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Old City Fun ;)

So, a few days ago, we went around the Old part of the city with our friends the Highs. They know all sorts of cool places to go and see in that area, so it was fun :)
They had one of those "Flat Stanleys" so they were taking some fun pictures with him as they went :)
I caught this guy picking his nose :) haha!
Here's Adam with Aashini in the depths of the old part of the city :) I thought this monkey was making a HILARIOUS face :) haha!
We saw some really fancy decorated temples. It was really interesting and fun :)
And... at the end of the day Aashini had her first Metro ride :)

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Family Blog said…
Awesome shot of the temple! Nat. Geographic worthy! We forgot about flat stanley! We need to send another one of those around... our first attempt got lost somewhere in postal land :(
you rock!
alicia said…
Cool pics. What cracks me up is not only is that guy picking his nose (big time) but he looks like he is tied up too? What in the world is that all about? LOL!

alicia
SouthAsiaRocks said…
haha!
Alicia I have no idea! ;)
Erin G said…
I can't believe you caught that monkey grin on camera! amazing.

why is the nose picker all tied up? is it comfortable?
The Agarwals said…
I'm glad I am not the only one who noticed the nose guy all tied up- that's odd! The pics are so neat! I really like the first one and the one of the temple- so cool. How did Aashini like the Metro?
SouthAsiaRocks said…
Aashini is a super extrovert already (which is good sincewe live in a city of 17 million people!) so she LOVED it :) haha!
Emily said…
haha I was gonna ask about the guy being tied up too!
Aashini is making a cute face on the metro.
SouthAsiaRocks said…
I think that guy (that's picking his nose) has his head wrap thing tied around him... still don't know why... maybe just playing around... haha!
Life in Green-Land said…
the monkey one is hilarious! why was the man tied up? oh, wait, i see that about a dozen other people commented on that...
and is riding the metro there as traumatizing as they make it look on 'the amazing race'? everytime an american woman gets on a metro out there on the show, she gets groped by creepy men... aashini doesn't look too worried.
SouthAsiaRocks said…
Well, we're on the Metro (which is an underground and above ground subway type thing) and it's nice - crowded but nice :) ... and usually on the Amazing Race they have ridden on trains... and the ones that they've ridden on are completely crazy!(not all trains are like that though - some are awesome! :))
Deanna said…
Looks like you guys had fun!!!

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