India in 5 senses

Olivier Huez
huezfamily
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2 min readApr 4, 2020

Last 5 senses for a while… But this was probably the easiest one as India is such a rich country for the senses!

Apolline:
👁 The million stars in the night sky in the desert
👃🏻 The (sometimes) disgusting smell of the streets
👅 Curd with everything in Indian restaurants
✋🏻 The cheeks of Indian people you stroke for Holi
👂🏻 People saying "Happy 'oli" in Udaipur

Olivier
👁 The colours of women’s saris
👃🏻 The unexpected smell of clean sheets in the desert
👅 Chili in a dish even fi it was supposed to be not spicy
✋🏻 people stroking my cheek saying happy Holi
👂🏻 Horns all the time from the tuk-tuk

Raphaël
👁 Calm waters of Kerala
👃🏻 Sewers smell in Jodhpur’s streets
👅 Chupa-Choops sour (only 10p a packet!!)
✋🏻 Camel fur
👂🏻 The guys in Kochi saying "Ouh la la" all the time when they heard we were French

Eléonore
👁 The million stars in the night sky in the desert
👃🏻 Sewers smell in Jodhpur’s streets
👅 Kadai Paneer
✋🏻 Camel fur
👂🏻 People saying “Happy ‘oli” in Udaipur

Hortense
👁 Calm waters of Kerala
👃🏻 Sewers smell in Jodhpur’s streets
👅 Palak Paneer’s spices
✋🏻 Sand in the dunes of Thar Desert
👂🏻 People saying “Happy Holi” in Udaipur

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