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.. and just like that I've hit a landmark of 30 years!

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  24th August 1991. The day a lot changed for me and my family.  From being just another 8-year-old on an annual holiday to visit family in India, I turned into 'an inspiration' - I became an amputee who could probably not fathom what really happened. But 30 years later I must say that the accident and the amputation was what shaped the rest of my life in the best way possible. Because today regardless of what life throws at me, I have the strength of character, the will and the never-say-die attitude to see my through it. When I was thrown the biggest challenge, by far, in my life last year. It is only my faith and my attitude that helped me survive it. As always, I had to stay strong because that is all I knew to be. With all the love and support and prayers we received, my husband did survive and recover. We are on the path to a complete recovery and faith and strength is what will see us through. This post is not a grim reminder of what 'happened to me' and how I ma

Intriguing Angkor

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While most of my posts about travel have mostly been trip reports, this trip report has both a prologue and an epilogue. This is all about my trip to see the Angkor temples in Cambodia. Part 1: Planning and run-up The Angkor temples had been someplace I always wanted to visit. It wouldn't be suitable for little kids so I thought I'd have to wait a while before a trip to see them would be possible. But I guess there is a time for everything. Or is it that 'when your mind wants something, the entire universe conspires to make it happen'. Either way I'm a happen person because it did happen and I climbed to the top of Angkor Wat. While this might not seem like much of an achievement at first, I must say I will take the satisfaction of reaching there as an important achievement in life.  A person who's disability level is pegged at over 90% persevering through sultry weather and scorching sun to climb 3 extremely steep staircases of a crowded ancien