One of my favorite authors is Gabriel Garcia Marquez.  His book El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera or Love in the Time of Cholera has always been one of my favorites.  For the same reason that a photography sticks out at me, a book will as well.

This image was taken in the French Quarter of Ahmedabad India earlier this year.  Ahmedabad sits on the northwest side of the country;  It has both a large Hindu and Muslim population.  But as I discovered as I was going around the city, it used to have a French population as well.  This small area used to be occupied by the French over 100 years ago.  The same buildings that they lived in are still there and now used by the local population.

As I saw this window, for some strange reason the story from Garcia Marquez jumped into my mind.  It seemed to remind me of the story and the place that it occurred in.  I am not sure of the  correlation between the two, but that was literally the first thought that entered into my mind.

I had a hard time picking the shots that I wanted to blog about today.  These are some of the ones that stood out most to be (trust me there are a lot more that are equally fantastic).  Enjoy the show.  I sure know that I did.

I have to be honest, this shot was a mistake.  As I was bring the camera down by my side,  I clicked the shutter by mistake.  But what a cool mistake it was.

Check out all of this color!

To get into the hall, the groom needs to beg, bribe anything to get past the bride’s side of the family.  Lots of laughs happening!

As she left her parents house “for the last time” she threw rice over her head.  So cool!

Saying “good bye” to her parents.  I even cried.

I think they had as much fun as I did!

Just before she placed the ring on her future husbands hand………..

I love how you can see both of them in the same shot.  Both laughing, both with huge smiles!!

These 3 guys greeted us as we entered the temple.  Just wow!