A while ago I posted a few quick snaps from a color fight my friends and I held on the beach in Abu Dhabi. Our photographers (Hannah, Allan, and Molly) did their best to document the event, but it was quite the challenge considering the action and fading light. I finally took a few minutes to search through and find my favorite photos.
We arrived at the beach just as the swimmers were asked to exit the water for the evening. Luckily, we were able to sweet talk a security guard into letting us splash around for a little pre-shower. We didn’t want to make too big of a mess when we used the public showers.
The powder washed off fairly easily… except for the pink. My stomach and chest remained pink for several days despite several attempts at scrubbing it off. Thanks to Sarah for shoving a handful of pink down my shirt!
I really like how the background appears to be almost black and white, while we are vividly in color. That’s pretty close to how it really was considering that all the other beach goers were wearing traditional dress.
After the color we sat down to a lovely picnic dinner prepared by Hannah and Allan. It was a fun and out of the ordinary Abu Dhabi evening.
xo, jill
What fun! You all look like tie-dyed versions of yourself! Was there any particular reason for this color fight, or just a memorable whim?
Last year a friend wanted to do it for her birthday but couldn’t find the powder. We had a flour fight instead Later someone found some powder for her. Then this year there was a big Holi celebration in town and some other friends picked up a bunch more powder. Since most of us were leaving soon it was a good time to finally use it up! So… basically just for fun, I guess! And fun it was!
This is awesome. Too bad the photographers didn’t get to participate!
Oh, no. They did! We set up tripods, remotes, and timers!