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India and Bhutan in Penny 2015

Bhutan – Thunder Dragon Rally.

My Collectors Edition Book “With the Roof Off” is now available to purchase!

 

This beautiful book reveals an insight into the cultures of India, Bhutan and Myanmar; and the way Julie observed and experienced travelling through these countries with her husband in a 93 year old car – Penny.

You can purchase your Collector’s Book; Individually Numbered and Signed – 

…Is the perfect Christmas gift!

This book will inform, entertain and inspire you… and is also the perfect gift for the person who appreciates travel and seeing the world and different cultures!

ISBN: 978-0-9953828-0-0

 

Bhutan book vintage car journey

 

 

 

 

 


Our Journey To Bhutan... through India and on to Myanmar

  • With the roof off… Roadtrip through India, Bhutan, Myanmar
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  • A prayer flag flutters in the wind. Which is it that moves? ..
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  • A change of Plans.. I missed the clouds in the sky…south instead of north
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  • The Golden Rock …. balancing, defying gravity …. Kyaiktoyo pilgrimage site
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  • Buddhist evangelical duff-duff and disco…..
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  • Inlay Lake …and then to Taungoo…
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  • Rainbow LED lights in temples….. Buddhism 2015 style in parts of Myanmar…
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  • Kale to Monymar …then to so many temples in Bagan.
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  • Men with guns!!!!…
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  • That horrible grinding sound underneath Penny…..
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  • Ooops… “off piste”… when the ‘orange line became a 4WD track!
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  • More prayers…. descending out of the amazing mountains of Bhutan toward India
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  • Steep slopes and Prayers… Mongar to Trashigang
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  • Scary bit on road – Gelphu to Trongsa 2
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  • Excavator on landslip with Indians running past…!!! Gelephu to Trongsa
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  • Mongar Festival beginning of Animal Dance
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  • Mongar Festival before dawn… chanting , horns, bells, bowls and flashing lights – Bizarre!
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  • Mongar Festival…. Oh My Goodness what a festival!!
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  • Laughter with weavers and a quiet day
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  • Steep slopes… boulders… falling rocks… winding roads… dust… sheer drops
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  • Hold on….. Monastery of the “Divine Madman” – the Fertility Monastery
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  • What a road!!!! Landslides…. Curves…. And never-ending roadworks.
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  • A mountain drive ..Paro to Thimpu….
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  • Clean air…. Steep slopes… and unfortunately Penny’s ISSUES!
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  • An elephant… a HUGE elephant…with tusks!!!… then BHUTAN!!!
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  • Looks like it is ‘terminal’……
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  • There’s Penny!!!!! ….. and we are off!!!
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  • Quirky…..Indian Museum… Marble Palace …Kolkata Fish market…
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  • Mullik Ghat Flower Market
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  • Top 11 things to do in Kolkata…. and more!!!
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  • “Ohhhhhh….so you are going to Kolkata…. “
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  • Brown snake in the house 3am getting ready to leave for India.
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  • My new haircut preparing for India, Bhutan and Beyond…
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  • Having a bit of trouble with the nuts on Penny’s wheel hubs…
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skeinydipping

I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have t I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have touched; have loved; have created; have worked; have nurtured. My hands.   

I looked down and saw on my wrist and fingers items from around the world which have so many stories; items which have all been created from the heart and made by the hands of others. 

I looked down and saw beautiful yarn. Yarn which has been handled carefully through shearing, dyeing, skeining, balling; and now being knit in my beautiful hands. 

My hands are one of my gifts. This year I’ve really missed the touch of another with my hands, to feel the heart of another through my fingertips; but so grateful and love my hands which touch and feel; work and play!

What do you see when you look at your hands?

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Knitting a fabulous  #slipstravaganzamkal by @westknits .
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#gratitudeattitude #westknitsarethebestknits #westknitsmkal2020 #knittersofinstagram #knittersoftheworld #knittersofaustralia #indiedyedyarn #handmadewithlove #handmade #handmadejewellery #fromtheheart #createeveryday #livetotravel #healing #healinghands #creativehands
My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories. I’ve had adventures on all continents. Slept being rocked by the sea; felt the ice on my skin in both polar regions, and felt the silence of the deserts. I’ve walked stone steps in monasteries at altitudes where each step I’ve taken consciously and mindfully; focussing on treasuring every molecule of oxygen in the rarefied atmosphere. 

COVID has paused those adventures, but I draw upon my experiences as I navigate adventuring my days in a different way, on our ‘home range’. 

I recall my steps in Tibet as I walk through our bushland. I am mindful and conscious of my surroundings. I listen. I feel. I feel happy here. I am content.

My new stories may not hold the same experiences of connection with others; and may not be of extreme challenges or crazy things  (which I am rather prone to doing! 🙂 ) but they are not less wondrous… as I smell the warm eucalyptus waft from under my feet. 

I weave my stories, and this story is of my personal journey on my daily walk through our bushland. 
You can see some of my other woven stories on my website - link in profile. 

How do you express your life’s stories?
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“....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those “....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those times in your life when you need a meditative and healing knit. Assookinakii (ass-s-oo-kin-uh-k-EE) means ‘healer’ in the Blackfeet language, thank you to Cut Woods School in Browning, MT for the tradish language support”. –  Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers 

Knitting this beautiful cowl by Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers for @sistersunitedmt ; WAS healing. 

As my hands gently formed the repetitive stitches I reflected on the word ‘Assookinakii ‘ - healer. I am a healer. I don’t understand it. It’s something unseen. Something within me which has been recognised by Ngangkari and ‘clever men’ here in Australia; and shaman and healers around the world as we travel. This recognition always has caught me by surprise; as I seem to walk a line between two worlds. 

As the stitches slipped from one needle to another and the beautiful colours of @spincycle_yarns revealed themselves; in the pauses between the stitches I heard a voice whispering to continue to seek connection with the natural world and listen deeply. 

What has been healing for you this year?
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