HAPPY HOLI !!!!

So me and Gis went to bed and woke up terrified and concerned about the festival Holi which i think is the festival of colour and water or just colour. Turns out it has actually been loads of fun ! and met some lovely tavelers as well which we had a drink with and heard there thought on india (as they have just left india). Were also meeting them for dinner which should be nice :). Basically the festival consists of people throwing and rubbing coloured powder on your face and wishing you a happy Holi, people also though spray water at you, throw water at you from the roof tops and so on. It can also be coloured water.I think we were very lucky to be in Pokhara for this as i think they are very tame compared to places like Delhi. Everyone seems very happy, ive only seen one person get annoyed.
We woke up at around nine and got in our clothes which we had baught for 100 rs each especially for holi (they were old once from a laundrettes) and went down into our hotel garden. We really didnt no quite what to expect, but the hotel people all went out together tourists and locals. I felt abit like a group from gangs of new york meeting  other groups on the cross road. As we walked through the main street we got covered and covered everyone in our path wishing them a happy holi. We got to the end of the street where there was a band and everyone started dancing (including us). I struggle imensly with a dance move that you do crouched down, but i think they just liked that we were taking part. It was crazy, its like every one had just gone slightly mental with children just running every where. The dancing and the band started moving forward, people throwing the powder up into the air and children jumping up to put colour on your face. It really has been the most bizaar experience. I ended up being head to toe in coloured powder. But i wasnt as bad as some people, it got slightly worse when people from roof tops started throwing water down on the crowed and shouting "Happy Holi!", still it was ok, and them from nowhere me and gis got a rather large bucket of purple coloured water thrown at us. Giselle had just seen it and turned away so it only got her back, me on the other hand got drenched head to toe in purple stuff. "you look like the girl that turns to a blueberry in charlie and the chocolate factory" giselle stated. Thanx i thought. Oh well i was happy and it was holi so i survived. Though because i looked like i had really got into it people took it as an invitation to cover me even more in the stuff. still i dont think i looked as bad as some people (giselle might disagree). Today me and giselle have been asked atleast 3 times by strangers if we are twins. We are not twins. We are though nearly wearing identical clothes and shoes and do both have glasses on and are covered in colourful stuff, so maybe we do look like twins.
We also got interviewed by a man asking us about holi and if we have it in england, so we may be in a Pokhara newspaper. Quite a few people also took our photo (significantly more after we got drenched in purple water). Its our last day in Pokhara which is very upsetting as its been nothing but fun, i am sure that i shall one day return though :)
Anyway we are of to Chitwan national park tommorow for a few days.
Good bye Pokhara ! you will be missed.

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Thank you !