Indian Wedding Blog. Beware of the Bridezilla!
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...The engagement happened within 2 weeks of the final 'yes' and the first thing I did once the engagement date was finalized was to go to....
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....Craziness starts today! I am kind of enjoying sitting back and relaxing while I see my family members running around getting the house ready for the pooja...
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...While my makeup artist tried to sort things out, my lehengha was being draped and OMG such a heavy lehenga! Somehow we tied it but it wasn't as perfect....
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....For Haldi I had rice in my hand, my own chunni on my head and my mothers saree-ka-palla on it too...
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....When she started with my mehendi on the first hand I felt a new profound respect for all brides before me....
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...None of us had expected it to be so huge, our wildest dream wedding, the whole big fat Indian wedding package, all royal and Indian-y...
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.....I was ready by the time the barat came and was eagerly waiting, so much so that I kept peaking out to look at the firecrackers from the barat!....
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| The emotional journey of the wedding......to be a bride is to experience every emotion you know in a short span of time...http://www.crazyindianwedding.com/2013/02/how-it-felt-to-be-bride-word-by-word.html |
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....we were welcomed in with an arti thali, followed by pushing a Kalash by my right foot so that the rice inside it spilled in the house.....
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...my then-fiance-now-husband booked it as a surprise!...
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| Climbing down to Vagator beach for Breakfast. Out of all North Goa Beaches we enjoyed Vagator the most! It had mostly foreign tourist, so taking a dip in the sea here was way more comfortable than anywhere else. |
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| Anjuna Beach Rocky Beach, Didn't like it much. |
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| Arpora Market (Every Saturday) Loved it! The tiny shops were pretty interesting but the best part was live music at the center of the market and the crowd was fun! Everyone danced where they could find a place! |
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| Water sports at Calangute! |
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| We walked from Calangute to Baga. They are inter-connected, but its a 2km walk. |
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| Lunch at Donna Paula @ 4pm :P Although Donna Paula was a huge dissapointment we were able to have lunch at a resort with a private beach! |
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| Baga Beach Shacks in the morning and at Night If you are going to Goa make sure to have dinner at the Baga Shacks atleast once! Awesome feeling of pitch darkness, candle light, sand and the sound of waves and Music. There isn't a place in Goa which dosen't have Music. |
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| Boat Cruise on Mandovi River They had a DJ Floor on the boat, but the crowd was really bad so no decent person danced... Skip it if you can. There are also a lot of casino boats if you gamble but make sure the boy wears long trousers, shorts not allowed. |
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| Lasagna at Brittos, Baga : loved the food but very little vegetarian options Various places :Double Chocolate pastry, Strawberry and banana shake, Apple Pie with Cream And Last Chocolate Tart with Strawberries on the night of our 1st engagement anniversary :D |
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| Cango Wildlife Ranch See the left bottom picture, one of the tiger cub is called Shahrukh Khan! |
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| Patted a cheetah!! He was ok when everyone else patted him, but the minute I did right after this picture it turned towards me, the wildlife range people rushed to my side to move me away. When I fearlessly went to the next cheetah to pat him he roared at me!! Guess cheetah's dont like me much... |
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| Cango Cave, they were super beautiful! |
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| Ostrich Farm Below Right picture : Yes I am standing on Ostrich eggs! They are the strongest of all eggs. |
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| Sunset Cruise on Knysna Lagoon This is the one we had most fun on, best feature of the whole trip :) |
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| Betty's Bay Penguins! |
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| Pictures with everything yellow, in Cape town |
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| Cape town Got our pictures clicked with a recently married Christian Couple, just like they get clicked with Indian bride and groom when they come to India :P Best Pizza of the trip! Cheese, Basil and Cherry Tomatoes. Dance performance @ Victoria and Alfred Waterfront |
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| Diamond Factory! |
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| Seal Island in Atlantic Ocean |
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| Safari |
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| Zimbabwe Welcomed by African dance Visit to Victoria Falls We also took a cruise on the Zambezi River |
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| Some of the yummy food we had! We are eggitarians, so ofcourse eating the local food was a no-no. Breakfast was at the hotels and not big of an issue since there was always bread, eggs and really good deserts. Lunch was tit-bits and dinner was good though out. We were provided with Indian dinner every day except in Victoria Falls where we had pizza for dinner instead. Below Right : Popcorn Chocolate, super yum!! |
