Travel
Cinqueterre – Mediterranean nirvana
We got up early had a quick breakfast and dragged our bags to Milan Central Station; bought our ticket for next destination “Cinqueterre” – refers to five small villages (Corniglia, Manarola, Monterosso al Mare, Riomaggiore and Vernazza) – cling to the rugged mountains along Mediterranean coastline with breath taking view. This UNSECO heritage site is [...]
Milan and Lake Como
Prologue: Weeklong journey of Italy takes us back to summer of 2004; due to various reasons never posted travelogues on time though pictures from the same were published on time. Please hang on as we try to recite detailed vacation from our faithful memory. We had a night train from Bercy Station, Paris. For us, [...]
Remembering Belgium
While categorizing our old travelogs I found there was no post on Belgium which values a lot for me. As I go down the memory lane……year 2003, within 2 ½ months of marriage we have to move to Paris from US which was a big change for me. Apart from the cultural shock, language was [...]
Exploring…bits n bites II
Continuing from my last post I like to share a great experience I had. It was a sudden plan and I was tagged along with my instructor who in-turn was invited by a local Singaporean colleague after work for dinner. It was buffet for a fixed price at Marina Bay Shopping Mall. The crowd was [...]
Exploring…Bits n Bites
Singapore has so many ethnic cuisines to offer for its natives that you have to stay long to explore all the corners. Food is highly influenced by Malaysian, Chinese, Indonesian and none other but South Indian too. Even annually Singapore government organizes “Singapore Food Festival” in month of July. I was lucky enough to get [...]
Sale
A four letter word of our modern consumerism; like all other 4 letters words this is very commonly used. The first time I was introduced to this was back in USA on Labor Day weekend (1st week of September-’98). In US, every long weekend brings a SALE. Size of weekend supplement of news-paper increases with [...]
Shop till you drop
I took this picture last Sunday; when I tried to kill my boring rainy afternoon with a cup of coffee at Starbucks. There is a big project to make Singapore full with Hot-Spots; currently it is in BETA testing mode and all you need to do is sign-up with Sing-Tel or StarHub or M1(not sure) [...]
Arrived Singapore
Reached Singapore on a business trip for about 26 days. Will try to post more often as I explore Singapore from my angle. Related posts Shop till you drop (2) Sale (0) Jurong bird park (0) Fresh Tomato Soup (0) First day @ Singapore (0)
“Amby” in city of joy
Calcutta (Kolkata) – mega city of Eastern India. In this vibrant city with a distinct socio-political culture, cabs are grand old Ambassadors from Hindustan Motors and most of cars are manufactured from the nearby plant of Uttarpara. This picture was taken next to major long distance Sealdah Railway Station which shows that city of joy [...]
Hue of the sky
Siliguri is gateway to the North East of India. It is commercial city of North Bengal where tea, timber and transport are the main business. It is a base point to head towards Darjeeling, Sikkim, kalimpong, mirik etc. Besides, it is also the transit point for air, road and rail traffic to the neighboring countries [...]
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