more and more kites

So yes, it has only been one day since i last 'blogged' but it becomes just so intensly hot in the desert afternoons that it is to hard to contemplate doing anything but find sanctuary in an air conditioned internet shop.
When i wrote yesterday about the kites in the sky over the city it was nothing compared to what the horizon looked like today. The public holiday of 'brothers and sisters day'(Ell and I have decided to adopt this tradition into our own family) meant that there was no school and alas, many hours of kite flying to be had. We hiked up to the fort above the city and the view was truly amazing. With no back yards their small roof tops are clearly the place to hang out, play music and fly kites! Quite a sight.(I'll try add some photos another day)
sorry this is a bit short and a little dull but i suddenly have to go!

indian movies

i wanted to write about indian movies cos they are just SO DAMN COOL. we saw another one about a week ago. this one was not bollywood but was still quite entertaining. and it was in a cinema that looks like a big pavlova. its very famous in india. this movie was about the indian womens hockey team going to the world championships. And guess where the chamionships were...in melbourne!!!!!!! crazy. so some of it was filmed in melb but we had no idea until we saw it. This is where i should mention that the indian people LOVE going to the cinema. they totally get into it like its a concert. clapping and cheering. hence, during this movie the audience errupted in applause at every goal the indian team scored. which was A LOT.(their movies go for 3hours!) the first game they played in australia though was against australia and they lost 7-0. alas we were the only ones in the cinema cheering:) however, in true patriotic-indian style they played us again in the grandfinal, beating us. im pretty sure if australia had have won, we three aussies may not have left the cinema alive.
fingers crossed we will see another bollywood movie soon. the main male characters are just so spunky:)

starting afresh..

so i thought i should start again with the whole posting thing as i am now actually in India and unfortunately mag ur postings were quite embarrassing.
currently we are in jodphur. and its HOT HOT HOT. im so sweaty right now. We have been travelling around rajahstan (the desert state) for a week now with our driver but this is really kinda only the first place where it looks like a real desert..
jodphur is known as the blue city as heaps of the buildings are painted blue. and there is this MASSIVE fort behind the city which kinda looms over everything. the view from our rooftop restaurant is cool. and in the evening everyone flys kites off their rooves(?sorry..i can't spell!) its like afghanistan. or what i imagine afghanistan would be like. except its INDIA..haha i really don't think im good at this blogging thing.
went to this crazy sweet shop today. here i was thinking that i would have to get over my sweet tooth in india but turns out the indians LOVE sugar. we bought this big box of toffee stuff for like a dollar. anyway i think im getting boring now...till next time