Indias tallest minar….Qutub Minar

Today we where off to Qutub minar….Indias tallest minar…a Unesco World Heritage site…

the tower is 72.5 meters high, has 379 stairs and has a base diameter of 14.3 meters…narrows down to 2.3 meters..nowadays closed off from walking to the top...

built in 1193 !!! in red sandstone and marble..

( credit to Katrin S-P )

the minar is surrounded by other ancient and medieval structures and ruins , collectively known as the

Qutub  complex….

( credit to Katrin S-P )

the minar from 1193 is in better shape than some buildings built less than 15 years ago !!!

amazing construction and covered with intricate carvings…..just beautiful….

well worth a visit when in Delhi...

Trash art

I promised to show you the dose of art I found in Lodi gardens the other day…

it's a project to get peoples attention to through away the trash inside the trashcan….

not around it , or where you are standing at the moment….

good initiative since I don't know any other country where people drops the trash on sight….

...opens the car door and throughs out the trash into the street or whatever…

let's keep it clean, please please pretty please….

I took picture of some of the cans…it's a big park…I'll get the rest next time…

which one is your favourite ? 

mine is the one with the most trash inside it...

Baha'i House of Worship and a long walk in Lodi garden

There are some sights you have to go to see when in Delhi, and Baha'i House of Worship is one of them….maybe more known as Lotus Temple….

it's Delhi's most innovative modern structure

it was designed by iranian architect Fariburz Sahba and was completed in 1986...

27 petals of white marble and 9 pools surrounded by 92 ha of green lawns….it truly is an amazing building…the  3D exhibition and photo exhibition about how all this was built is really interesting….

after this tranquil moment we where off to another spot of tranquility and greenery

 the Lodi gardens….the park is built around the imposing 15th century tombs of the Sayyid and Lodi dynasties, Delhi's last sultans. 

bamboo wood….so big….amazing…

see the trash can and the man in the left corner? just so get the hint of how big these are...

            the park is home to all different kinds of birds…..like the green parrot….

            can you find them in the picture ? there's actually three of them…I think….

difficult to spot in all that greenery…but so beautiful…

I found my weekly dose of art in the park….but that gets a post of itself so…

check in later….

A workout,Humayuns Tomb and Dilli Haat

Our day started with a workout in the pool….it's so much easier and so much more fun to have someone to workout with…great start to the day…

then we went for some sightseeing…. have to see some of the sights since it's our friends first visit ….so today we went to Humayuns Tomb...

it's a beautiful area…so tranquil….

it's amazing that they could do all this way back in 1565….

it's hard work…..

Then we where off to Dilli Haat and did some fun shopping….lots of vendors now before Diwali….lots of shopping..loads of fun….

It can't get any better ….

Our very best friends from Sweden arrived early this morning….

I'm going to gain so much weight….6 kg candy ! maybe I also need to find a good dentist…hmmm

but we better go shopping now…since all they had in the bags was eatable…..

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Last day in our paradise...last trembling hours......

are you surprised if I tell you that our last hours we spent snorkelling and soaking in the sun just looking at the amazing blue colours in front of us...

this is the beautiful resort that has taken such good care of us...

I must say that I don't feel older I just feel so lucky that I got the chance to experience all of this...

our transport to the airport across the bay....it was with mixed feelings I left....

from the air....

further and further away...

it was amazing just looking at all the islands, reefs from above...

until next time.....

see ya'

I'm under water again....

every day we've said that there can't be any other place in the world with this kind of life under the surface...the corals are healthy and growing in most places...and that's not the condition of most coral reefs around the world...

blue green chromis and I think a yellow tailed Sergeant

baby humbugs...so cute...

black-spotted pufferfish

blu coral and double-sadled butterflyfish

a blackspot emperor...he was really interested in me...followed me around...for some reason I wasn't as scared of him as I was of the shark that followed me around !

clark's anemone fish ( really protecting his anemone ....say anemone many times fast and you feel like nemo )

again clark's anemone fish

flutemouths

a small spotted unicorn fish

lined surgeon fish ( he posed for me )

coral rabbitfish

corall red butterflyfish 

time to get up and out for a short while....

our days on the island are coming to an end...so I better make the best of it.....