I have
awaited the taste of an Indian mango ever since I arrive here in India. I heard
they were amazing and I couldn’t wait to have one. On arrival in India and
during our first meeting with our host one of the first questions we ask was
when mango season is. Mango season is now! We have waited half our year for
this pleasure and now the time has come.
Today I
had my first Indian mango! And I can honestly say it was delicious!
Its
Kyekue’s birthday tomorrow and we were out buying everything we needed for the
party we are having with the girls; face paint, flowers, jewellery. We had to
go to Gandhi road to buy the flowers. If you want Indian road then Gandhi road
is the definition of that. It’s a tight squeeze of cows, motorbikes, autos and
tons of people. The streets are lined with shops selling saris, fabrics,
flowers, fruits, spices, bangles, jewels. It just beautiful and is by far my
most favourite road in the whole of Ongole. The road just has an organised
chaos and untidy perfection feel about it that I love.
Today we
went to Gandhi road to buy flowers. As I wrote in my last post no Indian outfit
is complete without flowers. A bit of jasmine in your hair makes you look
beautiful as well as making you smell nice. The problem with shopping in India
is that you go out with the intention of buying one thing and come back with
huge amounts of other things. A good example of this is our shopping trip today
we went to Gandhi road with the intention of buying flowers and we left with
flowers and 4 mangoes.
They were so delicious and if you like mango
you get in the average British supermarket then think again. You have tasted
nothing! We gave one to our host and he said that these weren’t even the best
mangos and we should wait for two more weeks. I can’t wait to taste the best
because these were absolutely brilliant.
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