The main album of 65 photographs for Orissa can be seen through the link below:
Up & out at six – Jolly has taught the Hello Jeypore staff to make packed brunches for us (chicken sandwiches).
Lovely drive to Onukudelli market.
We find a suitable spot to see the Bonda women come down to market. Lots of photos. Not too many tourists.
Once Daisy gets bored with that, she starts to play with the local urchins. Skipping and racing with the children. Also chatted with one young bow and arrow man against the best advice, but no one seemed aggressive or rude towards us.
Then down into the market stopping at school to shed the last of our pens. Some confusion over the pens here, as the principal thought I was trying to sell them rather than donate them . Huge thank yous when the staff realised that the offer was a gift.
We see Gadaba and Didayi women down there and perhaps a little more rudeness, but still not much. Bitterly disappointed with the lack of rudeness – not – we head back to Jeypore.
We draw money and buy some flowers, glimpsing at the local movie house showing some Chinese movie. Then on to visit Rajesh and Shobha Toshniwal. She excitedly shows Daisy her arts and crafts wares – a mixture of commissioned work based on tribals and tribal antiquities.
Meanwhile we take Rajesh’s coffee (he is Karaput’s “King Coffee”) and Shobha’s commissioned some samosas for us (veg but not Join – she is Jain).
Daisy buys a choker, a belt, a hairclip and an artwork.
Late – we dash back to the Hello Jeypore to pack and say “goodbye Jeypore”.
Long drive to Visakhapatnam, with comedy cattle in Orissa and race for a pre-dark peepee stop.
Amazingly – roads improve one in Andhra Pradesh – we get to Gateway before eight, despite Jolly and Abhishek not knowing the exact location and Cheten the fixer not fixing!
We have a huge double room suite. The dining room lacks ambience but does have chicken satay, lamb biryani, black daal, spag bol and Suma wine.
A further 120+ pictures from Orissa (unlabelled) can be seen in an additional album, though the link below:
