Petals!

People say that it's much easier for a man to travel lightly than a woman. This reminds me of a good piece of advice from Susan Heller who said, "When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money." But first, a trip down memory lane. Travel: From Iran to Africa at the age of Six Months  I've been traveling from the time I was just six months old. Obviously, I don't remember packing then but my mother does with vivid details. She says we were whisked off to Teheran when i was barely 6 months old and that she found it heartbreaking to be so far away from her mother and her family because those were the days you couldn't make phone calls so easily from continents away to mother or brothers. So there,  my mom was stranded with tiny me for company in a sweet little cottage near the Caspian sea in Iran .   If you google "caspian sea," you will get tons of interesting i...

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Look at the delight here as my darling nephew Vihaan is totally captivated on seeing a wallaby. He is reaching out and wants to hold the wallaby. By the way, I didn't even know what a  wallaby is till I saw this picture and googled it to know more.  Well, you can find Wallabies across many parts of Australia.  Known as marsupials, wallabies look like small kangaroos. They have small front legs, strong back legs, long feet and they can hop on their back legs. They turn active during the night and rest during the day. When they move, it looks like they are bouncing. Sounds like fun, isn't it? I just love this snap as I could sense Vihaan's excitement and curiosity even as my cautious sister is trying to not let him go too close. So, I wanted to share it with you. 

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