Sunday, February 18, 2007

Great Day in India

I'm breaking one of my golden rules of blogging by posting "work" pictures here, but today was such an adventure and a treat that I had to. A few pix from yesterday in Mumbai first, then from a picnic today on the farm of the uncle of one of my colleagues. About18 or so of us went out from Pune after a morning of cricket and had fantastic picnic on a huge farm.


In a cab in Mumbai


In a Jain temple in the hills above central Mumbai, had to be sly so this was shot from the hip...


Streets in Mumbai


Traffic light in Mumbai in front of the train station


Kitty in the rice on the farm


My colleagues


Walking out further to the picnic site


Fuel for the fires


Stoking the flames and arranging stones for the pots


Onions in oil...just the beginning


Chicken...deelish


Getting ready to add spices


Stirring...one in green is wife of colleague who hosted


In the thick of it


Hosts in a quiet moment


The food, better than I've ever had in Manhattan, and it was prepared over an open flame in a guava grove. The plate isn't paper, but pressed out of tree bark.


Looking out over a river at a man grazing his cattle


Same man...at first I thought he minded my taking his pix, but when my colleagues came up he sweetened up and when I showed him his picture on my camera he said, "If I'd known I was going to be photographed I would have shaved."




His grazers




Washing up


My colleagues


Getting a turban as honored guest...how cool?


I don't look dumb here...

1 Comments:

Nancy said...

WOW! How lucky you are to be able to have such an adventure. The photos are terrific.

5:46 PM  

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