I can’t remember the last time a week whizzed by so fast – it’s so true what they say about time flying when you’re having fun.
This trip was truly amazing, and although it’s the second time I’ve been to Mumbai, it was equally as eye-opening. My time there coincided with the Hindu festival of Navratri (I purposely went during this time) and I never imagined how wonderful it would be. If you don’t know what Navratri is about, it’s basically a Hindu dance festival that lasts 10 days – the actual dancing is called Garba.
I take part in it every year here in London, but nothing compares to the festivities in India. I thought I was relatively good at Garba dancing until I saw how it’s done over there.. imagine being in a crowd of 15,000 sweaty people all dancing outdoors under the stars. Minus the sweaty part (although that simply added to the electric atmosphere), it’s an incredible experience. I suppose it’s like being in a huge moshpit, just with brightly dressed Indians.
To make the experience all the more memorable, there were monsoon rains for the last two days of my trip which was unexpected as the monsoon season is supposedly over. The amount of rain that falls is mind-blowing and deafening to say the least. I don’t think I’ll ever complain about the rain here again! On one occasion we (me and my mate) were on Juhu Beach when the rain suddenly came – there was literally nowhere to go for shelter and we had to go to some random person’s house for help, except their roof collapsed. So many things happened that day – I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. Oh, and I was on TV twice!
I’ll soon be posting pictures and blogging about my time in Mumbai.
I’m glad the sun’s shining today in London – makes me feel less depressed haha
: )
I’m quite a fan of Deviant Art, but I’m not too happy with the new version. It has a ridiculous amount of bugs, and it looks less professional in my opinion. I miss some of the old features, and I find this version harder to navigate around. That could be attributed to the fact I’m just not used to the new version yet. It’s put me off the site somewhat though.
Having said that, I got a DD! Or a ‘Staff Pick’ as it’s called now.
I don’t consider it my strongest piece, but I’m certainly not complaining. It came as quite a pleasant surprise – no matter what people say about the value of Staff Picks, it’s still a nice feeling to be recognised!
In other news, I’m going to India next month – yay. I can’t wait. Below are some shots I took when I went there in December.
Smiling, happy school kids – not something I’ve often seen.
Monkeys are a lot of fun – I might post some more later where I’m feeding them, if I can find the CD they’re on.
The above shot is quite poignant to me personally. It was taken outside Mahim Station which one of the stations in Mumbai blown up by terrorists. The woman is actually walking towards it in this picture.
Flying over Mumbai as the sun’s setting..
Touristy shot of me, outside the Taj Mahal obviously. I was taken aback by the scale of this building, although it was a tad disappointing from the inside. If I compare it to the Vatican in Rome, I found the latter much more impressive. I suppose the history behind the Taj Mahal is very significant though.
When I’m at home (I’m at my aunt’s place in Windsor for the weekend) I’ll add some more pics from my last trip.
Going off on a tangent here, but I couldn’t get my desired wordpress theme to work :(
I thought that looked ace, except comments don’t seem to work at all, which is somewhat annoying. So for now this theme will have to do!
Ciao for now : )
