Friendships born from travel!

Travel allows you to meet so many wonderful people and it also allows you to obtain a snap-shot of their life.   Such a window of opportunity opened up for us on our first day in Delhi when the Nirula family allowed us to spend the day with them.

Obtaining a local's persceptive opens up a new dimension to travel.  Sheela, Ajeet, Tarini and Shivani allowed us to share their table and feast upon traditional Indian wares.  They also provided us with an opportunity to see places like Lodi Park with its Shish-Gumbad tombs built by the Lodi sultans (1451-1526), the Habitat Centre and the Super Malls of New Delhi.  

Most of all they provided us with the opportunity to share stories, to reflect on the importance of family and to form an understanding that travel unites us all.

So to the Nirula family, thank you for your hospitality and your friendship.

Travel tip 20 !The ziplock bag!

Traveling without ziplock bags is like traveling without a passport. The bag is the perfect travel accessory. With a multitude of uses, it is definitely a must on our packing list.

The following list gives you an idea of just how versatile ziplock bags can be. 

1. Keep your passport, money and other precious documents dry by storing them in sandwich size bags.
2. keep currency separate in bags.
3. A large bag is a great protected for you camera in the rain. Cut a hole just barely big enough for your lens to stick through and put camera with lens inside the bag. Use a rubber band to hold it tight to the end of the lens. Operate camera with your hand inside the bag.
4. Also keeps camera or phone safe when going near water.
5. Prevent jewelery from getting lost by placing in a bag.
6. Double bag make up and liquids to prevent any leakage spreading throughout whole luggage.
7. Use bag for all liquids for carry-on inspection at airport.
8. Use a bag of ice as an ice pack for first aid. (wrap in face cloth to protect skin)
9. A frozen bag of water in a collapsible cooler bag to keep drinks cold.
10. Carry your favourite tea or coffee.
11. Protect a fragile souvenir. Insert a straw into the top of a nearly closed bag and inflate with air. Remove straw and seal bag. Not as good as bubble wrap though.
12. Same deal will make a handy travel pillow. 
13. Makes a great drain plug, just fill with a little water, and it becomes a weight that you can fit into the drain.
14. Keep a large ziplock in your day pack for wet umbrellas and raincoats.
15. Handy for storing left over food.