Relics in Agra India – Akbar’s Tomb Reblogged by Ranu from ,Practicing Simplicity by rfljenksy

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I was fortunate enough this past holiday weekend to be able to take a quick trip to India.  It feels a little surreal to even be able to say that last sentence.  “A quick trip to India”.  Wow!! I had a 4 day weekend, it was a two hour cheap flight and I even had a place to stay in New Delhi.  So why not!!

Due to the fact it was a very quick trip, it was decided we would focus solely on the city of Agra.  It sounds so cliche but India is truly a country steeped in remarkable history and it abounds with ancient relics and monuments that are surrounded by some very passionate stories.

We visited Akbar’s Tomb, Fort Agra, Jodhbai’s Palace and of course the Taj Majal.  I hope you enjoy the photos.

Our first stop was Akbar’s Tomb.

The mausoleum was just outside of Agra City…

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DP Daily Prompts: Back to Life

After an exceptionally long and exhausting drive or flight, a gruelling week at work, or a mind-numbing exam period–what’s the one thing you do to feel human again.

I actually experienced this in 2010, I was flying from Dhaka Bangladesh, to St. John’s, Canada.

We boarded the flight at 6  am on our way to Doha as soon as we landed and came into the building we were called to board the flight to Heathrow, London,UK , once again we were hardly in the building the video at the airport was showing “Air Canada” boarding, it’s a long walk from the lounge to the building. This time we  were on our way to Montreal,Canada.

After twenty hours of flying I waited to catch another flight to St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. I sat on one of the benches, to catch my breath, everything seemed to be too fast for my tired body. I tried to stay awake but fell asleep the moment I sat on the bench. I felt someone trying to wake me up gently, I opened my eyes and saw the concerned look of the flight attendant, “Are you okay?” she said.

I straightened up and apologized for falling asleep, she was very kind she took me to board the flight immediately. There was another two and a half hours of flight time for me. When the flight took off I felt relieved this would be the last time taking off and landing and I’d be home safely.

When I reached home, I took a shower first to feel better oh it was heavenly, after my shower, I ate something and went to bed, knowing I would not take another flight in the near future and it will only be a short flight if I go anywhere!

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365 Writing Prompts: State of your year

Write a mid-year , “State of My Year”, post.

“State of My Year”: I went back to January 1st 2014, to find out all the prompts I’ve done so far. I know it’s not possible to include all of them. I have therefore picked one prompt for 1st of each month.

On January 1st our Prompt was : Do you believe in Magic?” : I’m only including a sentence, I’d like to have the power to cure certain incurable disease;, wipe out hunger; transform evil people and so on. If you are interested you can go back to January 1st to read the whole thing.

February 1st the writing prompt was ‘Flangiprop”: How I  can invent something to rein in kids who are too active.

March 1st: Tagore song: I ask my mind can you remember who you left behind?

April 1st: Daily Prompt: If I Could Turn Back Time; I want to go back to my past when my father was alive and we were happy.

May 1st 2014: Five Minute Fiction: Freedom : it is a story about how they got their freedom.

June 1st, Tagore song: Aguner Pososhmoni : Oh God for the sake of gain lead us to the right path.

July 1st: Daily Prompt: Back of the Queue, I’m thinking of writing a book since last year.

The above are some of the prompts I wrote about. When I look back I’m happy to note I’ve written about varied topics, it makes me feel good.

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