PEOPLE OF MY PLACES
“My albums are full of images of magnificent monuments and interesting landscapes, but I realise, now, that it is the images with people that grab my attention, the people that give a place meaning, the people that make my journeys so much more memorable.”
Excerpt from my second post on this blog: People Watching. If you share my interest, please do follow my Instagram handle @peopleofmyplaces
No history lesson today. Just my envy of those that can grab a quick shut eye, any time, anywhere! I can never sleep during the day. Except when I am in a moving vehicle. Then I slide into deep slumber. Carcolepsy, I believe that is called! Doesn’t kick in when I am behind the wheel […]
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It was obvious the flock knew him well. They flapped around in frenzied anticipation and then swooped down to his feet in an impatient huddle. I hadn’t noticed the arrival of the bent old man with the beatific smile until then, intent as I was on collecting supplies for our picnic on the Seine. He dragged […]
Read MoreA mid-morning chai break. See that lady in the blue sari in the background? R is convinced she is the old man’s wife…..”No question!”. Her body language (see below), according to him, resembles mine during the days when I briefly tried to give up all caffeinated beverages in the vain hope of losing my weight […]
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If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman I remember lying in bed one night and the words, ‘I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman’, kept going over and over in my head. That part I consider to be divinely inspired. I had been […]
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We found the children of Cambodia even more enchanting than the temples of their ancestors that we had come to see. They are pesky, persistent and beautiful. And most, exceptionally bright! Like the little girl in the purple blouse, who rattled off numbers from 1 – 10 in Hindi, before I had time to react to her question about […]
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“Well I’m just people watching. The other people watching me And we’re all people watching. The other people watching we” ~Jack Johnson, from the song “People Watching” I find people amusing, fascinating, inspiring! When I travel, I enjoy sitting in a cafe, looking out onto a busy street and observing random strangers going about their […]
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The Urge To Wander 