Hawaii Trip – Day 1 – Oahu
To start we had a packed itinerary for the Hawaii trip with lot of planned activities and we wanted to start right off with ocean kayaking. The 5 hr time difference from CST did help the first day as we were up early, but not early enough to see the sunrise at Makappu Point. We [...]
Hawaii – The Aloha State
Recently we had been on a wonderful 8 days trip to the Aloha state. Hawaii is one of those unique places on Earth where there’s something to see or do in every corner. Hawaii is mostly known for its world class beaches and the only place on earth to get up and close with a [...]
Drives of a Lifetime
National Geographic Traveler has compiled a list of World’s most scenic and interesting road trips. There’s a lot of trips out there, but this list is mostly in US and Europe. I’ll get to the individual road trips I’ve taken in a different post. For now enjoy this list from National Geographic. I’ve taken the [...]
UN World Heritage List
The UN mantains a list of World Heritage sites, both cultural and natural. The list is extensive and new sites are added every year. National Geographic has compiled the latetst additions with photos. 2009 List and 2008 List. There’s also a World Heritage Tour site that has over 272 sites in 360 degree panoramic views. 2009 [...]
Maldives
Maldives in the Indian Ocean is an islanders retreat. The country is made up of 1000′s of coral islands that dot the Indian Ocean. Maldives in a larger map
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Hawaii Trip – Day 1 – Oahu
To start we had a packed itinerary for the Hawaii trip with lot of planned activities and we wanted to start right off with ocean kayaking. The 5 hr time difference from CST did help the first day as we were up early, but not early enough to see the sunrise at Makappu Point. We [...]
Hawaii – The Aloha State
Recently we had been on a wonderful 8 days trip to the Aloha state. Hawaii is one of those unique places on Earth where there’s something to see or do in every corner. Hawaii is mostly known for its world class beaches and the only place on earth to get up and close with a [...]
Drives of a Lifetime
National Geographic Traveler has compiled a list of World’s most scenic and interesting road trips. There’s a lot of trips out there, but this list is mostly in US and Europe. I’ll get to the individual road trips I’ve taken in a different post. For now enjoy this list from National Geographic. I’ve taken the [...]
UN World Heritage List
The UN mantains a list of World Heritage sites, both cultural and natural. The list is extensive and new sites are added every year. National Geographic has compiled the latetst additions with photos. 2009 List and 2008 List. There’s also a World Heritage Tour site that has over 272 sites in 360 degree panoramic views. 2009 [...]
Maldives
Maldives in the Indian Ocean is an islanders retreat. The country is made up of 1000′s of coral islands that dot the Indian Ocean. Maldives in a larger map
Road Trip to Florida
This is an account of a 9 day Road-trip to Florida the sunshine state from Arkansas. It was pretty much a dry run till Florida. Things spiced up after that. We traversed pretty much the whole state as seen from the map. Day 1: Birmingham – Tampa, mostly spent driving. Day 2: Tampa, Busch gardens. [...]
World’s Top 50 Eco Lodges
All present architecture and design have to deal with one major aspect; how green is it? Eco friendliness and energy efficiency is the order of the day. Here’s a list of the World’s top 50 eco-friendly resorts. By trying to be eco-friendly don’t be fooled these resorts have gone back to the very basics, no [...]
7 Wonders of the World
Recently the New 7 Wonders of the World was announced to much pomp and splendor at Libson, Portugal on July 7th, 2007. The big question is did we need a “New 7 Wonders of the World”? The whole thing looked like a mere publicity stunt, and did not concentrate on the real value of these [...]
