Day 12 was also the continuation of previous day. It was another lazy day at the Doppa hostel. I had grown so used to the youngsters there that I spend most of the day chit chatting with them, eating and drinking tea with them.
On the previous day the bunch had made me promise to make curry for them while I am there, so along with the Shanghai girl I made my way to the local market in Yili looking for stuff to make a simple Mixed vegetable curry. The market was some sight it looked liked a long factory complex or an aircraft Hangar. With multitude of traders selling fresh produce every thing from fresh veggies to live Fish, spices to sweet snacks. I was surprised that I managed to get most of the basic ingredients for my curry there. May be due to the geographical proximity to Central Asia and India you could find a variety of spices and ingredients that is quiet absent in other local markets in the heartland of China. So after a good 2 hours of shopping we headed back to make my curry and her Chicken special Shanghai style. We got back and started cooking a small feast for the whole bunch in the hostel. By around 2 in the afternoon we were done, and the guys there were starving for food that they just jumped onto it the moment we kept it on the table.
So the day did not involve much clicking, it was mostly spend in cooking and resting. The odd shot that I clicked was just from my mobile phone, of the various art they were painting on the walls of the hostel.
The day ended in the evening with a stroll to the bus station to book a ticket for my onwards Journey to Korla for the next day.
On the previous day the bunch had made me promise to make curry for them while I am there, so along with the Shanghai girl I made my way to the local market in Yili looking for stuff to make a simple Mixed vegetable curry. The market was some sight it looked liked a long factory complex or an aircraft Hangar. With multitude of traders selling fresh produce every thing from fresh veggies to live Fish, spices to sweet snacks. I was surprised that I managed to get most of the basic ingredients for my curry there. May be due to the geographical proximity to Central Asia and India you could find a variety of spices and ingredients that is quiet absent in other local markets in the heartland of China. So after a good 2 hours of shopping we headed back to make my curry and her Chicken special Shanghai style. We got back and started cooking a small feast for the whole bunch in the hostel. By around 2 in the afternoon we were done, and the guys there were starving for food that they just jumped onto it the moment we kept it on the table.
So the day did not involve much clicking, it was mostly spend in cooking and resting. The odd shot that I clicked was just from my mobile phone, of the various art they were painting on the walls of the hostel.
The day ended in the evening with a stroll to the bus station to book a ticket for my onwards Journey to Korla for the next day.
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| A painting of an Uyghur girl doing a traditional dance |
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| Minions...Should I say more... |
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| The owner getting her hands messy, while we cooked she took over the painting |
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| The symbol of Doppa painted right outside the wall of the hostel compound |
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