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Aarti Garde
Having spent a number of years in various corporate jobs in India, working 11 hours a day 5 days a week, I became a trailing expat spouse in 2011, living first in Vietnam, then in Indonesia, and now in Peru. I spend my days dreaming, hate housework, love my hobbies, need to exercise and lose weight, love to travel, and yes, love my gadgets. Occasionally I get nostalgic pangs and yearn for the corporate life, the sense of achievement, and the security it offered. On the flip side, I've learnt new skills, new languages, started up and closed a business in Indonesia and now call myself a photographer/traveler.‘I’ in Vietnam
One of the first things that Reva asked us to look for was Ice cream at Fanny. It never disappoints! […]
Vietnam Unplugged
It’s been close to two years for us in Vietnam. Going by our track record, every couple of years we […]
Weekly photo challenge: Morning
Nha Trang: Sunrise at 5 a.m., and the locals are already in full swing for the day.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers
Singular focus on this target: Miles and miles and years to go, however!
Back to Hoi An
Souvik & I met in Hoi An over the weekend – with a major operation of exchanging his dirty laundry […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Water
For this week’s photo challenge, here are my personal Top 10 water bodies: #10: Rajaram Talao, Kolhapur. Actually this one […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny
Starting to participate in the weekly photo challenge; here’s my first one, for TINY:
Morbid tourism
Last weekend I went over to Saigon, mainly to meet Bhavna, who was in some important international meeting there. We […]
The fall of the wall
Woke up this morning to a scary sight: No no, we aren’t in Libya or Syria – this is just […]