{"id":453,"date":"2017-08-22T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/?p=453"},"modified":"2020-06-06T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T09:50:45","slug":"badami-caves-in-the-heart-of-selfiestan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masala-dosa-diaries.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/badami-caves-in-the-heart-of-selfiestan\/","title":{"rendered":"Badami caves, in the heart of Selfiestan"},"content":{"rendered":"

India is sometimes also known as Hindustan, and has regions such as Rajasthan. ‘Stan’ means ‘land of’.<\/p>\n

Selfiestan was a word I picked up from a road-side advertising board, it seemed to suit how India had changed since our last visit in 2011: everyone was taking selfies, and everyone had much better phones than me!
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We all loved Badami, the caves were great, our hotel was good with great food and the place didn’t have any western tourists…well, there were 3…us. It does seem strange that we’re at our most comfortable when we’re the only westerners in any particular place, not sure why this is, but we’ve noticed it several times. The lack of westerners and particularly blond-ish haired teenagers was clear when it came to the photo requests.<\/p>\n

Badami, up to this point, was the worst – or is it best? – place for photo requests. Most of the time we didn’t mind, and only once or twice we said no for some reason or another. We certainly didn’t mind the requests, it was the candid shots without a request we did mind and it wasn’t a surprise as I try to always ask permission before taking someone’s photo. Except that I’m quite shy in this regard which is why you’ll see very few people photos in my collections.<\/p>\n

Here’s a little video of the caves, the surroundings and a few photo requests:
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