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Our Kids in India: Photos
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Gemma in the courtyard of the Sri Venkateswar
Lodge, Varanasi, wearing her "Punjabi suit" and local jewelry.
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Blake
and Gemma awestruck by the grandeur of the Taj Mahal at dawn.
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Gemma
made friends with this flower seller in Pushkar. She would sit with him for
hours and chat to him and the pilgrims buying his flowers. She's wearing
her "Punjabi suit".
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Blake,
Gail and Gemma between 2 of the 1444 uniquely carved marble pillars in the
15th century Jain temple of Ranakpur, north of Udaipur
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Blake
and Gemma in the bar of the Lake Palace Hotel, Udaipur. Blake is in a silk
shirt and tapestry vest, Gemma is wearing a beautiful Rajasthani dress.
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Henna hand tattoos. A local woman in her
home near the Fort in Jodhpur getting ready to squeeze henna paste onto
Gemma's hand.
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Detail
of an artist at work.
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Gail and Gemma both had their hands tattooed. The black
paste dries which you later wash off. This leaves a yellow
"tattoo" that lasts for a week or more.
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Gemma
and two local girls in Jaisalmer, India.
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Gemma
in the window of the Nathmal ki Hevali, Jaisalmer, India, one of the
exquisitely carved limestone mansions of past wealthy traders. She's
wearing her Rajasthani dress
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Gemma
being shown a traditional Rajasthani dance by a woman in her shanty on the
outskirts of Jaisalmer.
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