Thuy and Gat, people who work at China Imbiss (here in Duesseldorf, near my apartment) and whom I talk to regularly. Gat is the owner.
Orissa is developing.
Orissa develops, take 2.
Family Photo. From left to right: My grandmother, Lipi holding Bobbly, my grandfather, me holding Guddi.
My grandmother, Guddi, Bobbli, and Uncle Promoth (Bobbli's dad)
My grandmother, Guddi, Bobbli, and Uncle Promoth (Bobbli's dad)
The new riverside road built near the temple by my grandparents' house
View from the top of what was once a watch tower, I believe. It's across the street from the temple.
Duddli & Vini (in the back), and Jigi, Lipi, and Guddi up front.
one of several pictures in my grandparents' house. I took pictures of them to get the interesting quotes at the bottom (didn't have time to write 'em down), but they're not clear enough to read.
Another of said pictures.
Another of said pictures.
Another of said pictures.
Guddi and Lipi, standing on the roof of my grandparents' house
The view of the street my grandparents' house is on, from the roof (left side). That big open courtyard with the tree is where the Trees for Life office used to be; it was moved because the guy running it was swallowing too much money.
The view of the street my grandparents' house is on, from the roof (right side). The intersection you see is where I stood to take the picture of the palace as it stands today (with the trash).
View of the palace from the roof of my grandparents' house.
Same as last picture, but zoomed in.
My grandfather, standing in the road in front of the house.
View of my grandparents' house, from outside of it. Those metal bars shield the room where my mom and I were staying.
Entry to the palace, as it stands today (trash & all). The palace used to be open to the public, but was closed down because all anyone ever did there was use it as a public toilet.
Part 1 (far left) of a panoramic photograph of the palace.
Part 2 of the panoramic photo.
Part 3 of the panoramic photo.
Part 4 of the panoramic photo. This is the end of the palace itself (sortof).
Part 5 (far right) of the panoramic photo. That white rail at the edge of the trees is the roof of my grandparents' house (from where I took the other photos of the palace).
Lipi staring at Big Fish.
Big (albeit hard-to-see) Fish.
Big Fish attacking the breadcrumbs.
Lipi, me, Jigi, Duddli, and Vini standing in front of the Big Fish.
Me, Lipi, Jigi, Vini, and Dudli standing in front of the Monkey-God Hanuman, and a goat standing behind him.
Bobbli (the kid with her mouth open), Vini, me, Lipi, Dudli, Jihi, and Guddi having dinner.
Bobbli (the kid with her mouth open), Vini, me, Lipi, Dudli, Jihi, and Guddi having dinner less-blurrily.
Jigi and Guddi, all jazzed up for pictures.
Kids-in-black. Well, kids-with-black-hair.
Duddli & Lipi. The men in the family go all-out for pictures, as you can tell.
Vini hiding behind leaves.
Lipi, Guddi, and me hiding in the shadows. Largely an excuse to let Jigi play with the camera.
Guddi & Bobbli. They both go all-out with the singing & dancing bit.
Guddi, me, & Bobbli.
Guddi, me, & Bobbli.
Guddi & me.
Bobbli & me.
Kein Beschreibung.
Guddi & Bobbli in front of the camera, Lipi behind it.
Women in the clouds.
Grandparents und ich.
See, this is why I don't smile in pictures...
... but my grandparents do.
Evening before I left. All the cousins gathered around trying not to be soppy & cry. Guddi trying to look like a freak.
Gathering, take two. Vini & Duddli (in the back) seem to be rather photogenic.
My step-mom standing at the water's edge, by a temple in Chilka Lake, near Bhubeneswar.
My Uncle, me, his wife, and my step-mom.
My dad, my uncle, aunt, and step-mom.