These ‘cyclos’ as they are called is one of the common means of transportation in the city. Mostly for tired foreigners that is. The cyclo drivers exploit the foreigners to the max by asking them for higher fares and by promising them a quick tour of the city. One driver drove me insane by trailing...
A man rests in the shade of his cart loaded with things ranging from plastics to cleanly shaved tender coconuts. I found this sight very similar to our India too except that he had neatly stacked up those coconuts too in his cart! Carts selling street food like our chaat are not an uncommon sight....
My Vietnam trip was in Feb 2009 and I couldn’t update this blog everyday then. But now I thought why not just chronicle it through the numerous miscellaneous photos that I have taken. So let me begin with my first stop in Vietnam, which was Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) or Saigon. This was a...
I absolutely loved the food. Pictured above is one of their staples known as Pho (pronounced as ‘fa’), a noodle soup with vegetables and meat for the non-vegetarians. The leaves that they give alongside are very aromatic and I was seeing them for the first time and the last. A different version of the pho...
London. The last leg of my three-month sojourn away from home. I couldn’t write while I was in London because of sheer jet lag and tiredness. Landing in London on 14th August in the afternoon, a Friday, I took it easy. I roamed around the gardens near the apartment of the friend I was staying...
Ah its been a while since I updated the blog. But it had been maddening in the office for the past few days since I had to finish some work before I left Chicago. And now here I am sitting in London! Grand Canyon was simply breathtaking. But I was disappointed that I could not...
Its been a crazy week last week with D and K coming over again and with K/G’s brother-in-law also putting in an appearance for a day and with me coming on tv. Yes you heard it right, I came on tv. Oh but I didn’t commit a crime or anything, it was just my two...
It’s the middle of a lazy yet busy week. Lots of writing at work but my mind is elsewhere. So I thought let me write down what has happened so far. The major happenings to report – * Finished Niagara trip * Tried Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Munky * Went to the Chicago Board of...
Cuisines here are aplenty. There is everything ranging from Turkish to Indian to Spanish. Some of them are a bit obscure to find while some are really popular. Like Mexican restaurants. They are present on every street and every block and so far I think I have been to at least five to six different...
As promised in the previous post here is my trip report on Mammoth Caves and Smoky Mountains. Friday evening was a rushed one, with us deciding to pack as lightly as possible. Our friend from Canada, let me call him Aamir Khan because he resembles the actor a lot, reached our place around 5.30 am...
