I'll post more about our experience in coming days, but wanted to first share the sights of our journey.
(I'm also participating this week in My Life : In Pictures!!)
[The gray, smoggy, icky skies of Delhi on our way out of the city]
[Coconuts, anyone?]
When your eyes have grown accustomed to the daily grind of living in a city like Delhi, it was refreshing to see the sights of the countryside.
[Blurry, but it's a CAMEL!]
My Husb pointed out - halfway on our drive - that while everyone else was nose in a book, attentive to a video game or drawing a new masterpiece, my eyes were glued to the outdoors and forehead pressed to the window.
I couldn't get enough. These photos might look ordinary. Remind you of the country you live in. They might even bore you.
For me though, the visual of women working in the fields, open spans of space, camels, even the small markets set up on the side of the busy highway ... were truly a sight for sore eyes.
The contrast of the gray skies, green trees and dusty brown fields was really gorgeous. The sari's in turqouise, orange and pink were impossible to miss.
Sight is a beautiful sense. It can be overwhelming when you are in a situation where only when you close your eyes, can you shut out the negative things around you.
When you choose to open your eyes though, and just LOOK, there are colors, textures, images, memories and beauty.
