Crackers, Diwali

Thousands or even millions of crackers are bought and used for Diwali, crackers that would totally be prohibited in France :D Some have the same sound as bombs, you also think you'll see the city destroyed the day after, but no, everything is fine ;)

The 2 brothers, Diwali

Nitin's mother, Diwali, Darbhanga

Me for Diwali ;)

Me praying for Diwali..

He he :)

Last day in Mumbai (before next trip) ;)

We went shopping to my favorite mall for my last day there: Phoenix! And I even remembered better the way to reach the mall than Laxman! He he!

Just before we had been to Westside in Colaba where I bought this green shirt for him! I just love those colors!

Me!

Laxman insisted to have an ice-cream at Mc Donald's, so we went there... If my dad knew that I was going to such places in India... ;D

Let's go to Mumbai again ;)

I was traveling with Pallavi from Jamshedpur to Mumbai beginning of October and we met this guy, Ankit, at Kolkata station. Our flights were in the evening so we had lunch and went shopping together in some malls. Very nice :)

When I came back from Mumbai, we were in the same train once again, even in the same coach, unfortunately we discovered that 5 minutes before reaching Jamshedpur :(

Fongus attack!

Who said India was a humid country? :P

Let's go to Little Italy

We had an amazing chocolate bomb that night... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmh!

Fadoua's birthday, Little Italy

John, Angie and Axel!

Fadoua's birthday, Little Italy

Nitin and Stina!

Fadoua's birthday, Little Italy

Pallavi, Dandiya night

Dandiya night

Samuel and Fadoua dancing with wooden sticks ;)

2 friends bothering me at Cafe Coffe Day

XLRI Jamshedpur

I thought I'd never arrived at XLRI. I took the train from Mumbai: 31 hours in a train!!!!!!!!!

The journey itself was not that painful, but the end was tough.. After siting and lying down during 30 hours, I took all my bag and prepared to get down because somebody told me we would arrive 10 minutes later... I suddenly felt very bad and hot, and fainted. I really fell on the ground, which never happened to me, with all my bags! If I had fell on the other side I would have fallen out of the train... Scary nah??

But people in the train were really awesome, they took care of me and found a nice auto-driver :)

French food!

When you travel far away from home, you realize that very little things can make you happy and that it is often linked to food :D (Other people told me that, don't think I'm the only person obsessed with food here :P )

That time I had found Laughing Cow Cheese! It is industrial cheese, but it is still amazing!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmh!!!!

If Cote d'Or dark chocolate was also available, I would stay here ;D

Laxman at the Singh's :)

Goodbye Anne-Laure!

For Anne-Laure's last day in India, we decided to dress as locals ;) Mrs Singh helped her to wear a saree and I just wore a salwar kameez, but a very pretty one ;)

I went to the station dressed like that to pick Laxman up and he easily recognized me... First time out wearing Indian clothes ^^

Going to the market with Mrs Singh

Quite impressed after this session at the market. Mrs Singh knows exactly what she wants, how much she wants and people obey her right away and prepare anything she asks!

Colaba, Mumbai

1000 people queuing for the bus... I never thought people would be able to queue nicely like that :D

At the Singh's

Playing Rummikub with Fateh, Hardeep and Anne-Laure! We were staying at their place at that time. Her mom cooked amazing food for us (and usually she cooked too much, after 5 days there I was afraid to have gained 5 kgs ;D )!

Mumbai, Baganga Tanks