Sunday, April 26, 2009

The (happy) End

Jodhpur - the blue city...













... with its Palace and Fort


















We arrived there to see friends of us, who we met in Goa. Their family welcomed us with food, music and open hearts.
Here the mother (and the sister) playing harmonium and singing beautiful traditional rajasthani songs.








We met many relatives of our hosts waiting for us in all the city with chai and ready for pictures.












Do you remember Prem? He is already on a photo from November, Filippo's sitar teacher.












Deshu (not sure about the name) is the family's youngest member. He is only 5 (or 6?) years old, but you should see his drum skills! The reincarnation of a musician...
















Shanti life.













Choco!













We went for 2 days to the nearby desert to stay in this place.












Filippo was immediately surrounded by the family's children (which are all in all supposed to be 60!)











Karolina was HOT!













Please, pay attention to Filippo's leg...there's nothing more to say.












Karolina in a traditional rajasthani dress...













...got sold of for one camel pretty fast...













...to THIS GUY!


















We loved to see the family life, although it will forever remain full of misteries for us. The traditions and rituals are very deep rooted in this part of India. After 5 days we were happy to be back on our own and headed to Agra to seeeeeee

VOILA! The Taj Mahal!













No, there is no photoshop work on this.













Amazing, but well, you've all seen it on pictures already. Go and see it live!

Our journey is about to end. Tomorrow we are leaving this country of contradictions and wonders to the country of parties :) We are very happy about the trip, as well as about going back. Goodbye India!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Very nice ending words!
Thank you very much for writing this blog!
Welcome back in Berlin!

ilgarion said...

hi, dears,
my beloved vipassana meditators :)
albina is here
cannot find your e-mail
wish to tell you some stories, too :) please reply to ilgarion@gmail.com

miss u