Happy Birthday Pushkin

My little cat soulmate. X
I hope we meet again, in this life or the next.

Peaceful Sri Lanka

Hello all, last legs here and back to health.
Busy though, no time to venture out...

Had to see a doctor for the first time on a trip...

Technically it was the second time. I had to see one at the Delhi airport in May 2011 before being able to fly out of India and he stabbed me with a needle without me giving permission!
This time it looked a legit doctor an on his notepad he has a note: "Hon Physician to the 10th President of India", now if that guy lives, I'm in good hands! :-) Plus he had a female nurse with him, straight out of 1950s, whose job it was to stand there and make sure he, or I, didn't take advantage of the situation. I got the injection and a whole batch of antibiotics and nausea meds and have slept for 14 hours straight after.
So apparently - I'll live!!! ;-)

Delhi...

And the Delhi belly got me again!

Oh! New mini obsession!!

Jane Eyre has become obsessive viewing...
Michael Fassbender version!
(My next husband will be half Irish, half German...)

My Favourite Lahore

New Fastest and Furious!

Australian tree inside Lahore Fort.

Flowers from the Persian
Mosque.

Most famous restaurant and ex brothel in
Lahore - The Coockoo's Nest.

Essential Lahore....

Small on the outside and fits 5!

Old Lahore balconies.

In the distance, Lahore Fort - Elephant Gate.

Found one!

Lahore mosques

The biggest mosque in Lahore,
great acoustics demonstrated
 by the guide.

Inside Iranian mosque in old city,
Lahore.

Detail of old Iranian hand painted mosque.

Lahore Fort continued

Mirrored ceiling inside.

Steps for elephants inside
the Fort

Inner gardens of the fort

Lahore streets

  

Everything is closed on Sunday,
yet the camel waits...

Market street in Lahore.

Note the shiny suit on the boy.

The answer was Pakistan!

And this is one country I am beginning to like more and more.
On the last trip it jumped about 15 places in my unofficial rankings, despite the difficulties.
While India, especially Delhi, where I am now, keeps going down, down, down...

Dangerous places...

So...
There is no hot water because of a bomb that blew up the gas pipelines;
Saudi prince visit closed down the whole city;
Taliban is having meetings with the government;
Australian government advises not to leave the hotel or to stay in the hotel, since most have been a target of terrorist attack;
And you SHOULD BE WORRIED if you CAN'T see a guy with a machine gun.

Where could I be?
PS My biggest worry is the lack of hot water!