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I am married to my loving husband for more than 45 years now. I am a mother to 3 beautiful children, until years ago when I lost my youngest son. Since then my life is forever altered but yet unbroken....

Monday, 16 April 2018

The Road Not Taken...

"Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees..." - Katie Couric

(Somewhere in Tasmania, Australia)

The Road Not Taken 
(By Robert Frost)

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 
And sorry I could not travel both 
And be one traveller, long I stood 
And looked down one as far as I could 
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 

Then took the other, as just as fair, 
And having perhaps the better claim, 
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 
Though as for that the passing there 
Had worn them really about the same, 

And both that morning equally lay 
In leaves no step had trodden black. 
Oh, I kept the first for another day! 
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 
I doubted if I should ever come back. 

I shall be telling this with a sigh 
Somewhere ages and ages hence 
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I 
I took the one less travelled by, 
And that has made all the difference… 

Sunday, 15 April 2018

Caucasus Trip: The road less ventured...

"The old ones are still the best. Old jeans, old boots, old friends, old movies, old tunes and old times..."

(My old, tattered walking boots)

(15 April - 03 May 2018)

(Our Caucasus Kembara group in Kars)

I had discarded my old walking boots and replaced them with brand new ones, lighter and comfortable...

Hubby and I will be on the road again. We will be away for about three weeks, joining a small group of frequent travellers to explore some places of interest in Georgia, Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the first two weeks.

The final week, Hubby and I will split from the group. We plan to travel by bus or train to Bulgaria and visit the capital city of Sofia. We will stay in Sofia for a few days, then travel to Istanbul for a free and easy activity before we board the plane back home.

The trip is going to be very hectic with a lot of walking. My last visit to the specialist, I complained of pain in my heels. My doctor's early diagnosis was Plantar Fasciitis. The walking activity will either cure my painful heels or will make them worst.

I am praying for the best...

The Caucasus Trip Itinerary:
2018 Tracing the Great Silk Route of the Ancient Caucasus...
01 KL - Istanbul, Turkey
02 Istanbul/Kars, Turkey - Akhaltsikhe, Georgia...
03 Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
04 Akhaltsikhe, Georgia - Gyumri/Yerevan, Armenia...
05 Yerevan/Koyayk/Lake Sevan, Armenia
06 Yerevan/Ararat Plain, Armenia
07 Yerevan, Armenia - Shushi, Nagorno Karabakh...
08 Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh - Yerevan, Armenia...
09 Yerevan, Armenia - Tbilisi, Georgia
10 Tbilisi/Gori, Georgia
11 Tbilisi, Georgia - Baku, Azerbaijan
12 Baku Tour, Azerbaijan
13 Baku Tour, Azerbaijan
14 Baku/Gobustan, Azerbaijan
15 Baku, Azerbaijan - Istanbul, Turkey
16 Our Bulgarian Short Holidays...
17 Sofia City Tour...
18 Sofia to Istanbul...