Travel
The Day I nearly died!
–Had written this blogpost one year back and it was lying on my desktop screen since then. Publishing it now. Exactly a year later. On the 14th of March, 2011, couple of days after a massive earthquake and a subsequent tsunami hit Japan, I decided to go surfing. I guessed that since fear-mongering would be [...]
Travelogue – Sydney–Australia–Part 2/2
Travelogue – Sydney, Australia – Part 1 here Weekend 2: This was the weekend of Mardi Gras, a carnival that happens during March 1st week every year in Sydney. As this Wiki link details, The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is an annual gay pride parade and festival for the LGBT community in Sydney, [...]
Travelogue – Sydney, Australia – Part 1
As part of a month long work assignment, I traveled to Sydney, Australia. Work was incredibly hectic (it was a 2 month assignment, squeezed into one) and the client was demanding but all that pressure faded whenever I stepped out into this beautiful city. It’s probably one of the most beautiful cities I have been to [...]
Skydiving Experience – The Ultimate!
Yes, I skydived on July 4th, 2009 from a height of 14000 ft at a dropzone called Skydive WestPoint in Virginia. Yes, it was bloody awesome, thrilling and exhilarating. Yes, the money ($239+$99(video)) was totally worth it. Yes, it was the best adventure I’ve had till date. I have not done Bungee yet. Even then, [...]
Travelogue – Malaysia and Singapore
Finally, the travelogue is here! As I had written earlier in this post, I had been on a vacation to India recently, which also comprised of a trip to Malaysia and Singapore. To quote my IT friends, it was a meta-vacation (vacation within a vacation). One of the most satisfying vacation I ever had! Here [...]
Family Vacation – Malaysia and Singapore
Note: An immensely self-congratulatory post to sustain my ego at stratospheric levels follows. There were some things I wanted to do and there were some things I really really wanted to do. I wanted to own a house before I turned 25. I did. I really really wanted to take my family out on vacation [...]
Memorable Memorial Day at Boston
After this kind of trip, the long weekend of Memorial day was to be spent relaxing – and boy, were we relaxed at the end of the long weekend! If the last trip was ‘heights of planning’ where we planned almost every half day, this trip was one of spontaneity and uncertainty. I had booked [...]
Christmas in Florida!
One of the best things to happen in life is to see the one of the best places on earth with the best of your friends. It all started with a chance conversation between P and me. How about Orlando during holidays? Oh, yes…sure! Why don’t we cover Miami too? Why not? Oh, by [...]
