Holiday Lights 2011
The holiday in USA are taken very seriously. This is the time when everyone goes to meet their family and have a good time. The entire streets are lit up and everyone is having a good time.
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Holiday Lights 2011
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A new Beginning
The time has come when your life is ready to be shared and a new person walks in. In exactly 30 days i have my wedding with nandini and i am excited about this. All the details of this can be found on http://nandinichandru.com .
This would change both of our life and we are looking forward for the wedding. I am really happy that most of my friends are attending my wedding and we will all get together after a long time.
Coincidentally this is also my 200th post. This blog has be in existence for the past 8 or so years and i am little sad that it has not been very active. But looking back at all the blog post and pics i feel nostalgic. I hope to keep this more active and updated, but now that everyone has moved away from livejournal and into facebook it might be little tough to get readers. nonetheless this blog is for me to look back at my leisure.
Hong kong 2011
Every since i had seen the hong kong skyline wallpaper i always wanted to go there. A perfect mix of Eastern and Western culture. Filled with the high rises and flashy building and still maintains the roots to the local markets and traditional cuisine. What you see below is the desktop i have which kept me reminding that i still need to visit this place. May be that is a good way to remind you if you have an urge to visit a particular place. May be i should replace this with transiberian route. Nonetheless , I finally had a opportunity to visit hong kong. I was flying to india and decided to stop over in honk kong for 2 days.
Crater Lake
The only national park in Portland is Crater Lake. But the beauty accounts for all number. One of the largest crater in US which is filled with clean water.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
In the series of visiting all the major national parks in California, this one was next. An entirely different Landscape. Something we were looking forward to see.
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon is one of the less visited national parks in California. On an impulse we decided to go to sequoia and kings canyon. it is about 4 hrs drive from the place where we stay.
Moonbow at Yosemite and June lake.
Moonbows are like rainbow caused by the moon. It is rather predictable and a wonderful sight to watch.
Check this link for schedule.
http://www.yosemitepark.com/yosemite-moonbow.aspx
Redwood National and State Park
Lohit’s friend had been to Redwood national park and had told us a lot about it. How the tallest trees are here, how green it is and so on. She visiting the park was her childhood dream. And so we decided to take a frday off and make it a 3 day trip to the north. Now i am so glad i did. I have not seen so much greenery in my entire life. I think once you are close to the park you can see nothing by green.
Dog Lake at Yosemite
Dog lake is a small secret in Yosemite. Less crowded and a good hike. we decided to do this small hike to Yosemite and it was a just long enough to be tired and short enough that we can complete it in a day.
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Loch Lamond Lake , CA
After a tired week of work. This is a nice place for a getaway. It is about 45 min drive from south bay.
Boston, Usa
A beautiful place to visit in summer. Twins cities separated by the river makes is almost a fairytale cities.
Road Trip – South California.
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Tagged as california, camping, death valley, first, las vegas, roadtrip, san diego, travel
Tagged as california, camping, death valley, first, las vegas, roadtrip, san diego, travel
Sunnyvale -> Los Angles -> San Diego -> Death Valley -> Las Vegas -> Sunnyvale.
Decided that we will utilize the Holiday to the fullest extent and went on a 8 days long Road trip. This was the first long family trip we were making after a long time. Me , Lohit and Ashwini saw the other side of the state we lived in. Left the office early on Thursday 12/23/2010 and started the epic 8 days road trip.
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Burning man 2010 , My Explanation , My Experience
Welcome to Nowhere.
“WHEATHER you’re a Burning Man Vrigin or a Playa old-timer, Greeters at the Gate Always receive you with the words ‘Welcome home.’ Home is the temporary community of Black Rock City in the Northern Nevada desert that is each year created and destroyed; everything else is the ‘default’ world – average, ordinary and very much whatever you want to fmake of it ” – Rod Allen
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Carpentry 3: Roll Down Projector Screen
Time to build a big screen. Since we don’t have a TV at home and we watch movies on a small screen, it was natural that we step up and build a big screen to improve our movie experience. So we got the raw materials and decided to build a screen.
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Henry W Coe State Park Hiking.
Henry coe state park is a california state park. We decided to start the hiking/trekking season with something big.
The initial idea was to hike 9 miles and reach the mississippi creek and camp there. Later after talking to the authorities over the park we revised our goal to camp earlier in the trail.
Prepared with lot of food for the 2 days and with new gears we started off at 10 am to hike down the trail towards the creek.
Bay to Breakers 2010
What is common between Balloon man, Robots, Tetris, Borat, Princess, Drum master, Flight attendent, Pilot, Zombies, Babies, Jokers, Super Heroes? They all come to life on bay to breakers. Thought this is a serious Race which happens every year, It is more of a party than an race. The is supposedly the largest moving party in the world.
Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating its 43rd year hosts the cherry blossom festival parade. This mainly constitute the Japanese cultural showcase is one of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions. The parade itslef last for about 45 min and showcase the culture of Japanese and Japanese America community. For me it was more of a visual retreat, the colors used by them are just breathtaking. Some of the photos are attached below.
Carpentry 2 : Minibar
It is time for one more project for the boring weekend. It is raining outside and nothing much to do. So we decided to build something. So here comes the minibar. 
flora at Heritage Park.
Last week end we spent some time exploring the flora in our community.
Saint Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day is a celebration of the irish culture. On march the saint patrick’s day, they say everyone is irish. For me this was a welcome change from the usual celebrations. I could see Green everywhere.
I attended the parade in san francisco on 13th of march. I was more excited than a 10 year old kid. The celebration started from the train itself. I stay in the south of the bay and i am required to use the caltain to commute to the city. that day half of the train was filled with people heading to the parade at sanfrancisco. You could see all sort of green. The light, drark , shinny, blink , all sorts. I headed towards Market and 2nd where the parade was supposed to start and was early by 30 min. This way i could get a good place to stand.
