Above – Having chai Friday morning: (L-R) Me, Pranav (very nice young Indian friend we just met at the chai cart), Chris, Cristy & Nana.

Lakshmi Road is a very busy district with a lot of shops and traffic of all kinds. It’s very colorful and hectic. Yesterday Nana took me, Chris and Cristy there so they could do a little (or a lot) more shopping. 

I loved this stairwell. I have no idea what was at the top of it, but I was compelled to take a photo.

Second floor balcony overlooking Lakshmi Road

Vendor cart locked up to a vendor’s door.

Woman sitting in the street selling vegetables.   

Flower vendors.   

Even though the roses in this large bowl were at the end of their life span, they were still beautiful and made a good photo op.

These are friendship bracelets. There’s a Ganesha holiday next month and these are sold in advance of that for some reason. In 2013 that holiday landed in August while I was here. As soon as the festivals were over, these friendship bracelets were nowhere to be found. I bought some purple, blue & pink ones for Maya and Sanaii. 

Here’s Chris taking a photo down Lakshmi Road.

Nana driving with the string of white smell-good flowers I bought him hanging on his side view mirror.

I slept in this morning and skipped Geetaji’s class due to this pesky cold. I’m bummed about missing the class but believe I did the right thing by staying home in the flat and resting. I did go for a short walk this afternoon to get some eggs and fruit jam. I feel a little better this evening. I’m ready for a good night’s sleep and hoping I’ll feel even better in the morning. Kid’s class at 9am and then an appointment with Nana at 10:30am if I’m feeling ok.

Feeling optimistic!

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