Waiting to start

Here I am at the airport, I paid for wifi and I'm looking for possible 'hotspots' in Delhi.Is there something wrong with this picture?
Don't answer that.

When I write next, there will be a picture of something and I'll be in India.
What I ask of you dear readers is to 'follow' me, I think you have to click on the google link to the right of the entry and it links you with the site. This improves my 'find ability' or some other tech term and it could increase readership. Why do I care? It would be nice to have more people share. I have decided to e x p a n d the ganeshagirl view of the world, and you (y'all) can help by following me, commenting on line, etc.
If you don't want to, that's cool. Just enjoy yourselves. I'll let you know how it's doing from here
(somewhere on the other side of here) real soon.
Be well.
Love,
Deborah

Rainy Day at Minh Mang's Tomb

Little did we know that November and December are the rainiest months in the rainiest part of Vietnam which is Hue. Once you go over the mountains, the ones that divide north from south the weather changes or you go north about an hour, it just doesn't rain as much. Well, it rained all day and we walked around in it all day, but the last tomb of Minh Mang was worth it. So was the pagoda closer to town, but more of that later. It was built in the 1840s by his succesor, but it was planned during his life time. It is close to the Perfume river and about 12km from Hue.

This place is a gem. The harmony of scale and blending with the natural surroundings, the landscaping, is soooo lovely.There seems to be a tradition of bonsai trees because we saw lots of them here and the Imperial Palace, the Pagoda, all around town.  The ones in the large ceramic pots in the inner courtyards are amazing. Also the formal aesthetics to illustrate the esoteric ideas,  for example; three terraces representing 'the three powers', heaven, earth and water, and so on. It is a delight to turn your head and gaze from one vista to another, not even knowing any of this. I had no idea how much I liked architecture. But after looking at this, which to me rivals Palladio's villas (and I've seen them and loved them too), I'm hooked. Good architecture is inspiring, as in any art form.

My daypack needed a hair dryer to even get to 'slightly damp',  we were tired, but well worth the water to see a bit of heaven on earth.