Photos Uploaded – Italy & Vatican City

The photos of this trip have been uploaded to my Travelogue. I'm not really satisfied with these photos… I'm sure I will dispose my Sony F717 soon and look for a new camera.

Mangoes!!

People in India love to freak out and go crazy during festivals. They also love to do the same during other times. In fact, they just need an excuse to freak out, go crazy and celebrate...And mango season is one such time of the year.

Mango season generally starts in April, and lasts until June, until the rains begin. We get raw mangoes since late February, and people use it in cooking. Once the actual ripe mangoes come in, I get sick of them within a week or two. But people never seem to get tired of them. You see mangoes wherever you go. Old shops that have been closed down since ages suddenly open up and start stocking mangoes. (And no one seems to rent these shops during other times of the year)...

Summer vacations also coincide with mango season. People go to their native villages, where they own farms, and get their very own mangoes. I don't know why, but these mangoes are much sweeter than the ones we usually get. I guess they know how to pick them.

"If you don't like mangoes, you are strange. You are supposed to like mangoes. Mangoes are good."

-Anonymous mango fanatic

Its hard to describe the mango mania, you have to live here during mango season to find out. But seriously, I've had enough mangoes this season :)

(PS: the word mango(es) occurs 17 times in this post)