[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvk5DyLZrxw&hl=en&fs=1] Thames Walk (Oxford, UK) Video, It was So Serene This is a less than a minute duration video but I really like it. It was such a peaceful day and unlike India most of the time I could feel I was alone on this walk and yet always felt safe. The only botheration was…
Another Dance from Club Mahindra Coorg Stay
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mme-dWwibco&hl=en&fs=1] A Dance Performance at Club Mahindra, Coorg As I said, for a while it is going to be videos. This one was a dance performance that I enjoyed.
A Small Video of the Covered Market in Oxford, UK
A Small Video of the Covered Market (Established 1754) Oxford UK The videos that I made with my point and shoot Nikon camera have a .mov extension. Windows media player would not open it and for last 3 years I never downloaded any other player that would play it! So the few videos that I…
No More Tag
I tagged Steve a few days back with a long list of books and now I got tagged back. The question in front of me is- What if you learned that you would soon be no more and you wanted to pass along all the lessons you have learned about life to a young person…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Roopkund, Uttrakhand
Trekking to Roopkund, Uttrakhand This picture was taken by Sesha on his way to Roopkund, a trek that I had to miss because of the viral fever I got. I think I will be able to pursuade him to do a trek report again at my blog.
Naini Lake at Sunset, Nainital
Naini Lake, Nainital, Uttrakhand I rarely indulge in nostalgia but today is one of those days … thinking about the travel of the last year, what I was working academically on … Maybe I will swap the December mood with October!
Timbaktu Anyone?
Image from the original article at Gonomad.com When I saw the title ‘Timbaktu: The Blue Man of Sahara‘ by James Michael Dorsey I must say I was intrigued. I mean how many times did it reasonably occur to you that you can actually go to Timbaktu! The places people manage to visit! I thought I…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Sunset on Thames, Oxford, UK
Sunset on Thames, Oxford, UK, June 2008 This was the day when I walked for 4 hours and covered 11km on the Thames River Walk. And that is all I have hiked this year till date. There are tentative plans to trek in Darjeeling along with my younger nephew through YHAI. I hope we are…
Shringi Vatika- Himachal Pradesh
Walking in Show, Sojha near Shringi Vatika, Himachal Pradesh No, I am not visiting the place again but what do you do when you have not traveled in a long time? You write about the travels from the past. So, here is my article on Shringi Vatika at Gonomad. I have blogged about it before…
Images from Bangalore around Dusshera Time
I clicked this picture in Jayanagar in Bangalore two years back. In India banana leaves are used in may festivals and I found it quite interesting that the traffic police booth was decorated with it on Ayudh Pooja. I have not seen anything like this in the North India, where I have lived for most…