Living in India Page 12
The Melbourne Cup party October 7, 2006 - this party is held to raise money for the charitable efforts of the Australian High Commission
hat
- check, sunglasses - check, money-check....let's go
our
marines representing
and
winning things in the lucky draw!
sweaty
sweaty sweaty, the pool looks very tempting
Dear Liz visits us from Austria
welcome to your bed Liz....ahhhhhhhh
next night, an evening at Climax Nightclub where knowing the owner we of course are escorted into the champagne VIP room where I promptly fall over a footstool flat on my face. All class me.
Liz,
Emma and I are ready
to go, does Mike know how lucky he is?
love
the silhouette of the turban
The President's House complex
monkeys
have special importance in India because of the God Hanuman, this one really
does look like he might be holy
a
street sweeper, doing just that and some resting
India Gate - A tribute to India's war dead
waiting
to cross the street, the speaker plays soothing music
portable
phone booth, no kidding
paan
wallah, it's a mild stimulant which is chewed and then spit
roasted
peanut vendor near India Gate, the peanuts are roasted, not the vendor
cars
in front of the Hyatt
beautiful
tree in flower
Liz
pulling a Marlene Dietrich at tea in the Imperial Hotel coffee shop
me
just sitting there
dinner
at Olive and my favorite banyan tree
Shopping at Cottage Industries
tea
break
this
painting represents the dual male and female nature of Shiva
Liz
in front of a Natraja statue which represents Shiva as angry and Lord of
the dance