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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Peace is the way

Why is it we never learn?

April 25 is ANZAC Day in New Zealand and Australia. It marks the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings of 1915 where New Zealand, Australia, British, France, India, and Newfoundland troops battled the Ottoman empire. Approximately 8700 Australians and 2800 New Zealand soldiers died.

ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) is a day we honour those who died at Gallipoli and also in many subsequent wars.

This year was the 100 anniversary of those landings. 100 years on it is sad that we haven't learned from the past. Wars don't bring peace only destruction.

Peace is the way to peace.

Each year there is a dawn ceremony in the capital Wellington. I didn't attend the dawn ceremony but watched it on TV. As a picture speaks a thousand words, the 100th ANZAC day ceremony is best shown in pictures (taken by my trusty camera off the TV).

Dawn Ceremony in Wellington

New Zealand War Memorial

Australian Memorial gifted to New Zealand

Air Force Salute

Governor General of New Zealand

The Last Post

Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

Gallipoli, Turkey

R.I.P

All who gave up their lives in wars.

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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Interesting and International

Armchair travelling can be interesting too

So many International events have taken place in the last couple of weeks.

On February 20 1000 bloggers came together to speak for compassion via their blogs. Compassion the Soul Connection was my contribution.

March 1 was World Compliment Day and March 8 was International Women's Day. Bloggers across the world celebrated with blog posts complimenting someone (mine at World Compliment Day) and honouring women respectively. Let Her Light Shine On was my tribute to a young soul who died tragically but bravely in 2012.

And here in New Zealand we are in the midst of the International One Day Cricket World Cup which is so exciting and so much fun to watch especially since NZ is hosting jointly with Australia and has qualified for the quarter finals.

As part of the match coverage so many beautiful cities across New Zealand are being showcased. Armchair travelling can be interesting and fun.

So here is a glimpse into my beautiful capital city as seen on TV. Love my city and love my camera.

Wellington sign in the Miramar hills depicting Windy Wellington

Bucket Fountain at Cuba Mall. Buckets fill up with water and then tip over.
Kids love to stop and watch.

A closer view of the buckets

The Cable Car that runs from the Botanical Gardens to Lambton Quay

A fun and scenic ride up and down.

The beach at Oriental Parade on a hot day in Welly.

Some interesting building architecture around with blend of old and new

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Enjoying Entertainment

Enjoying entertainment at the Cricket WorldCup

New Zealand and Australia are jointly hosting the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

The Official Opening Ceremony was held in Christchurch, New Zealand and the first match of the World Cup was also held at Christchurch between New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

Elated that New Zealand won that game.

The opening ceremony and the first game were the highlights of the week.

And as pictures speak a thousand words, here are some pics from the opening ceremony that I took from TV as I watched.