ABQ to Death Valley – Part 2: The adventure just got more interesting

I have taken a really long time to come around and write this post. Mostly because I wasn’t in the right mental space for the past year or so [if you ask around, probably no one has been for quite some time given the state of global affairs]. Furthermore, I hit the much-heard-of-but-never-experienced-before “writer’s block”…

ABQ to Death Valley – Part 1: Let the adventure-moon begin

Most couples follow-up their marriage ceremony with a honeymoon. Essentially a holiday to take a break from all the stress that followed them for all the months up to the D-day. Some time off to get to know each other, more intimately, and enjoy one of the biggest life decisions made. But that was not…

Fourth of July in DC

I don’t really remember much about how and why we ended up planning this. All we knew is, we have to be in DC for the Fourth of July celebrations. So we set off, all packed in a car driving down to the capital. With a hotel room booked somewhere near Arlington, the subway was going…

Of Burritos and black beans

One of the first eat-stops I made in Syracuse was The Mission restaurant. I didn’t even know that this quaint little restaurant was there. For that matter, I hadn’t heard of any good place in Syracuse beyond Dino BBQ at that point of time (for that matter, Dino BBQ remains to be explored even now)….

New place, new beginnings :)

I had been preparing for this move for days, in fact months now. Yet, here I stand, strangely wishing I could just run back home. Was the move not worth it? Confused? Well, let me start from the very beginning. Offered a PhD fellowship from a well known US university, I grabbed the opportunity that…

The Lonely Dodo…

April 27, Jersey island: I have been here for about 18 hours now. Chilly, windy and I am totally unprepared for it, especially with my baggage loss. Yes, I lost my baggage. Rather the airlines forgot to pick it up from London, Gatwick. So I have been washing my clothes and repeating them. It’s a…

My Journey to the United Kingdom and France – Part 1

I made a trip recently for about three weeks to Jersey (Channel Islands), Paris, Brittany, Normandy and finally London. Visiting and staying with family and friends, I had hoped I would get around to writing about it so I had started penning down a diary styled note. On second thoughts, I felt that the diary…

Hong Kong Disneyland :)

Travel Mickey & Minnie, toyland & joyride, rollercoaster & parachute… 37 lucky families from India lived it up at Hong Kong Disneyland. t2 was there Duck Tales, Oo-oo…” I can still sing the opening song from memory. A memory of an eight-year-old with eyes glued to the TV screen, watching Huey, Dewey and Louie making…