http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Teman/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Teman en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:46:54 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:46:54 +0000 Webshots Desktop One day House in the Clouds image just appeared in my desktop last year. It was fed by webshots desktop daily feed to my laptop. There it was up in the sky shrouded by the clumps clouds and mystifying mist. It was a beautiful image. I thought at that time its a lovely picture.The house sits at the top of a long pillar. The pillar is 6 stories high rectangular sky scraper w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Suffolk/Ipswich/blog-376296.html Land between lakes Interlakin As the obvious name implies Interlakin is a town in the glen between two big emerald green lakes and imposing snow clad mountains. Its ideal location at the foot hills of the Swiss alps makes it the perfect base camp town for forays into the likes of Europes higest mountains Jungfru Shilthorn etc. Perhaps Latterbrunnen would be the perfect place however it doesn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Interlaken/blog-314727.html Almost didn't take the trip What a lovely train trip crossing over the Swiss Alps into Italy. Bernina express trip ranks very high in the list of beautiful and wonderful railway journeys. But I almost didn't take the trip due to tiredness. I had a long train journey the previous day from Interlakin to Davos dorf about 8 hours journey. I was kind of had enough for the day and didn't fancy taki http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-East/Bernina-Pass/blog-307989.html I had a wonderful time last Saturday in Guildford summer festival called 'Guilfest'. I have been in Guildford for few months for training. The usual suspects from our social club decided to attend the festival. As I am new to social club I didn't know what to expect on the day. So I turned up to the club on Saturday morning rather innocently only to be jolted by the vision of grown up men all d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Guildford/blog-298684.html I didn't know that I was going to Barcelona until the day before Easter Friday. Suddenly I found myself not working for the easter unexpectedly. So I took the following four days from Tuesday to Friday holiday. That gave me 9 days altogether I wondered where on earth I would go. Thought Spain would be nice. And so I found myself in Barcelona on Saturday. Oh Boy hadn't I made the right choice.I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-267458.html I visited this little charming capitol city in the northeast of India few years ago when my sister lived there. They call it 'an Abode in the clouds' and it lived up to the title lots of beautiful clumps of clouds put up a dazzling display in the crystal blue sky when I was in air. I had heard about this quaint archery gambling in Shillong before my trip. I was eager to see it. So I asked my br http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Meghalaya/Shillong/blog-216614.html We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home nor shall her chosen altar be neglected. That was part of the opening speech of President Cleveland when he formally inaugurated the Liberty statue in 1886. The Liberty was presented by France to US to commemorate 100 years since independence. The statue was sculpted by the French sculptor FredericAuguste Bartholdi with http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-191353.html A city tailor made for governing country and bury the dead nobles I reached Washington by train from New york a two hour journey. What struck me with amazement was the size of the train station a mammoth station with enormous space and great decorations. It has a large atrium for a lobby in which they have a small restaurant where you can sit on the open first floor. The roof is built with http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-172689.html Niagra unlike Viagra did live up to its reputation indeed A delightful and beautiful spectacle of nature on display awaits you if you decide to take the trip. I was in New york and took the short flight trip to Niagra. Flight leaves you in Baffalo the biggest city near the Canadian border. From Baffalo a short half hour drive to Niagra city. The falls is the down pour of Niagra river which http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-161477.html Majestic ManhattannbspNorth America raquonbspUnited States raquonbspNew York raquonbspNew York raquonbspManhattan By ken the teamanMay 26th 2007kenManhattan is full of tall sky scrapers and colorful billboards flashing psychedelic ads.Most of the ads are mundane but some like the mms was good and interesting. These naps were taken at the Time square. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-162477.html Majestic Manhattan Sky scrapersnbspNorth America raquonbspUnited States raquonbspNew York raquonbspNew York raquonbspManhattan By ken the teamanJune 19th 2007ken What a marvelous testament to human achievements. Manhattan stands sooooooooo tall and proud. It has to be seen to believe it. So many tall sky scrapers in such a short space. At one point in early 1900s Manhattan http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-171182.html I am very fond of Windmills. Those quaint relics and remenents of bygone civilization have always held my mind in sway. My very first encounter with European windmills was in 2002 when I noticed in our Internet photo club www.usefilm.com a member from Holland Mr.Teunis Haveman started to post beautiful images of windmills. He has collected so many to make a large portfolio dedicated to windm http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Canterbury/blog-155787.html What a beautful and charming trip down the country side. Started at the Tenderton town station wonderful little old English station meticulously preserved with pride by the local volunteers who are rightfuly proud about their herritage railways. The station has a small ticket office and a waiting room with 1930s pram parked in the middle of it to create the ambience of a bygone era The staff http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-145175.html Rohtang pass is at 4000 meters high and Great place for winter sport holidays full of snow and mind bending scenarios. The huge mountains peppered with snow flakes make a majestic vistas for the weary traveler. Great canyons at their deep floors are amazing to appreciate makes one so small and humble. The journey took about 2 hours to reach up there. What a journey great experience at the e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Leh/blog-113811.html This a splendid brick tower built by three different kings to its completion. It has wonderful art work carved into it all over. Sadly the Muslim rulers of India either demolished the hindu tempels or converted them into Islamic mosque. Those intolerant attitude has left a indelible scar in Hindus psyche for ever. That is reflected in the rise of Hindu nationalism in India.Qutub minar is built in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-113559.html Indian railway history dates back more than 100 years when the British first introduced the steam train in 1853 between Bombay and Thana. Since then Indian railways have come a long way. The vast network is divided and managed by 6 major dvisions such as Southern railway for south Northeastern railway and so on. Almost all the nooks and corners of India can be reached by rail. For such a vast cou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-113417.html We wanted to go to a lake called Pangong and that took us over the top the world and third highest motoring road on earth at 5300 meters Changla Pass. Pangong is 60KM from there. Our driver asked me if he could bring his two sisters with us as they have not seen Pangong lake. I said ok and those two girls were wonderful and innocent country girls added bit of fun. One of them developed travel si http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Pangong-Tso/blog-113180.html I was in Leh in November 2006 traveling with my parents. I stayed there for 4 days.What a beautiful place. The landscape was absolutely fabulous with so many snow capped mountains all around.These road signs caught my eye what a hilarous and funny way to warn the drivers to reduce their speed.THE FUNNY THING IS the roads in India are so bad that you CAN NOT SPEED EVEN IF YOU WANT TO http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Leh/blog-113123.html Hi FolksLast weekend we went for a hotair balloon ride. What a magnificent experience that was I collected Elena my friend and her daughters Loriana and Barbara and drove to Trim a place near Dublin. It turned out to be a perfect day with cristal clear skies and gentle breeze ideal for a balloon flight.We all met our hotair balloon pilot the congenial and friendly Victor from Argentina and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Meath/Newgrange/blog-18493.html Achill IslandInteresting name for a tiny picturesque island off the west coast of Ireland. It might be tiny in size but it holds the record as biggest island off the coast of Ireland Great place to spend a weekend off to escape the stresses of the urban life. I love driving around the country side and I happen to discover this place by chance as I was driving around the beautiful and tranqui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Mayo/Westport/blog-51759.html