One of the things I love about traveling is those events, large and small, that make it crystal clear that I'm far from home. A sampling from today;
Soft brown cows calmly roaming the streets, unmolested by the tumultous traffic
A caccaphony of barking dogs and car horns outside our hotel window
Looking through a window as I left our restaurant after our lunch of delicious dumplings and realizing that the dumpling wrappers were skillfully hand rolled by a group of teen aged boys joking and chatting in the kitchen rather than emerging from a package
Walking through town to do errands, dodging cars, bicycles, motor scooters and another walkers, all sharing the narrow streets in a sort of friendly chaos
The beautiful, truly free range chickens ranging from new chicks to full grown chickens we encountered in the street around one corner
Things I'm grateful for as a traveler today:
Lemon soda when I needed to get started drinking again- tart not sweet and just right for the moment
Our helpful travel agent Nirmal who walked us through the hard parts of the day
Our new friend from the airport yesterday and today who shared her sense of coming home with us (thanks Saloni)
The ceiling fan in our hotel room
What have you been surprised or grateful for while traveling?
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