Summer serie ”pics of India on the spur of the moment” - Monsoon sun set in Mumbai

Publié le 14/08/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Summer serie ”pics of India on the spur of the moment” - The art of loading vehicles

Publié le 12/08/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Summer serie ”pics of India on the spur of the moment” - Losing hair?

I have talked at length about hair and hairs and hair stuff - a big topic in India! And here is one clinic that offers to get you your hair back! But careful cause you might also get a new face!

Publié le 10/08/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Spiti calling!

After six months of getting used to Delhi, the itch has started again and here I am, organizing the next trip... This time I will go to... the Spiti Valley! Never heard about it? Normal! Not easy to organize a trip in India out of the touristic places. My father had found this lost paradise in the mountains, God knows how. A Valley apparently spared by the rain during monsoon (I insist...

Publié le 06/08/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

I sweat, you sweat, he sweats, we sweat etc.

Conversation with a faithful (French) reader somewhat hygiene-maniac ;)   Me: It's cool, the rain has arrived in Delhi, temperatures have dropped, we lost 15 degrees...   Him: Regarding temperatures I found online that it is still 32°C in Delhi! So a drop of 15°C would mean that it was 47°C... You wouldn’t be from the South of France by any chance?!*   Me:...

Publié le 04/08/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Martine at the wheel

Once upon a time I decided to stop struggling (like walking for half an hour in the industrial area / open air loo when there is a strike, waiting for half an hour under 45 degrees because the rickshaws are full etc.) and to buy a car. Yaaay! A car!     Once I had explored the various options of cars in my budget, I went to the showrooms. And there, I was offered to try...

Publié le 02/08/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Seeing life in orange...

Here is what happens when I decide to do things differently... And dress up funny to see the Taj with my friends!! We throw in a few ideas, most of them impractical since my friends are visiting and don't have so many clothes... And it so happens that it is only in orange that I have 3 tee-shirts!! So here we go, we will be the orange team!! But the story doesn't stop here......

Publié le 30/07/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

To remember that everyone does not have running water on this planet...

I have not yet fully understood how water works in Delhi. For example water cuts are very frequent. In fact there is a huge problem in some areas. In my warehouse, for example, there is a guy who comes to fill the tank twice a week. In my house I do not know how it works exactly. There are tanks on the roof and when they are empty, someone activates a pump which gets them filled....

Publié le 28/07/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Fatehpur Sikri

Last June, while monsoon was glooming, I went for my first outing since I have moved to Delhi. Fatehpur Sikri.   I was most interested in visiting this ghost town I had heard about!! I have to say I was a bit disappointed as it is more of a palace, the kind you see a lot in Rajasthan, than a ghost town. However I really liked the place, it was very big and hardly...

Publié le 26/07/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Getting back to France

About the things that strike me whenever I come home, and that I then forget...   After the first minutes of confusion (especially after a night on the plane), I breathe. I am home. No need of a house, a "home", just the sense of "belonging", of being among people like me. A feeling to be enjoyed in silence. Because as soon as I open my mouth, my illusions vanish. My...

Publié le 24/07/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...