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A Surprising “Welcome Aboard”
The BC Ferries tag line, “Welcome Aboard” has never been so fitting. I never thought these words would cross my lips about a government-run monopoly. “I’m impressed”. It really rubs against my fiscally responsible/socially progressive grain. Even stranger, for those … Continue reading
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India Won’t Leave my Mind
Even though India is in my rear-view mirror as I am now immersed back into my west-coast Canadian routines, I find it is on my mind every day. Have you noticed how you get asked, or you ask yourself, “what … Continue reading
OMGOMGOMG
How incredibly stupid. The pink scarf’s “esteemed” standing is now in serious jeopardy. But I am getting ahead of myself. Our last stop on this fast-paced vacation is to get-up-at-3:30am to leave Mussoorie and catch our 7:20 flight to Varanasi in … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha, evening prayer service, Ganges, ghat, India, laundry, Sarnath, travel, Varanasi
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My Next Wedding
For a completely different scene, we went to one of the hill stations in northern India in the part of India that used to be part of Tibet, 7,500 feet up the foothills of the Himalayas. Specifically, a town called … Continue reading
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Tagged destination weddings, hill stations, Himalayas, India, Landour, Mussoorie, the Savoy
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Highways, Goat Tracks, and Perspective
So the patterns on my scarf are Sanskrit, I learned from my sister-in-law. And apparently my scarf has “come home”. A guide told me the writing was about one of the three “main” gods in the Hindu religion Shiva the … Continue reading
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Tagged car, drving, fear, goat tracks, highways, India, it's all relative, paved roads, perspective, relative, road trip, travel
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Grab the Bull by the Horns
(co-edited by the one in the blue scarf…aka my daughter) The versatile pink scarf is acquiring some new purposes on this trip. On safari to the “jungle” (which just looked too dry and sparse to allow my brain to categorize … Continue reading
When Something is All Things to All People. Or at least 7 million per year.
One way Canada and India are different is that for millennials, a university degree from abroad means they stay abroad. Most Canadian kids go to undergraduate school in Canada. Even if they go away for school, they tend to come … Continue reading
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Tagged Agra, favorite possession, India, love, scarves, seven wonders of the world, Taj Mahal, travel
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Was Ghandi’s pocket watch a useful tool or a rare favourite posession?
Soft and thin. Airy. Yet warm. A shield when needed. Shade sometimes. It changes my mood. And it’s traveled the world. It can make a t shirt and pants feel more special. Occasionally it’s a pillow or a blanket. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged favorite possession, friendship, Ghandi, India, New Delhi, Old Delhi, scarves, travel
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Kettle Creek Provincial Park: A Requiem
This was our last stop with the RV and it had been my good intention to write about this fabulous campground and to recommend you stop there if you were driving Highway 33 through the Kettle Valley between Highway 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged BC provincial campgrounds, British Columbia, camping, forest fires, Kettle River Recreation Area, rock creek, RV
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