my Indian family |
'it's my lucky day' |
I experienced the absolute highlight of the trip during our sunset visit to the Taj. As we had visited all of the structures in the morning and took a ton of pictures our plan was just to soak in the Taj – plus there were quite a few people here which I have to admit I don’t love. We were just sitting on a bench looking at the Taj when a couple of kids approached a woman from our group who was hanging out on a bench next to ours and asked her for a photo. Their parents wanted them to pose with her for a photo. Chris and I found this cute and amazing as it seemed that they were fascinated with her ‘whiteness’ and ‘foreignness’. Initially I was sceptical thinking they ‘wanted’ something from her. Unfortunately most of what we experience of the Indian people being as insulated on this tour is the beggars and hawkers that swarm us as we get off buses. All they wanted was for her to pose for a photo with them. So, they snuggled in around her and their parents took photos of them and her, and she gave them her camera and the parents took the same photos with her camera. This went on with various combinations of the kids for 10 minutes or so.
3 comments:
What a sweet story Auntie Lisa.
Leona
That is a great story Lisa! What a great day for you both.
Lori
Usually the best memories are the local people you meet, Great story.
Jean
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