Travel Itch
3:34 AMMissing the greens |
I'm posting these photos for two reasons: 1) I miss the canvas and easel. 2) I have 12 weeks and 6 days before traveling again. Having booked December tickets, I'm excited to celebrate Christmas with family in France. Countdown begins.
What do you do when wanderlust strikes and the 9-6 real life binds you from running out the door en route to the airport? Years ago, especially last year, I would have immediately heeded to that call, especially when cheap air fare prices from Cebu Pacific keep flashing on my news feed. Nowadays, I'm torn. I do enjoy work and partly choose to stay. Yet, my itchy feet are green with envy for my husband who's traveling on his own for a month and half in November. In Dubai, we have this expression, "What to do, yaani? Yes, life happens and I need to stay put in one place sometimes.
A promise to self: To set aside some time over the weekend to reconnect with my other neglected passion. |
Experiencing travel itch lately? What's your recommended cure?
Have a relaxing weekend everyone!
Love and light,
Arni
On a Personal Note: One Free Day
9:03 PMI'm a Couch Potato Today |
Hello everyone! I will not let this day go by without blogging. I took a day off from the office after consecutive nights of overtime work to meet a project deadline. There's always a huge relief after meeting goals with a timely submission. To pat myself behind the back, I'm indulging in a day of doing nothing. (Oh, not exactly nothing because household chores have piled up and I'm catching up to make this longer weekend much more relaxing).
A Walk Around the Neighborhood |
I do miss the career-break days when I can wake up anytime and do as I please. On the other hand, working makes me appreciate these free days even more, like taking a walk under the sun on the way to the neighborhood supermarket and watching old films on TV. Can you believe Independence Day was shown 17 years ago? Bill Pullman's presidential speech just got me glued on the sofa while devouring spaghetti with creamy tomato sauce. Not to mention that final scene with Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith trying to infiltrate the alien's mother ship to disarm the enemy's protective shield. I was a mere teenager when this film was shown. How time flies!
Catching up with a book that my sister-in-law gave me. It's a page turner. I have yet to finish it. |
Wishing you all a happy Wednesday!
What do you fancy doing during your free days?
Love & Light,
Arni
Maras Salt Mines
1:36 AM
I've never encountered salt up close until this South American trip. Visiting Maras / Salineras, a terraced Pre-Inca Salt mine is a huge contrast to the flat 10,000 square kilometer salt desert of Salar del Uyuni in Bolivia. It was part of our taxi stop from Cuzco. Salineras is one of the cultural sites in the Sacred Valley of the Incas located 7 miles from Moray. It is made up of 3000 salt ponds, each with an average area of 5 square meters connected to a naturally flowing salty hot spring from the mountains.
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The Valley of Urubamba
11:09 PM
Nostalgic. That's the perfect word that sums up how my husband and I feel while browsing through pictures of Peru this afternoon. We could hardly believe that was 5 years ago. Our first 'real' nights on the freezing bus- in the middle of nowhere backpacking trip. Those times when you want to get out of the bus for a p** at 3AM and you know the bus driver couldn't because it's in the middle of a deserted land with no rock nor bush to hide behind from. And the only decision you have to make is, if you can hold it in till morning or just do it. An empty bottle with all the passengers sleeping. You might be asking me now, is this experience for real? I'll leave it to your imagination what happened after that. :)
Urubamba River borders the town and the often snow-capped mountains of Chi'qun |