Its mee.. around the world. ;-)
Li River Cruise This is the first and top tour in the region but luckily just controled by one official tour operator who has online booking! (www.lirivercruise.net) I had my booking – otherwise I would have got looted in the name of pickup and drop off charges. Luckily we get Read more…
Two Rivers and Four Lakes Somehow I feel am writing one after a very a very long time. In between, wordpress and the theme ran into trouble few times and I had to do a lot just to get it back to the stage what it was. After a real Read more…
This trip came as one the best things I bought on groupon. Bought a coupon months ago and had it planned for 3rd and 4th of August. Offlate, my work contributed enough to my stress which made me to looks for this trip quite eagerly. Ofcourse, with a guilty feeling going Read more…
Airshow happened between 14th-19th and open for public in the last two days. I had my sistic reservations for two and ended up in giving one to one of my colleagues. I reached just that morning to Singapore after a long time. Just like it was planned, clouds were in Read more…
Well..well. well.. For obvious reasons this is one of the trip I shall never forget. 🙂 It all started when one of my trek mate here sent a facebook request where YMCA’s HK trip for Maclehose Trial was to be covered in 4 days. It said 100 KMs. Honestly that Read more…
Its all about PADI certification! At times – things look bigger are easier to finish. I scribbled in my diary to enquire PADI certificate in the month of Sep 11. When the page came alive – as usual my little “reading” started. I knew PADI was quite recognized. After a Read more…
Auckland That evening, we landed in Auckland and for the local driving we got a Corolla (again) which was bit stiff and less interesting. I convinced myself and drove it to the Ventura Inn hotel (in the airport boulevard). This is for budget travelers and one can expect really disappointing Read more…
Our temptations for the skydiving grow much here, however, we were skeptical about the weather as the previous day shown the symptoms of a possible storm. To surprise us, weather was clean and sunny. That quickly gave me a thought to postpones the flight to Auckland for the next day Read more…
At times, the least expected takes you off guarded. Queenstown is one of them. Queenstown is beautiful, vibrant and lively. I may even call that’s a best place to settle down after retirement. Its that beautiful. Queenstown is dramatic by looks and dreamy to feel. Queenstown sits at the shores Read more…
Milford Sounds (Continued) Next day morning we were awaken by the announcement systems . This time, seals were resting on those rocks near to those cliffs. Too lazy in the morning. 😛 (It seems that they prepare that way for the busy day. They got to find 10% of their Read more…
Milford Sounds – Piopiotahi We reached that departure terminal (for boats/ships) just 30 mins prior to our scheduled time. We redeemed our confirmation with standard boarding tickets and joined those people who were waiting for the same.A bit about this place before we head to our vessel.A little excess to Read more…
Drive to Milford Sounds Oh my..my..my. Where am I going to start. I would need time to collate the things I should write here. I don’t want to miss anything at all. Not even the smallest detail.Milford “sounds”?Na, it doesn’t sound at all.In fact, they should have named as Milford Read more…
After those adventurous moments at Shotover river jet, we were on the road for another long journey which clocked 200 Kms. It was supposed to be less than 2 hours and thirty minutes. But the rain and other drivers made it longer to me. Drive towards Te Anau is quite Read more…
Lake Wanaka to Shotover Jet @ Queenstown Wanaka means “Renewal of Soul” as in Maori culture. Had I been consulted, I would have named as Rejuvenation of the Soul. 😛 Wanaka sits at the Southern end of Lake Wanaka in the otago region. Lake Wanaka is the 4th biggest lake Read more…
Wanaka – Road Treasure After Ice walking adventure, we quickly returned to our mobile home of that lovely Coralla. On our to Wanaka, we had plenty of lookouts and the very first one that easily can be missed and should be missed is Fox Glacier lookout. We had to drive Read more…
Glacier Ice Walking “From its origins high in the Southern Alps, the Franz Josef Glacier descends deep into the lush rainforest of Westland National Park” 25th Jan 2011. We stayed at Alpine Glacier Motel a cosy one for that town. But when you are there in one of the best Read more…
In short time, snow-capped mountains started to mesmerize our eyes. After accompanying other tourist busses and cars, we reached that small little town of Franz Josef. Given that weather, made me to think perfect and ideal time for helihike. We have three lovely peaks out there and two of the Read more…
Date : 24th Jan 2011 Seal Colony, Pancake rocks Wondering, how did I manage this day. I have no clue about it. Entire new Zealand trip itself a hazy dream now. Days pass, memories fade. Bless or curse? 😉 It was a wonderful stretch covering a long distance from Cape Read more…
Cape FoulWind Date : 23rd Jan 2011 The wonderful rainy road drive started from Kaiteriteri. A total of 241 kms of pure pleasure with that cloudy weather. When I started working out for this day, I kept westport as the place for the stay. However, we didn’t have much to Read more…
Abel Tasman | New Zealand 3/9 Lazy! Not you, am bashing myself. But this way managed to stay away from sore eyes for sometime. Starting now and hope I will finish the rest of the NZ articles in one stretch. Comeback my perseverance!! Actually the drive started from Picton and Read more…
22 Jan 2011Marlborough sounds & Queen Charlotte Sounds We woke up that morning with a little hope to see some people in the streets of wellington. But it was sleeping even by 10 am. Our Interislander ferry (actually a ship) which transports everything (yes – everything) from north island to Read more…
Wellington Am gonna say this again and again in the all New Zealand posts here.. Driving in New Zealand is an experience of a lifetime.. Am being forced by myself to complete the previous sentence with “Until you face a speed ticket”. Anyhow thats the truth. New Zealand was on Read more…
