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Dubai

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September really was quite a month.. we went from Amsterdam to Cairo , Iraq and then finally wrapped things up with friends and family in Dubai. We stayed at my uncle's place, my mom flew in from Karachi to spend some much need time with her grandson. My brother flew in from Sri Lanka, he was having a boy's getaway and catching some cricket matches. M has a few friends and cousin's who live there, as do mine. The plan was to try to meet them all, but by the time we got to Dubai we were exhausted and hibernation seemed like the best idea. So we ate   D played with a miniature shopping cart.. how cute is that! he sat in a car he slept in a car (a crazy expensive bed that had lights) I met my friends.. I have known these ladies since I was 11 or 12 years old. M met up with his cousin.. and here's a little before and after for you.. D with my brother at six months and again at two years. Three days went by in a blur.. and our...

Traveling Hiatus

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Hello Everyone, I am going to be going on a three week hiatus. We have some international travel planned for this month. The trip we have planned is a pilgrimage of sorts, not a trip of leisure or fun but a journey of spirituality and prayer. I plan to take my camera with me though I am not sure who much I will be using it and how much I will be able to document. We are very excited about this new kind of adventure we will be going on. The Offering The flights will be long and we have more than a few destinations, so we are hopping D will be patient with us and dazzles us with his good behavior. Though lets not kid ourselves.. we will be fully armed with snacks, books, toys and games. We just bought  this  which though for a slightly older child, we hope will keep him amused for sometime and I didn't want to buy him a portable dvd player.. he watches enough tv as it is and I'd rather go with something where he might just learn a thing or two. We also...

Places We've Been

2025 Ollantaytambo Machu Picchu 2024 Amalfi Coast Rome Florence Cinque Terre Venice Miami Antelope Canyons  Valley of Fire State Park Sedona Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch Tucson 2023 Lucerne  Mount Pilatus  Jungfrau Region Lindt Chocolate Making in Zurich Zurich Zermatt San Diego Disneyland Los Angeles Malibu Universal Studios Hollywood Yosemite National Park Big Sur San Francisco La Fortuna, Costa Rica Monteverde Manuel Antonio part 1  and  part 2 2022 Grand Canyon Paris Mykonos Naxos Santorini Athens Jamaica  and YS Falls Mexico City 2021 Outer Banks Antigua 2020 Punta Cana Berkshires 2019 Budapest Prague Vienna Salzburg London York Edinburgh Lochness Isle of Skye Glasgow Sint Maarten 2018 Marrakech Moroccan Desert Fes Chefchaouen Atlas Mountain Portland  Oregon Coast Crater Lake Colombia River Gorge Mount Rainier National Park Seattle Victoria Vancouver 2017 Chimney Rock, North Carolina Savannah, Georgia Charleston, South Carolina Myrtle Beach Las V...