We took off from BOS to ANC with a stop-over in Seattle. While passing through Seattle, we got a beautiful view of Mt.Rainier! It was a partially clear day and it helped. We reached Anchorage a bit past 11 p.m. and by the time we rented the car it was almost mid-night, but no sign…
Dubai (Dec 2015)
Skyline Day1 Dubai Mall & Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa Sunset and Night Day2 Speed Boat Ride Atlantis Palm Jumeirah Ibn Battuta Dubai Marina Walk Day3 Dubai Creek Desert Safari
Canadian Rockies: Banff, Yoho and Jasper National Parks (June 2015)
Day1: Fly to Calgary Airport & Drive to Banff Around the Town Lake Minnewanka Day2: Banff & Yoho Banff – Johnston Canyon Yoho – Natural Bridge and Emerald Lake Day3: Banff Banff Gondola Upper Hot Springs Cave & Basin Bow Falls Day4: IceFields Parkway & Travel to Jasper Peyto Lake IceFields Parkway Athabasca Glacier On…
Hawaii (Dec 2013)
Day 1 – Big Island – Volcano National Park Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, is a United States National Park located in the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi on the island of Hawaiʻi. It encompasses two active volcanoes: Kīlauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa, the world’s most massive subaerial…
Falls Colors in Adirondacks.. Bummer
Like we did for the last couple of years, we were so excited to visit Adirondacks to see the fall colors during the Oct 2nd weekend – the weekend when normally the Octoberfest happens in the Whiteface mountain. Couple days before the weekend, the northeast got hammered with rain and wind. I had just spent almost…
Rhode Island – Block Is and Newport
Suddenly we decided before the long weekend to go away for the weekend… Well, we looked at where we can drive within 3-4 hrs and Rhode Island/ Block Island clicked correctly.. One of my colleagues had shown pictures of Block Is and he is from Block Is. We wanted to go to this place for…
Criticize your ex-boss??!!
I was reading this weekly Paul Krugman’s column in NYTimes and it just occurred that how freely one can express his opinions about one’s boss in a popular media. Rather than just pointing fingers, there is a good bit of substantiation to his point of view about Bernanke. I can’t think of a similar open,…
Good Reads…
Paul Krugman’s NY Mag article, How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?, Sep 6, 2009 Complicated Pay Structure for American Doctors – A good read from Slate, Sep 10, 2009 Is China deliberately understating the size of its trade surplus? – The Economist article on Sep 3, 2009 http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/ Wharton’s Knowledge web-site specifically dedicated to…
தமிழ் தொடர்பு சுட்டிகள்…
http://jeyamohan.in/ Nenjil Nirpavai by Sivasankari Tamil-English Dictionary – http://www.tamildict.com/english.php http://www.varalaaru.com/ http://thamizham.net/naalorunool-u8.htm http://azhiyasudargal.blogspot.com/
Udumalai.com – இணைய தமிழ் புத்தகக்கடை
வெகு எளிமையான, ஊடுருவும் விளம்பரங்கள் இல்லாமல் ஒரு அருமையான இணைய புத்தகக்கடை. உடுமலைப்பேட்டை போன்று ஒரு சிறிய நகரத்தில் இருந்துக்கொண்டு இப்படி ஒரு அருமையான இணைய புத்தகக்கடையும், அதில் இவ்வளவு ஏராளமான புத்தகத்தொகுப்பும் இருப்பதைப் பார்க்கும்போது மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருக்கிறது. இதற்கு முன் மனுஷ்யபுத்திரனின் http://www.uyirmmai.com/ மூலம் சில புத்தகங்களை பெற முயற்சித்தேன். ஆனால் அந்த இணையம் சில மாதங்களாக செயலற்று கிடப்பது பிறகு தான் புரிந்தது. அதனோடு ஒப்பிடுகையில் உடுமலை.காம் ஒரு துரிதமான இணையமாக இருக்கிறது (இந்த…
Chronicles of a Wanderer 