solo travel – TOKIDOKI (NOMAD)

LAHORE , PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 : LIFESTYLE CUISINE

Published on July 15, 2018 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Daal Mash .

Early morning breakfasts on the sidewalks

Morning ponderings

Chicken Tikka, Kebabs, and Naan .

Some children go to school in the mornings, some do this. So many things in life should not be taken for granted. If traveling to faraway misunderstood places doesn’t humble you, it’s hard to imagine what will.

Experience on the streets thus far, indicates that Pakistanis don’t mind a camera… 😉

Intricately decorated truck, a Pakistan tradition…

Keema Naan .

Stopping for a snack at a food cart.

Taking care of business on the roof.

Sometimes you have to push your Ching Chi …

Bainghan Ka Bharta . Eggplant 🍆 Curry .

Lahore , Pakistan 🇵🇰 July 2018

LAHORE , PAKISTAN 🇵🇰: STREET EMOTIONS

Published on July 14, 2018 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Relaxing

Preparing to make a turn into a tight alley

Sitting in traffic

Rickshaw drivers

Carrying their lunch

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LAHORE , PAKISTAN 🇵🇰: CHING CHIS & MANGOES

Published on July 8, 2018 by jacquelinemhadel4 Comments

Rickshaw (Ching Chi) rides and Motorcycles .

Chane ki Daal .

It’s mango and peach season, delicious !

Chicken Karahi .

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LAHORE , PAKISTAN 🇵🇰: FOODIE AFTER THE RAIN

Published on July 5, 2018 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

Chicken Makhani and Roti

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LAHORE , PAKISTAN 🇵🇰: FOOD MONSOON

Published on July 5, 2018 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Morning Chai ☕️ .

Rickshaw Row

Biggest rainfall in Lahore in 38 years on July 3rd. Tragically, 8 people died.

Koozy Haleem . A variety of lentils. Chilies 🌶 and spices can be added. I dumped them all in. Spicy hot and delicious.

Monument in Bahrain Town

Haircut, anyone?

The art of decorating trucks is a big thing in Pakistan. Usually, the art is a direct reflection of that particular driver’s ideology.

Halwa Poori . Poori bread with Chana Masala and Halwa.

Sajji . Originating from the Balochistan province.

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Iaşi , Romania 🇷🇴: “Sa primesti ce ai dat”

Published on June 27, 2018 by jacquelinemhadel4 Comments

The Border crossing from Moldova 🇲🇩 .

The road to Iaşi .

Passing through villages on the way…there are still horse drawn carriages serving as practical modes of transportation .

Mănăstirea Trei Ierarhi (Monastery of the Three Hierarchs). Completed in 1639.

Artist : HarceaPacea https://www.instagram.com/harceapacea

sa primesti ce ai dat . Rough translation: “To get what you gave.”

“I also want to be an artist.”

Grand Hôtel Traian. Designed by Gustave Eiffel. 1887.

23/24jun18 . Iaşi , Romania 🇷🇴

Chișinău , Moldova : “Chișinău , You Intoxicate Me”

Published on June 22, 2018 by jacquelinemhadel5 Comments

**Superheroes. Artist unknown. Located in the park behind the American Embassy.**

The word “*rhinoceros*” comes from the Greek “*rhino*” (nose) and “ceros” (horn). Because the animals’ horns are used in folk medicine for their supposed healing properties, *rhinos* have been hunted nearly to extinction. Artist unknown.

*Trupele de Carabinieri* (Carabinier Troops) is the gendarmerie-type force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova. The Moldovan Carabinieri are to ensure, together with the police or independently, public order, protection of rights and freedoms of citizens, owners’ properties and prevention of violations of the law. The Department of Carabineer Troops has 5 Military Units and some 2,000 soldiers working on a contract basis or on time. On December 12, 1991, the establishment of the Carabinieri Troops was approved by the Parliament and subsequently signed by the President of the Republic of Moldova. (wiki)

**“We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost.”**
**― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front**

**Abandoned building near the city center.**

**“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that SELF may prove to be.”** **― May Sarton**

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**Decay is inevitable, but beauty can remain**

jun2018. Chisinau , Moldova

Chișinău , Moldova: The Central Cemetery a.k.a. The Armenian Cemetery

Published on June 20, 2018 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

Founded in 1811. It’s the most ‘honored’ cemetery in Chișinău. Many nobles alongside regular citizens. It’s falling to decay, as it’s so massive, but there’s constantly work being done by groundskeepers. Walking through it, I was struck by two things that are not common in American cemeteries: Pictures of the deceased prominently displayed on the tombstones, really ‘putting a face with the corpse’ for me. Which, I never knew I needed. Sounds creepy, but it was kind of wild to see the face of someone who was born and who died before I ever came to be. Just gently putting into perspective that life goes on with or without us. We’re so small in relative terms. Secondly, the tables that were on the grave sites. Some were as long as picnic tables. Others were small little cafe-like tables that were obviously meant for visitors to come and sit. A Ukrainian friend explained that once a year there’s a special day where families come and visit their beloveds’ graves…drink and eat, and share stories of their lives. An effort to keep their spirits alive, I guess.

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An especially elaborate table at a grave site

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Chișinău , Moldova: Eternal Flame

Published on June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

The Eternal Flame honors those who were lost during World War II.

**Five, symbolic reddish-brown rifles, each representing one year of the war, form an arc over the eternal flame.**

16june2018. Chisinau, Moldova

Chișinău , Moldova : Pisică Ferocească

Published on June 13, 2018 by jacquelinemhadel7 Comments

DCIM100GOPROG0188339. The Cathedral of Christ’s Nativity (Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană Nașterea Domnului) is the main cathedral of the Moldovan Orthodox Church in Central Chișinău, Moldova. It was commissioned by the governor of New Russia, Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Metropolitan Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni in 1830. The cathedral was built in the 1830s to a Neoclassical design by Abram Melnikov (who had designed a similar church in Bolhrad). The cathedral was bombed during World War II, and its bell tower was destroyed by the local Communists in 1962. The new bell tower was constructed in 1997. During the Soviet period, worship was prohibited and the cathedral was transformed into an exhibition center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_Cathedral,_Chișinău