... very out-of-place American teenager.

Yep, that would be me on the right, standing in one of Bombay's bigger shopping areas with my host sister .. I forget .. she was either Ume Ha'ane or Ume Aimen (not 100% sure of spellings anymore, either). While I lived with this Muslim family, we went to their temple a few times. The first time my host mom told me to put on a Burqa, I had no clue you were supposed to wear clothes underneath!  Come on, I was a 16-year-old American teen who grew up in a city of 2,500 people - what did I know?

BOY was I in trouble when we arrived at the temple and my host mom noticed I was holding down the top of the thing like it was a matter of life or death! I was driven home to change and I'm fairly sure I was never forgiven.

And um, yeah. As for the hair and the glasses .. well, just look at the date stamp! :)

This post is part of the "Picture Perfect/Foto Friday" challenge (hm, seems more an alliteration challenge, doesn't it?) The theme for this week is "One" and there have been some amazing submissions! Be sure to check them out by clicking on the link above.