Sunday, November 20, 2011

Varanasi Sunday --> Delhi

Not much of a day. We said goodbye to half the group who were going on to Nepal, then we sat around to wait to go to the airport ourselves. The flight was routine, save for the 15 minutes the plane was shaking as we were ascending. Not something we had experienced before.


We got to Delhi and went to our hotel, the Crowne Plaza. As we were pulling in, a wedding was beginning. Of course, we waited to take pictures. The groom was sitting in a car waiting to make his appearance. He was all in white with a white turban. He looked scared as sh*t. As we were taking pictures, the camera people of the wedding took pictures of us! The groom made his appearance and we took pictures.



Then the bride made her appearance, walking under what could only be described as an Indian hupa. As she walked in, we followed with our cameras, and then the bridegroom’s family invited us in to continue our picture taking. The served us mango juice, and allowed us to mingle. Ann, of course, got lots of stories, and found one guy who will be in the DC area next week. We may have a dinner guest. I got as close as I could to get wedding photos. Michael Kress I’m not. I did get one good one, though, when I was able to take advantage of the professional photographer’s lighting.


We are now at Indira Ghandi International, waiting for our delayed flight. We probably won’t have time to wander in London now. :(

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