Photography
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More pics in and around Nara
Nara looks so beautiful, that it needs no verbal description at all. Every nook and corner you can see some cherry blossoms and people flocking to take pictures and enjoy hanami!
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Todai-ji temple, Nara
Nara is smaller than Kyoto, and unfortunately it was raining the day we went to Nara. So we decided to just visit the main spots. Todai-ji temple is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The massive building houses one of Japan’s largest bronze statues of Buddha. Several smaller Buddhist statues and models of
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More cherry blossom pics
Few pics on some breathtakingly beautiful views I saw,when riding on my bike, in and around Kyoto Japan!!
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Japan countryside
Since we were on our bikes, going from one temple to the other in Kyoto, we decided to take a slight detour to see Japanese countryside. It was as beautiful as the high tech urban Japan. This place wasn’t mentioned in the guide book of Japan, and had it not been for our wonderful friends Kiyotaro and Shiho,we wouldn’t have been
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Shoreline park!
I am busy wrapping up my semester so I quickly wanted to stop by and share a few wildlife photography pics from last weekend’s trip to shoreline park. Hope you like them as much as I do…… Some shorebirds…. Waterfowl Canadian mommy goose with a goosling Erget Crazy sandpiper busy hunting for food! Poor oystercatcher,
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Water and Wildlife!
After spending some time at the beaches, enjoying the breeze and sun-glazed sand, we headed to Key West to try some water adventures. Jet-ski and reef snorkeling! Jet ski scared me a bit,but I thoroughly enjoyed snorkeling!We went snorkeling at the ‘Florida Reef’, third largest coral barrier reef in the world. This was followed by
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Great start to a brand new year!!
Anyone else a little flabbergasted that its 2012? So here we are: the start of the new year, resolutions to make, exercise routines to reboot. You may have already started your own New Year’s list: the places you wish to visit, changes in your personal life( weight loss, anyone?) or may be something you want
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Wonderland on New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve, we decided to visit the Global Winter Wonderland. This was organised at Great America Parking lot in Santa Clara.Global Winter Wonderland displayed around 40 illuminated structures, nearly 50ft tall and 100 ft long. These structures consisted of some of the world’s most iconic landmakrs, themes, traditions. The larger-than-life illuminated lanterns were
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Break time !
Past two months have been the craziest ever! Writing a post has been on my To-do list for weeks, but I just couldn’t find the time to write one. I don’t really have the time to write now either, but just wanted to quickly stop by and share a couple things… My semester has been
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Ganpati Bappa Morya…
Ganesh Utsav is big in Maharashtra, more so in Konkan, Mumbai & Pune. I’d be wrong if I said that Ganesh Utsav is celebrated only in Maharashtra. It is celebrated worldwide. This evening I had been to a friends place for Ganesh utsav. I was happy to see Ganesh chaturthi being celebrated with traditional rituals