All these pictures are in the wrong order they actually should be read from down to up if you guys want to get the timing right but I cannot be bothered so here goes..


Calcutta, Victoria Memorial with a beautiful exhabition inside but above all an oase of peace in the middle of this crazy city. The bird flew right at me and missed me by an inch. These freakin crows are everywhere in India I kid you not!

That is that statue on the top of VM. Just showing of my telezoomlens there ... ;-)

Voor An en Laura : think Flair!
Sooooo over the top
Find the Belgian
Just me
People ask me to take pictures of them it is really crazy, this was a sweet young couple that didn't speak one word of English but look how cute!!

Singer Singer Naaimachien !! (speciaal voor An)I think this is hilarious.. Giere!
Hugely unethical but had to do it. This is one. Don't be fooled they are everywhere and they are really dying in the streets. It is 1000 times worse than this picture can ever tell you...
For the dummies amongst you : green white orange is India's national flag
I kid you not... and this is a light load, sometimes they carry huge amount of bags of whatever BAREFOOT (I cant even walk here barefoot the tarmac is soo hot)
Begging boy funny boy and eager to pose (he blew a gigantic bubblegumball right after!)
Broom anyone?
Twee aaantwaarpeners in Calcutta !!
Begging woman, was smiling untill I got the camera out after her being persistant for about 3 minutes...
The sky from the plane .. where are the CareBears???
Like timemachineflashback to the fifties this was my cab from airport to Salvation Army Hotel in Calcutta. 200Rs (4Euro) for a trip that took about an hour


Hanging around untill customers come ... The smoke in the background is someone lighting a fire to make chai or chapati probably
Crazy traffic

Kiekepoetje iemand?

This was taken in Hampi at a wedding, they wanted me to take their picture. I think this is a beautiful picture!
Find the Belgian! (in Hampi at that same wedding inside the Virupaksha temple)

Lovely smiles

Karnataka woman in her typical dress, she was very sweet

My luxury room in Hyderabad .. just for one night ..

Hampi en Holi

Jihaaaoooooo Holi Festival !!
Haha

Lakshmi the temple Elephant at Virupaksha coming back from her daily scrub in the river ...

Madam take my picture !!!

Arab lady in a Rickshaw...

Me at Mango Tree, Hampi, India...

Me and Asha, she is 17 years old and is owner of the guesthouse I stay in together with her mother. Her brother is a Rickshaw driver here in Hampi, her 2 sisters died giving childbirth and her father died 4 years ago. Its a sad story but they are lovely and cheerful people.. and Asha is a beautiful woman..

Bigger than an Olympic swimmingpool, this was the bathing place of the people living in Hampi over 500 years ago
The Holi Procession starts ....

Holi is a festival of radiance (Tej) in the universe. During this festival, different waves of radiance traverse the universe, thereby creating various colours that nourish and complement the function of respective elements in the atmosphere....

Anusha and me

Me being sick in Hampi, with high fevers and vomiting for 12 hrs. No doctor needed but it sure was a walk through hell..

The river next to Hampi is aligned with temples ..

Fishing technique used in this river ..

The Kingfisher Birds astonishes me every time I see it ...

Virupaksha temple in hampi is absolutely mindblowing beautiful!

Find the monkey!

No strawberry, I got blessed!!

Il dolce far niente ... (Murali in the foreground, a friend of a friend)

The Konkan railway ..

My 'private' little space on the top bench of the train ...

Virupaksha temple and holy basin .. (filled with litter)

Byebye!! I am going to Hyderabad tonight on a 10hrs busride. Pray for me!!

Love,
C-S

Hampi

I am in the beautiful city of Hampi but a sunstroke has bound me to my bed for the past three days so not much exploring has been done. As I am slowly regaining strength I will write more soon.
After this episode I will go up north, to the cooler mountains as it is getting ridiculously hot here.
Lots of love,
Cat

Paradise hotel

This is Goa :
...... and I'm loving it!