Life in India (Photos!!)

So many of you have been clamoring to me about sharing photos of life in India, so I am happy to oblige.

Today is a grey, rainy day, so I have no energy for anything exciting. (I have that seasonal effectiveness disorder, or whatever it is called.) So a handy photo dump sounds absolutely perfect.

Ryan and me.

I know a lot of you have seen that photo, and a few of the others, but there are plenty of new ones.

the front garden

view of the garden from my bedroom's patio

remember this birdhouse...

because I looked at it from this angle...

and painted it! I am going to paint in the park next (which you'll see soon; I was planning to go today but the rain deterred me.)

me in a kurta (Indian shirt pronounced COOR-tuh)

the street we live on... well one of them, we have a corner unit.

if you stand on the street I just showed you in front of the flat and turn towards the other street this is the view.

and this is the second street

the park a few blocks away

another view of the park

the view entering our neighborhood (just outside)

the same place, but turned towards the road instead of towards the neighborhood

Ryan and I in an autorickshaw ('auto')

the view from our auto of another

homeless people in a park

right across from the mall we went to

Recognize these? I would buy them for the Friday night Bible study in the US... it is pre-made Indian food. Seeing these in an Indian supermarket made me very happy because it lends authenticity!

the other brand I sometimes got- also there! (btw, this grocery store is in the mall) 

Ryan at the food court

Okay, this is Delhi. This is the Indian equivalent of the White House, where the President of India lives.

this is the group I went to Delhi with: Aveek, Yashvika, Shushant and Ryan. 

I think this is the Parliament building?

hilariously bad photo of Ryan with Shushant

Ryan and I at India Gate

India Gate itself (sort of like India's l'arc de triumphe) 

All in all I'm settling in nicely! Today just staying in and working on the blog and learning Hindi!

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