Good morning world

Vacation mood means long slow beautiful mornings just me and some birds picture perfect paradise

Small traffic controllers

and their handlers….always colourful….still wonder about the tattoo though…

Dreaming of…..

water, a better future, school, food, toys…what do you think the less fortunate kids dream about? Do you think they wish for the same thing as your kids do?

Tips on what to do when having vistors

our last guests where actually our son and his lovely girlfriend and ever since, well, especially the last two days I have been homesick..I want to see our kids and their loved ones, I want to see how my mother is doing and I want to see our friends….so to put a smile on my face I decided to show you a medley from…

Handmade hopes

I paid a visit to a brick making factory in the outskirts of Gurgaon the other day and boy, was that a visit that left a hole in my heart….I met this 16 year “old” girl who told me her age after a lot of hesitation….you see, dear reader they have got to be 18 to work and get fully paid so I guess…

Why traffic signs ?

our students are exposed to the traffic signs and will learn about rules in traffic BUT I must say that I’m very doubtful if this will have any impact on the chaos I see on the roads here ….everyone seems to be following their own rules.

Sugar cane juice anyone ?

sooo sweet, so cheap and sold everywhere

Faces of India

driving through a village is always fun….please remember what I wrote about the swastika in an earlier blogpost…. lovely, happy and friendly women, as always gorgeous old lady… and a gorgeous young lady…

The most extravagant pool I have ever worked out in

I think this pool has got to be the most extravagant pool I have ever worked out in…for sure the pool at the highest altitude and with the most beautiful tiles ( in 1902 Lord Herbert Kitchener, a former commander-in-chief to India, purchased a “cottage” and named it Wildflower Hall, his personal retreat)… I was surprised to find out how the altitude effected me…

An orchard and oak hike that smelled like

my childhood summers when running through the forest, down the path to the sea at my grandparents place…a summer forest filled with flowers and trees and wild strawberries….the smell of the pine….hmm, all of a sudden I so wished I could meet my grandmother just once again…incredible that a sensation can bring back memories like that ! this hike took us to the President…