We arrived around 8:00 a.m. - much later than the 6:00 a.m. expected arrival. We are beat - at least i am. Took a couple hours to get J to sleep last night, he was wide awake and wanting to play. Not sure i want to do this again, i.e. take a 14+ hour train ride with a toddler. Ok, i'm pretty sure i don't want to do this again.
The festival of holi was this weekend, it celebrates the arrival of spring and love. On our way home from the station, i think we counted about 25 street vendors selling holi paraphernalia, in the form of spray guns, balloons and even just powder. Most of the celebration was already underway, by that time, but would hit it's peak in a few hours. Traditionally, holi is celebrated only until the afternoon hours....i'm not sure why not in the evening...maybe they need that time to wash up. S tried to capture a few pics of our neighbors celebrating holi.. By the time we went out, it was mostly over, but i think he was able to get a few folks to pose for him.
My humble observation: seems that most of the holi celebrat-ers were boys and men and maybe some young girls...i think it's beacause the mom's have to wash all the clothes and know what a chore it can be.
It's good to be home...the train ride wasn't as awful as last time, but still, it's nice to be clean and fed. We stayed home today and relaxed. After enduring the humidity of Vizag, the dry heat in Hyderabad is actually refreshing.
