am, sitting in a bright pink room, on a plastic lawn chair with my feet in a bucket of hot water. Hot water that was minutes prior to being in the bucket, heated
on the stove in the main part of the shop. It was pretty interesting. Cheap but not relaxing at all.
Then it was back home for a quick lunch & a nap! I was sooo tired. I slept from 3 until 6 when it was time to get ready for the wedding! Watching them wrap us up in the Sari's is crazy, they do it so quickly & without even thinking & it looks so effortless too when they're done. & man, those things are HOT! & ontop of that it was super hot out. So we get all dressed up in our sari's & took some pictures.
Once the pictures were taken we climbed into an Auto Rickshaw & took off for the wedding. I must say, it felt a little out of place to be in a Rickshaw in a beautiful Sari, but I've gotten quite used to them by now. The venue was covered in lights & very pretty. Since we were there a little before the rest of the group, we went next door to the temple to see the inside. I'm getting used to having to take my shoes off everywhere now! Though I had on shoes with ankle straps... which were difficult to get off in the Sari. On that note, it's pretty hard to do EVERYTHING in a Sari. I give them a lot of credit for wearing them. Walking up stairs was the hardest part to get the hang of. You have to lift from the right spot or else you just step on it anyway. I stepped on it a few times =) but no disasters, Shalini had me pinned in there very well!
So after we went back into the hall for the reception. The Bride & Groom have to stand on a huge stage under all these lights, while people stand in a recieving line & wait to get a picture taken with them. Once you have gone on stage, you go into a back room, eat & leave.
While you're waiting in line though, there's singing & some guy walking around with a huge camera with a SUPER bright light on it. They like to shine it on us too... we defiantly stand out from the crowd! By the time we got up to the stage I was so overheated & dehydrated all I wanted to do was drink a huge thing of water & go to bed. Unfortunately, we can't drink the water there so we had to send someone out to get us a few bottles. So we all sat & ate (off of banana leaves) & made our way out of the building. Before departing, we took a group picture.
Then Abdul was nice enough to give us a ride back to the hotel in his car.
Falling asleep will be easy tonight!
Here are some more pictures that didn't fit up above =)
on the stove in the main part of the shop. It was pretty interesting. Cheap but not relaxing at all.
Then it was back home for a quick lunch & a nap! I was sooo tired. I slept from 3 until 6 when it was time to get ready for the wedding! Watching them wrap us up in the Sari's is crazy, they do it so quickly & without even thinking & it looks so effortless too when they're done. & man, those things are HOT! & ontop of that it was super hot out. So we get all dressed up in our sari's & took some pictures.
Once the pictures were taken we climbed into an Auto Rickshaw & took off for the wedding. I must say, it felt a little out of place to be in a Rickshaw in a beautiful Sari, but I've gotten quite used to them by now. The venue was covered in lights & very pretty. Since we were there a little before the rest of the group, we went next door to the temple to see the inside. I'm getting used to having to take my shoes off everywhere now! Though I had on shoes with ankle straps... which were difficult to get off in the Sari. On that note, it's pretty hard to do EVERYTHING in a Sari. I give them a lot of credit for wearing them. Walking up stairs was the hardest part to get the hang of. You have to lift from the right spot or else you just step on it anyway. I stepped on it a few times =) but no disasters, Shalini had me pinned in there very well!
So after we went back into the hall for the reception. The Bride & Groom have to stand on a huge stage under all these lights, while people stand in a recieving line & wait to get a picture taken with them. Once you have gone on stage, you go into a back room, eat & leave.
While you're waiting in line though, there's singing & some guy walking around with a huge camera with a SUPER bright light on it. They like to shine it on us too... we defiantly stand out from the crowd! By the time we got up to the stage I was so overheated & dehydrated all I wanted to do was drink a huge thing of water & go to bed. Unfortunately, we can't drink the water there so we had to send someone out to get us a few bottles. So we all sat & ate (off of banana leaves) & made our way out of the building. Before departing, we took a group picture.Then Abdul was nice enough to give us a ride back to the hotel in his car.
Falling asleep will be easy tonight!
Here are some more pictures that didn't fit up above =)
1 comment:
Hi there... AWESOME !!!! everything.
Which wedding was this one? You really looked very nice in your sari. Amazing those things,huh? Me, I definately would break my neck trying to move about in one of those.
There is one picture with a person standing outside the window...is that for real???
Enjoy it all..
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