Happy Holi!

It was around 6am when the first lolas (balloons filled with color powder, as it is believed the colors will take all the sorrow away and make life more colorful) were fired! All the rooftops were filled with children and adults armed with water guns, buckets filled of water and lolas. If you dared to walk on the street, you were destined to be bombed!
Of course, I did not go off the hotel site today! I watched from the rooftop and crouched around the plants in front of the hotel to take photos. People tried to aim at me but I dashed for cover quick enough to not get hit! The fun or nuisance, however you interpret it, only lasted until 6pm when everyone went inside to continue celebrating this festival of harmony with their families. Which finally meant I could walk off the hotel grounds without fear!

















ran from these kids! They were walking just outside the hotel

next door neighbors!

Neighbor war!