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Viva São João

दिल ढूंढता है
फिर वही
फुरसत के रात दिन

#दोस्ती #Gokarna #sea #rocks #sand #sunrise

Motivating a bunch of #teenagers to go for an early #morning #walk through the #forest is hard. Hard but rewarding.

#Goa nights. Chaotic and fun.

We got to meet up with the skater girl. And watch her in action! And participate. Woo hoo.

A lovely evening spent catching up with old friends.

Throwback to when we went camping by the Terekhol river.

They're having a prom!

(No, they haven't finished school yet.)

His favourite part of the Prom

Something about this gesture, of a senior student encouraging a junior through the finale performance of Imagine...

The big boy is in the red hat at the back

गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।

M2 slept in late. M1 sat in a boat and looked fashionable while studying. Sephi cooked. The kids played games. I chased birds.

Everyone did their thing on a beautiful Sunday morning.

@sephibergerson 's lovely family invited us over and fed us yummy fresh cooked #food.

I finally found people in India who have more camping gear than me. My tribe 😁

The random things that make a parade fun

King Momo surrounded by beauties

And so begins the Goa Carnival 2023

We look happy, but some of us are cold and sleepy

Smoked barbecue. Made by smoked children.

I really have no good answer for why we didn't go camping or caravaning for more than an year.

That's what big hearted artists do - promote upcoming artists in their shows.

So glad that Dilshad called us over to the Goa Heritage Festival yesterday. The kids made friends with two kids from Sharada Mandir, who were raising funds for Mollem (for the environment).

I swear I'll get PTSD from listening to the trauma of ICSE kids all my life.

The kids were surprisingly chill and cool for someone who has studied at a Mandir all their life.

The beautiful people of Goa. Surprise partyyyyyy 🎉

Conversations at the beach

Men who grill

But perseverance brought them results in the end

It wasn't as easy as they'd assumed it to be

The beach shack ran out of coconuts, so the kids decided to get some of their own.

All this natural beauty is part of the commons of Morjim. Anyone can enjoy this space right next to Silver Sands.

I believe the well maintained open common spaces are what give Goa much of its charm.

This is not a resort or private property.

Drove the kids' friends around. Now they're making a bonfire.

Just pics of people looking cool on a yacht.

Did I mention that we all caught a cold. But it was 💯 worth it.

The changing light at sunset time meant that each photograph has come out applied with its own unique filter.

Someone actually took a pic of me... although it isn't a flattering pic at all.

The boys had a lot of fun ❤️

It's drum circle season

Winters... when the boys were learning salsa on the beach.

The rains are nice. But the winters are better.

Never too old for Crax. Never too old for the cheap toys in the Crax bag.

Celebrating #sufi #basant with #adaa at the Chilla Shareef of Hazrat #Nizamuddin. #qawwali

#varanasi #india #banaras #kashi #banarasi #travel #varanasidiaries #uttarpradesh #photography #benaras #incredibleindia #travelphotography #varanasiindia #wedding #weddings #photographer #baraat #musician #music #artist #instamusic #band #musicians #livemusic #musica #art #drums #beats #live

#Drumming with a vengeance

#varanasi #india #banaras #kashi #banarasi #travel #varanasidiaries #uttarpradesh #photography #benaras #incredibleindia #travelphotography #varanasiindia #wedding #weddings #photographer #baraat #musician #music #artist #instamusic #band #musicians #livemusic #musica #art #drums #beats #live

When the hunter becomes the hunted. Big fat #Indian #weddings are such a curiosity for #tourists.

#varanasi #india #banaras #kashi #banarasi #travel #varanasidiaries #uttarpradesh #photography #benaras #incredibleindia #travelphotography #varanasiindia #wedding #weddingday #weddingdress #weddingphotography #party #weddingphotographer #weddings #photographer #baraat

भाईलोग

#kids #faces #children #streets #photography #indiaclicks #incredibleindia #indiapictures #indiatravelgram #wanderlust #everydayindia #delhi

Some rest after all that masti

Time to remove the tent

We took a dip at #sangam. Those pictures are too racy to share.

#SanFrancisco काफ़ी #retro

Two's company

बताओ who is who?

I showed up at a #Halloween party without a #costume, so I pulled yesterday's stunt again.

When you go to attend a workshop and bump into old friends

M1 broke the museum. Then they all got together and fixed more than he broke.