Its time of the year again. My Birthday. Birthdays aint any more fascinating, just a reminder that am getting old. My plan was a simple dinner outing and I clearly told her that dont even plan for gifts. Temptations doesnt leave anyone. Diwali fell on a friday which elongated the Read more…
Date : 11-20 June 2010 My soft callings didnt work 2 years that he should spend sometime with me here in SG. This time, I added pressure by sending Visa. Just before its expiration, he was kind enough to take a week’s off from work. None indulges at work more Read more…
Maldives Wedding anniversary III Download slides here She said ‘Ohh’.. As in “Ohhhh my Godddd” with her hand on her mouth when one of the Maldives island looked exactly like a skyblue necklace with lots of diamonds on the blue sea on our last day – when we took off. Read more…
MACAU – CHINA SAR HONGKONG And her Birthday, counted!21st Jan’ 2010 Its that – I like to take her out on her birthdays generally. Last year, bunking office for her birthday didnt seem working and my India vacation made her to say no to my ‘Birthday Offer’. This year, somewhere Read more…
I never wanted to have an entry here quoting my own birthday.. Surprises come in lifer and here I am; writing one for my own birthday. And who made me? Its my wife Thenmozhi.. She has advised long back to take leave on my birthday (5th Nov) and with little Read more…
Muoattos Muragl & Marguns +++++++++++++++++++++ This is last leg of travel in Swiss. At the end of “Glacier Express” we settled in our hotel and took a small walk with the hope get some food. After visiting couple of restaurants, we found a perfect one where I could ‘think’ of Read more…
GLACIER EXPRESS +++++++++++++ 27th July 2009 We left Zermatt on 27th morning with the excitement of travelling 7.5 hours at the scenic train which is popularly known as Glacier Express. Glacier express passes thru various cities of swiss literally from west to east. There was not much the entire journey. Read more…
Matterhorn Paradise | Zermatt +++++++++++++++++++++++ Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. A tiny village which is already on hill which we wont realize until we see from google maps. We reached zermatt 23rd July (2009) evening Read more…
Jungfraujoch ++++++++++ It was 24th July 2009. Having a neutral weather for the day didnt give much comfort, however with the hope that that might get better, we headed to Jungfrau from Interlaken. It was a 3 trian break from Interlaken. First to Grindlewald, next to Kleine Schieldegg a scenic Read more…
Schilthorn +++++++++ Interlaken name comes from ‘In between lakes’ – namely Lake Brienz and Lake Thun. Dont think they are lakes. They never looked like because they are very big.. On 22nd July evening we reached Interlaken. After a quick bus journey there is this little town Ringenberg. We stayed Read more…
Engelberg and Mt.Titlis +++++++++++++++++ We quickly collected our luggages from Zurich luggage lockers and caught our train to Lucern. Plan was another train from there to Engeberg. After a quick dark tunnel music concert, train bulleted out to breath normal air. We reached Engelberg around 5ish (pm). Engelberg is a Read more…
RHINE FALLS ^^^^^^^^ Let me start from the interesting point here.. 😀 Hope you are finished reading Paris the previous article, ‘coz this continues from there. Having done with the nasty kiddish work of Air-France with our Luggage, we wanted rest of the trip to be smooth and so good. Read more…
We at Paris ~~~~~~~ Well my much anticipated, worked out trip is here. What you see is just the start the longgg trip. In paris we spent 2 days. We then spent most lovely 8 days at Swiss. Read the other article. Infact, this was the plan for “II Anniversary”, Read more…
Before you read.. Download this Best of Langkawi ooooh… Its two years.. Since I lost my ‘Bachelor’ title.. Time runs soooo fast.. 😉 Langkawi is a small island with minimal but very attractive places to explore. Langkawi is situated some 500kms north west of Kuala lumpur (Malaysia). We have planned Read more…
Bali – Indonesia 20 Sep 2008 One thing before I start my actual travelogue.. Most of the Asian countries have rich religious history and still show the fragrance. Everywhere. Beautiful blend of Hinduism in a adorable way.. You could smell from the words, temples, people and even their names.. Okay, Read more…
Its one of my favorite writeup.. Because its for my first anniversary.. all first ones are always better than the rest right.. 😉 April 5th was my first anniversary.. I was clueless about my destination.. Australia wasnt promising as it has tight visa procedures for Indians.. 🙁 I got to Read more…
… JiuZhaiGou continues… Five colored pond continues.. Pearl Shoal falls View from falls At top, pearl shoal falls. we have path to get down I bet, you want this as wall paper. ask mee… 😀 Like this, pick places will be there, we have to hop-in This is left Top Read more…
As the Jiuzhaigou was single day admission against to my idea of spending two days there, I had to finish the park in one day. And infact I was happy that I get a whole day for Huanglong. Below is about Huanglong. I will take over after wiki’s explanation. Huanglong Read more…
CITY TOUR Like the other company for city tour, there is this Big bus tour which I booked earlier runs hope on busses every 30 minutes all around the city. You will be given a map with the bus lines, stops, places. You just get whereever you wish. and getdown Read more…
Dubai has many similiarities with Singapore and notable differences too. First some similarities.. * Dubai has backwater river (called as Dubai creek) * Many of its important buildings sit on the banks of it * It has a very good road system. Now the differences * Its much much hotter Read more…
Publish date : 28th Jan 2008 THAILAND TRIP :: THENMOZHI’s BIRTHDAY A three month plan. Came to life on 19th Jan. To count Thenmozhi’s birthday on Jan 21st. Even though my bigmouth has leaked a little information about the trip, whereabouts were kept top secret. On 19th at airport I Read more…
Publish Date 25 April 2006 Here is first set of photos.. 😉 Today we have tried some Go carting near SFO. Here are some photos and my room. Rest will follow. J Nice response… Few of you encouraged to send without my handsome (?!) face and few wanted it badly.. Read more…