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Bombay vacation 2009 Part 2

shashank — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:27:03 +0000

so the next day we headed to Vashi

and that involves

crossing the bridge to vashi as bombay is an island

yellow tyres means a garage nearby

and we bought some samosa and vada

crossed a vegetable market

and some more

how often do you find a dog on a BLUE cart

but again this is india so…one can expect colors like these

the next day sis fell ill

did some house cleaning

mom watching life go by on the street below

later in the evening i caught up with suri, bhushan and his wife…its quite strange to see my friends getting married…its quite surreal

after some cofee bushan and shereen headed home

while suri and i walked around the colony

mom playing sudoku

loo

bathroom

dad doing some financial stuff

while mom prepares lunch

and gives me some tips

olve arrived from Oslo and i took him to my school

the yellows looked nice

but the chapel looks like some kid painted it

religion is seen everywhere…and not just Hinduism…

went to gorai beach…

luckily it did not rain

and we got some good lighting

love beaches…with palm trees

some kids were playing cricket

on our way back home we stopped at the Global Vipassana Pagoda
**The center of the Global Vipassana Pagoda contains the world’s largest stone dome built without any supporting pillars. The height of the dome is approximately 29 metres, while the height of the building is 96.12 meters, which is twice the size of the previously largest hollow stone monument in the world, the Gol Gumbaz Dome in Bijapur, India.**

when completed it will look like this…

view from the inside

took a ride on a horse cart back home

storÃ¸ya and halden

shashank — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:01 +0000

another weekend another beach(s)

We first went to this beach at storÃ¸ya, which was supposed to be awesome. The only thing i saw, was the awesome number of people(and kids) there. As we were there we took a dip in the water anyways…that done we decided to head to the beach at halden brygge. Nice beach…ok not a sandy beach but less people(and kids).

I dont know how to swim…yes there are people like me. Luckily i have friend who insist i learn how to swim…and thats what i did…not swimming…a bit of floating. It reminds me learning how to cycle. All good.

So i have been here for three years now…and finally i went for a swim. This shows it all depends on the company you keep.

This will probably be the last post before i head to India for vacation.

so we goto Fornebu and found this

there used to be a Airport here

now its just bad architecture

made our way to the beach

found the beach…and a million people and two million kids

back to the bus stop to head to halden…the girls were dressed in green

goto halden and we were happy…

helene bought a 500d and a sigma 70-300…i threw up a bit when i saw the BIG lens…and decided to try it @ 300

the french did not let me down…they made tasty food…not sure if i like the 50/1.8…the 28/2.8 renders better

Helene Wessel

the ~~beach~~ at halden

guillaume bonamy

olve askim

maja bugge

birds

Michel Gondry…

shashank — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:17:02 +0000

is to be blamed…

I saw Be Kind Rewind the other day and got extremely creative after watching the movie…so much that i ended up reversing lenses and went around the house shooting things…btw i am not a big fan of macro photography…mainly because for most people macro photography = insects or flowers…

Anyways…got 2 rolls of film dev…should be here soon

I like Delta 400

I dont like the heat…

I dont get the concept of burning oneself in the park

I dont know why you call something a beach when there is no BEACH

beach
â€“noun
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.

What else…horrors of horrors i am playing a MMORPG…Age of conan…ok its my game…and its a good sign…it means its a good game…wait..i am playing the game…maybe its a bad sign…

…now i am confused…

doh

i am still loving the script to make the links…automation is eventual…

so last week…i was bored as hell…and was walking all day both sat and sun…finished 2 rolls and then went to the park to read a book…and saw this…luckily i was carrying my digital camera as well…and the light was nice…

ok….some awesome creativity…reversing lens is cool…holding a body and 2 lenses is not…no i am not turning into a art donkey…

…couple of guys from work went to the “BEACH”…

thats it for now…finished work on the 2 rolls…will upload it later…its 3:12…and i am bored…