दोस्तों ने बाहर बुलाया
खिलाया पिलाया
मग़र हम पर हमेशा की तरह
मौसीक़ी का ही नशा छाया

All smiles

Some people are grossed out by water parks.

Others take to them like a fish takes to water

S1 captured these candid pics of M2 and M1.

What do you think of them?

Met up with Pepe the Don after an eternity. Some people truly never change. It's amazing. The same cheerful voice and bright smile.

Even though the #children can't venture into the #sea, they are still #excited to see it after a long #road trip.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

Om nom nom

We are all #dressed to take on the #rain

#strawberries #cream #icecream and everything #nice

The #naughty #kids of #Pooh. My kids made good friends with them.

Managed to take one photograph without any trash visible. Now to get out of here real quick. 😷

And just like that, we #cooked ourselves some #camp #dinner

The #hammock is up, the #stakes have been dug in, and we are sitting at the #table preparing to fix #dinner.

Oh what a beautiful, lovely coincidence. Something that can only happen on the open road. We ran into this family of #Happy #Campers, which is what they literally call themselves. They've built a full #RV on an Isuzu D-Max V Cross. Deepankar showed us around their lovely little home which has all the facilities ones needs, including very powerful air conditioning.
Oh, the stories we have to share. Will be planning a trip together shortly.

The #dogs of #Kaza

#goodboy #dogsofinstagram

You guys are lucky. Because we were offline and basically vegetating, I found the time to upload the #DSLR pics into my phone so I could #Instagram them. Yes, I figured out how to use the DSLR. There is basically an idiot friendly, everything auto mode in the camera. The autofocus in this mode does not work when pointed at stars in the night, but works great during the day. I will be uploading DSLR pics from the beginning of my trip, occassionally. Enjoy.

This is a sight I don’t get to see in the cities - families playing with kids. Even on a weekend, I find most parents just don’t have the time for their kids, so consumed is their life with chores, leisure and the Internet. In the villages around Gurgaon this is common - men and women hanging out with kids, enjoying the sun on a weekday morning. But in the cities it is usually the primary care giver who spends most of the time with the kids.

The kids decided to do a bit of cleanup around the #campsite. They'd already cleaned the spot where we pitched #tent.

There was endless commentary about the kinds of garbage people had left

M1 slaughters the dinner. M2 prepares to impale it instead.

#dinner #camplife

And the #camp is up before the sun went down.

We are super excited. And we are missing a bunch of little things. No carabiners 😲. Time to McGyger and #jugaad.

Freshly showered.

Yesterday we started from Kasauli at day break, and reached Ponda after sunset. Since we were on the road all through, with the occasional meal break, we didn't have a chance to shower.

This morning we saw people, mostly truckers, showering by the side of the road. How could we pass up the opportunity? What's more, the water turned out to be refreshingly warm. Perhaps a hot water spring was the source.

We have been brushing and going to the loo at temples, monasteries and such. Restaurant washrooms are a hit or a miss, so we avoid them.

Thats what #vanlife is about, I guess. If we build ourselves a proper #caravan, a toilet, shower and kitchenette will be the things we will add in over and above what the #van offers.

#HimachalTourism #HimachalPradesh #Kinnour #Sangla #SanglaValley

@fakeera_baanwra I fed the 🐒s #watermelon for #lunch. Does that make you happy?

#vanlife #Theog #HimachalTourism #HimachalPradesh #roadtrip

We woke up like this 😁

#mountainmornings

Had to drive all the way up to #Kasauli for #dinner. The weather is good. We can see things getting #chilly in an hour.

#vanlife #roadtrip #HimachalPradesh

If we cross #Kasauli today, we can sleep in the van without air conditioning. That's another two hours of driving. And the sun would be about to set. Let's see.

#vanlife #HimachalTourism

We got a royal send off from my colleagues. Or was that good riddance for them 😁

The beautiful owners of the #Innova are testing it out. Verdict: "Love it. Gonna sleep in it tonight." #vanlife #caravan #experientialtravel #travelinindia

Things have been moving fast. At 6 we went into the #paintshop. At 7 we came out #gleaming. Then we wasted some time hunting for self tapping wood screws. At 7:30 we were assembled and at 8 we were installed.

and so it begins

We flew kites. They went very high. I have no photos. You just have to trust me.

October is coming

Tattva

Jellyfishies at Saarang

लाख

The big mommy of all cotton candies

Brat pic of the day

Japan does not need filters

Take two