Wednesday, June 11, 2008

punjabi wedding crashers

So, today I was looking through some of Micah's photos from the trip - he has thrilling photos from the wedding we crashed in Amritsar, which was one of the coolest random things that happened to us in India. (To recap: Micah and I met two girls in the Golden Temple, became friends over the course of the afternoon, then they brought us to a wedding where we dressed all fancy and ate a load of food, despite not knowing anyone.) Pictures abound!

1) Here we have myself and new friend Ruby arriving at the wedding in style. 2) Followed by the groom arriving in even more style, atop a decorated white horse. 3) And here we have a dance party gathering around the horse and groom. That's how they roll there. 4) Inside there was a giant mountain of fruit. It was awesome.



5) I wasted no time in stuffing my face. 6) The marriage happened and everyone was joyous.



7) Micah and I pose for what I am pretty sure is the only photo from the whole 2 months that has both of us in it, actually looking nice. 8) Ruby and I leave the wedding, still stylish in an auto-rickshaw. We were singing a Hindi song and I was laughing because I wasn't very good at it.



9) We stay overnight with our friends, then leave the next morning by motorcycle. 10) Vroom vroom. 11) Holy crap I'm on a motorcycle!



And finally, just for fun, random shots of Micah and I being dorks at the Taj Mahal, and Micah sporting a very fetching faux beard in front of the Red Fort in Delhi. Haha.



That is all I have for now! In other news, I have no other real news. I am still trying to figure what to do next in life, which is a slow process. I've been stressing out a lot. On the plus side of life, I now have the dorkiest summer of concerts ever lined up - along with the Bollywood Unforgettable tour, I will also be attending the Backstreet Boys Unbreakable tour when they're in Halifax. Unforgettable and Unbreakable... it's like we have some kind of theme going on. Gloriously, we managed to get 10th row BSB tickets online! My inner 13-year-old self is squealing with excitement.

Also, I have yet to book plane tickets, but have booked off a week from work in July from the 17th-23rd, which is approximately when I will be in the Toronto area for the Bollywood show, among other things. Kim wants to go to Canada's Wonderland - oooooh. I am glad I will get at least one week of summer in Toronto. I forgot Nova Scotia doesn't actually have summer. It's cold here. Very very cold. Brrrrr. I miss India.