Dilli-Haat - shopping

This innovative man from Pondicherrie (the old French colony on the east coast of India) was making beautiful jewellery from coconut shells..I was very impressed and bought some earrings...My daughter Serena has now placed an order with her Aunty Venita to bring her the anchor ear-rings and the anchor pendant when she visits in May of this year..

A musician of sorts, and a very clever one too...the Sarangi is a one stringed instrument which is impossible for anyone to try and bring a decent sound out of....I mean what can you possible do with one string. Yet these guys will produce melodious sounds, hook you on it and sell you the instrument which will sit on a shelf collecting dust, because believe me there is no way on earth you can ever replicate what he does......so there...been there done that!!!

Travelling companions and pets!

Back In Canada - Beautiful Vancouver

So after all this travelling.....I am now back in 'nice clean follow the rules' Canada. It's going to be hard getting used to doing things on my own and for myself.....but you cant have everything all the time. I have had a lovely two months of doing some interesting work and meeting people and friends and family - the hardest thing to battle has been the hot weather...but even that was forgotten when the warmth of family and friends took over.

I uploaded some photos of Vancouver taken from the windows of the apartment of my friends...but I didn't write any text......

So anyone reading this.....I hope you have enjoyed this account of my past two months...I have certainly had fun writing about it all...

Until next time....Au revoir.

Ashe

Shopping at Delhi's Dilli-Haat

This enterprising man is from Pondicherry, the former French colony on the east coast of India and he makes earrings, pedants and goodness knows what else from coconut shells and they are are really nicely made in different colours (depending on the age of the coconut). We bought some and now my daughter Serena has placed a request with her Aunty Venita to bring her anchor shaped earrings and a pendant, because that is the "in" thing...the anchors that is. I was really impressed with his workmanship.


Mr. Musicman here will sell you one of these lovely one stringed instruments with a bow. He can produce beautiful melodies but you will never be able to replicate them.....but it's still fun to think you can buy one and do what he does.


Pearls of wisdom: When shopping for little things...just relax and enjoy the experience.

Delhi (Gurgaon)

Chaat Time in Delhi with Venita and Jag


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Don't miss the modern apartment buildings in Gurgaon











Pearls of wisdom: No matter how modern we get..our taste for certain foods remains the same

Ghosts from the past - Lucknow Residency

If it wasn't for the pleasant green grounds and the more recently planted palm trees...I believe this place would be eerie and ghostly. I didn't hear of any ghost stories related to this place...but I bet there are some.






A trip to the Residency was a fitting way to say goodbye to Lucknow...the centre of so much history in the past and still the centre for so much that India stands for today....a quaint mixture of different religions, people, customs and foods and lets not forget the schools - some of the best the country has to offer.