Memories of France

I visited many parts of France, thanks to a friend, Anne, who lived in Pleudiry in rural France. We visited Mt. St. Michel with her, and the surrounding areas including Rennes. She also came to visit us in India when I worked at Harihar. Also remember going to Hampi and Pondicherry with her. Some pics of both her visit to India and ours to France-

2017-18 in Pics

Some pics from this year and last.

 Two spots of significance- Sigiriya, Sri Lanka (above) and the Gurudwara in Nanded.

 Above- looking out at Pondicherry, and below, cruising at Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

 Flowers on show, January, at Pune's Empress Garden. And below, celebrating my Mom's 88th, also at Pune.

Qasbah, a restaurant in Hyderabad where some of us Engineering college-mates met.

Landscape and Portrait

Both are rectangular, but one is wide and the other is tall. Most of the time in photography, we do it Landscape style while in computer prints, it's mostly Portrait style. Here are three portrait style photographs.

 Above- Pooja looking at the Coonoor Horse-riding area near the Golf academy. Below- Jaggi Ashram, Velliangiri.

 Below- Pondicherry Botanical Garden

Running Away

This is supposed to be me running- irony? Maybe. I haven't run since I discovered walking. Running away from anything except running is not my style. Maybe pointing out things, or pointing towards them-that is more like it. I am pointing at a walkway in a Pondicherry garden..only, the walkway is on a wall.

Being touristy, as opposed to being too wristy, as in VVS Laxman, one of the most wristy. Posing at a Sri Lankan dhaba a year ago..on way to Sigiriya, THE ROCK.

Pondering in Pondicherry

 Me and the tree-in the Botanical gardens, Pondicherry.

 ..and going nuts with a Coconut in hand...worth many on the tree.

 He looks forward to the destination. You'll know why.

 Selfie attempted, and taken.

 A tree house and a car parked in front...wooden, of course.

This is why. We went to Paradise and lived to tell the tale.

International Friends

Being in the U.S. for a Ph.D. (1986-1989) was good from many different angles. One was that I met people from many different countries- Alberto from Portugal, Godwin Udo from Nigeria, Masoud from Iran, to name a few. Our group of Indian students also had a permanent member from France, Anne Pouliquen, who was studying in the Agriculture Dept. We actually visited each other's homes later on. Her place in Northern France was an interesting one to visit, full of history and charming rural atmosphere. Mount St. Michael was nearby, and Rennes too. She took us around to these places, and we ate some excellent seafood and cheeses at her place and her parents' farmhouse. She in turn visited us in Harihar, and we went along to Hampi and Pondicherry with her. Muthu, our friend in Bangalore, received her at the airport. She also travelled alone to various places in India.
Some pics from Hampi (above and below, first) and Pondicherry.

Masoud and his wife also visited us in Bangalore, and I met him in Malaysia while he was a visiting prof. there.