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On Our Walks
A while back there was a lovely thread of sunrises that the early risers among us posted. I loved it, so I thought I'd broaden it to a thread for all the lovely sights we see as we do our slow staggers through chemo, or those walks we take after active treatment has finished and we're trying to get our strength and fitness back.
In Melbourne today the weather was sunny, still and mild; perfect for a walk. I have followed my GP to a small town in the Yarra Valley (a good GP is worth the 30 minute drive I reckon), and right outside her surgery is the start of a beautifully laid out walking track. It's 7kms long and I've been keen to explore it. So today I walked halfway along it and back. At over 7kms it was the longest walk I've done since the day before chemo!
In Melbourne today the weather was sunny, still and mild; perfect for a walk. I have followed my GP to a small town in the Yarra Valley (a good GP is worth the 30 minute drive I reckon), and right outside her surgery is the start of a beautifully laid out walking track. It's 7kms long and I've been keen to explore it. So today I walked halfway along it and back. At over 7kms it was the longest walk I've done since the day before chemo!
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- Round the sacred lake in Pushkar.
On an elephant on our way up to Amer Fort outside Jaipur.
Inside the Fort.
Looking out the back of the Fort. - Final selfie and walk around Changi Airport.
GORGEOUS!
Where's the seat that Princess Di sat on?? ;)- @JJ70 and @kmakm
Great photos. Love the one of the old "uncle" and his staff.
Everything is so colourfully decorated in India.
The "tikka" suits you, Jo. - Walking around the holy water lake at Pushkar....
- Where we're staying in Ajmer.
My friends have close connections with Mayo College, the 'Eton of the East', so we were shown round. Started by the British in the 1870s to educate the sons of the maharajas to be good colonial citizens...
@JJ70 declaiming on the Mayo School amphitheatre stage!
Antique silver treasure hunting!
G&T and vodkas in the garden. - @kmakm and @JJ70
Yep the reality of India, offset by the henna on the horse's hooves. Ah love it.
You two look great. So relaxed. Well done.
Love it
Annie - @kmakm @JJ70 looks like you’re having a fabulous time. Love the pics
- Arrived in Ajmer and on our walk to the lake we met a wedding horse.
On the shore of the lake are several 16th century marble pavilions, built with marble from the same quarry that the Taj Mahal's came from. For the emperor to lounge in on a hot day, catching a cool breeze off the water, as you do.
As always in India, reality is not far away... Between two of the pavilions is this!
