Sunrise in My World is Sunset in Yours

Last night when the sun was setting, I looked over the balcony and noticed a tree with a mystery fruit on it. It looked beautiful in the glow of the sun.

A little before 6am this morning... I woke up to a wonderful rainbow of colors splashing in my window. I quickly grabbed my camera and realized this sunrise looks a lot like sunset (I am guessing thanks to Bangkok pollution) but wanted to share with you some views from my daily life in Bangkok.

Scenes from the country side

Family

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Family Time in India

After a whirlwind of days through Malaysia and Thailand, I finally had a chance to be pampered by Nani's (grandma's) cooking and spend much needed time relaxing and laughing with the family. Nothing feels more like home! I started my trip in Guragoan outside of Delhi and spent a day with my Mausi (mom's sister) and cousins. We packed up and headed to my Nani's house in Vikasnagar which is nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. You can see by the map above that it is pretty far north. Time seems to stop and 3 days felt like 3 weeks. We took a trip to the hillstation of Mussorie and visited more family in Dehradun. One day, my cousin and I took my uncle's motorcycle out to take some photos of the slower pace of life in the countryside.

We ran across this cute little girl named Sita who found it fascinating to stop and chat with us for a while.

These are the kids of the caretakers of my unlce's factory. Instead of the tour of the factory, I opted to play with them.

These are 3 of my mom's 7 siblings. My grandparents shown below just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last year.

It was great to see my nephew playing with his great-grandpa. The ninety some years difference in their ages did not seem to matter as he insisted on showing off his muscles and asked Nana to do the same. Extremely cute!

When we returned back to Delhi, we were forced to take a day relaxing although both my cousin and I had plans to meet with our respective special persons. Thanks to the Gujjar protests in Delhi where they were burning buses and closing down streets, we were forced to stay inside.

I spent one afternoon painting with my 8 year old niece. She has such an amazing talent that is so raw and beautiful, we created this hummingbird and flowers.

All and all, not that exciting and eventful of a trip but nothing warms the heart and soothes the soul more than family!