Kermit the frog is a clever little dude!

It's tough being GREEN and well, I'm going to take the liberty to include BLUE to the mix!!

Let's just say that a white person wearing a sari attracts all eyes, but a green/blue person, you can just imagine!!!...

I wasn't going to blog about this but it seems like a good excuse to temporarily escape the wallahs and heat of New Delhi, so why not! Plus, I figure if I can't laugh at myself during such silly occasions, that I'd have a lot less to laugh at! ;)

OK, OK, I'll get to the story... So in my attempt to experience India and while marveling at the flashes of colour at the market from the women in saris, while in Varanasi, I picked up a sari. With a quick lesson on how to put it on (a sari consists of ~5.5m of fabric 1m wide and is wrapped around its wearer traditionally without the aid of pins. The outfit is complete with a short blouse and petticoat underneath the bundle of fabric), on the way to Jaipur I decided to give'er a try. This wasn't smart for 2 reasons:

a) lugging around a backpack and a daypack is nearly impossible with a sari (indeed the usually simple act of walking becomes almost a dangerous activity for a neophite sari-wearer!)
b) it was HOT!!! Rajisthan is not known for it's cool climate in the summer!!!

So, bundled up in green and blue fabric like a Christmas present, sweating up a storm and putting up with stares from pretty much everyone, we made our way from Agra to Jaipur until John informed me that my back was green. Not just a pale tinge, but a highly noticeable GREEN! In fact my whole body from neck to ankles were green/blue- the back of my legs almost true royal blue!!

Wanting nothing more to give up my cultural experiment of the sari and to have a shower, the rest of the day consisted of me trying to forget the spectacle I was making and laughing at the whole situation! Not wanting to give up, after a thorough wash of my sari, I wore it twice more. Though still white, I have to admit that it's not my thing- it's just simply too much fabric for me to successfully contend with (!!!) and am trying to figure out a way to pawn it off, or offer it to a women who could use it.

Unfortunately, we have no pictures besides one of me pouring out the water after soaking my sari (which was literally indigo). But I can assure you all (and John will surely attest) that I looked hideous regardless of the rainbow of skin colours that I tried out that day!! :)

Your friend committed to embarrassing Canadians overseas,
Kristy

ps. If anyone wants a sari, please let me know! ;)