Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I could write a lot more about the Goan experience. In brief, it was wonderful. One of the tour guides likes us so much that he took us to his village where they were having the 15 day Holi festival. These are from the Epson R-D1. Our Indian friend just FedEx'ed the 11 rolls of films I took today so I will get them may be on Thursday. I took tons of pictures of the World Heritage Vishnu and Shiva temples south of Bangalore. Will process them as time permits (most of them were taken with the M7) That night, the men and boys were running and dancing up and down the street: (small size ~40K: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0169_small.jpg) (large version: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0169.jpg The women and girls have their own night. This night, they were just happily enjoying the festivities: (small size ~40K: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0216_small.jpg) (large version: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0216.jpg Toward the end, the priest made blessings: (small size ~40K: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0230_small.jpg) (large version: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0230.jpg ... and blessed the "Warriors": (small size ~40K: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0249_small.jpg) (large version: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0249.jpg At the end of the day, a Goddess followed me home. How can I say no? (small size ~40K: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0269_small.jpg) (large version: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/LJPics/goa2005/EPSN0269.jpg // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)