Story of Sleep editorial featured in Issue #10 of Little Thing. You can download a copy on their website (I think you might have to sign up to get access to the downloads).
I can't understand a word of the magazine but the gorgeous pictures are enough for me! When I travel I love looking at the different magazines, I brought a few home from India which have some really pretty editorials. Ill scan them and post soon!
Im off to my sisters today to celebrate Australia Day.
Im in love with the latest editorial "Love in Vain" by Swedish photography duo Waldemar and Max. In fact pretty much ALL their editorials are visually stunning!
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Photographers: Waldemar and Max
Stylist: Kawa H Pour
Make up: Nina Belkhir/Linkdetails
Hair: Robert Preston/Mika's
Model: Kajsa M/Stockholmsgruppen
Photo Assistent:Peter Edqvist & Maria Therese
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PS. I did a guest post on English Muse today if youd like to have a look.
I made it back safely from India, I came back earlier so I could spend a week at home before heading back to work for the year. I hope you've been enjoying the guest posts - Tina, Amanda and Laura have done such an amazing job!! Also Lisi will be continuing to guest post for me this week.
So India, I don't even know where to start. The place is crazy it changes you. So many people, smells, colour - everything.
We arrived in Delhi and went straight to New Delhi train station, mistake number one. There is often touts there that are waiting for foreigners to scam. First they wouldnt let us go up stairs at the train station telling us no foreingers were allowed up there and then we were told that we had the wrong train ticket and we needed a new one. They proceeded to take us to the tourism office, which WASN'T the official tourism office, just a cleverly made rip off. We were told all trains were booked and we couldn't get to Agra and would need a driver (even though all the trains wernt booked). If anyone sells you a driver remember that it is a FIXED price for the car no matter how many people you fit in the car (and in India, you can fit alot of people in a car!!) We were charged per person and paid 4 times the amount we should of! Gosh they must of had a Happy New Year after serving us. I later read in Lonely Planet that it is common for touts to hangout at New Delhi train station telling touritsts they need a new trian ticket and then selling them a driver or tours at inflated prices.
Anyways long story short we got a driver for the first 3 days, it actually worked out well as the driver was very nice and took us to see more things then we would of if we caught the train, and even though we were ripped off and tricked into it we felt safer having someone drive us around.
We did finally get to catch a train between Goa and Kerala, an overnight sleeper. That was such and experience and lots of fun. I really like the sleeper trains. Id heard so many stories about them and that they overcrowd them, but its not true. So long as you book well ahead of time you will get your seat...although if your on a bottom bunk an Indian (or whole Indian family) may try to share with you. Their idea of personal space is very different to ours.
We spent most our time in the South, which I was grateful for as it isn't the busy India of the North. The North is more what I had expected India to be like. Id read Shantaram and Holy Cow and Eat Pray Love, all gave me the impression of a colourful busy place, which is alot what Rajasthan was like. Jaipur was a really beautiful city in the North. We saw Amber fort there which is this amazing fort built into the mountains. I felt like I was at the great wall of China.
We listened to Indian music, saw dancing, drank chai, did shopping in the bazaars, rode an elephant, wore Punjabi clothes and learnt how to tie a sari. Oh and the girls got Henna tattoos, but I ran out of time to get one. We also stayed at this lovely tea station town in the mountains called Munnar - think beautiful rolling hills of tea farms and lots of nice tea and spice smells.
My Diana Mini travelled with me. The photos posted here are my own, be nice its my first time using my Diana - I really should of tried it out before I travelled. The first is cows on the beach, yes cows where everywhere and dogs and monkeys!
Well this post is MASSIVE and I still have so many stories to tell (but I wont bore you all with travel stories). Im glad I finally got to experience India for myself and at times it was hard and overwhelming but mostly I really enjoyed it.
Hope your all well, and Ill be back to regular posting from today.
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