Ride the Tiger.......

Hope you will all enjoy more India pictures, all taken by Karen.
Yes! Yes! I did get to ride an elephant while in Mysore at the Maharaja's palace! If you biggy the pic, you can see how much fun we are all having. Even the men are smiling. Hey, it's not everyday that you get to ride an elephant with three handsome Indian men, isn't it?

Here I am in Hotel Hell...you remember that place in Agra, right? I won't tell you what I am doing because that would be rude....but this picture was taken in the moments of realizing that we were trapped in this filthy room for the night, and we were just goofing off, trying to make the best of the situation!

This is Rahul, who came from Kashmir and started a henna tattoo business in Delhi when he was 15. Now, he has about 10 employees working for him, that he has trained. His henna work is just fantastic, and while I sat there, people kept coming by for bookings for doing henna at weddings. Next year, Rahul, who is now 26, will marry his sweetheart, Monica. When I told him Monica is not an Indian name, he told me that there is a Bollywood song about a girl called Monica, and then he sang it for me. Too cute!

This man is making paint brushes, and was explaining to me the procedure. The picture was taken after I had the henna done, and had rubbed off most of the dried henna paste. You can see the designs are still very light on my hands and arms. The designs take a couple of hours to darken up. I know I havent shown the pictures of the finished designs yet.....working on getting those up here, but Karen has em still......oh and yes, if you are lucky, you can find an icey cold coke in Delhi, like I have! This one was a special treat, so cold that it had a slushy top. Delicious!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!