vv

gypsy2010

vv

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page



North America » United States » Nevada » Las Vegas April 19th 2011

01october2010 Never did i even dream that I will ever come to this place.We booked our stay at Stratosphere.The next day I had booked us a trip to Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam...it cannot get grander than this.The bus trip was extremely enjoyable,lunch and snacks included together with our driver updating us about all things.The buffet lunch was the first of its kind that we had in US.At the canyon we dint have the energy to take a long foot trip and restricted ourselves to a small detour,clicking pics.It became late night when we returned and were too tired for any other activity except that my sons went in the 3 rides that was included in the package while i was taking a glance at the night scene from the tower.... read more
DSC00679
DSC00684
DSC00690

North America » United States » California January 24th 2011

28 Sept 2010 : Being a fan of Hollywood movies, the visit to this place from India was like a dream come true experience.Thoroughly enjoyed the day and night.Longest wait was for the studio tour that lasted for a hot and sweaty 2 hours but it was worth the wait especially the 3D king kong show.The sets and a demo of some movie shots were a great learning experience. The same site transformed into a dark street for the halloween nights.My son was surprised to find me to be the only lady not being scared:)The only thing I dont understand about this american spirit of taking pride in scaring people around;I have not yet understood its logic.Anyways it was a fun evening seeing others getting scared amd screaming around.ate churros for the 1st time.... read more
DSC00486
DSC00487
DSC00496

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Anaheim January 5th 2011

DAY 2: 27 SEPT 2010 We decided to spend the entire day at Disneyland's California Adventure Park.Since we had purchased the ticket online there was no hassle of standing in queues.The day can be best described in pictures;a new thing done was eating turkey leg which was so big that even the 3 of us could not savour it fully.... read more
DSC00164
DSC00168
DSC00173

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles September 30th 2010

High rise rides being my elder son's favourite, we coudnt miss out on this one.He was busy on those adventurous rides while my younger son was satisfied with the not so rough ride merry-go-round.Once upon a time,I too was an adventurous persona, but this time I decided to give it a skip, worrying that my age will not tolerate the breakage of any bones or even slightest deformation of any of them;over and above that I had taken the risk of not insuring ourselves....so I had to save myself from further risks. The trip towards Six Flags was uneventful, with the mexican taxi driver negotiating to give us a discount on the return fare that sounded pretty good and I instructed him to come around 7pm, expecting to be inside till the last door closed. One ... read more
DSC00542
DSC00543
DSC00544

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles September 26th 2010

Day 1: A family of 3,myself and my 2 teenaged kids,travelling from India to US for the first time landed in Chicago to fly onward to Los Angeles.The immigration officer gave us the first jittery fear of our life stating that the transit visa that was stamped in our passport does not allow us to step out of the airport.Arguing for the right being my nature did not deter me to keep my big mouth shut in a new country and i spoke with conviction that I am allowed to stay in your country for 29 continuous days as per the class of visa granted to me and I was not even staying that long;he did not expect me to stay in the airport for 29 days.He would hear none of my arguements and took me ... read more
Relative's house
Relative's house




Tot: 0.075s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 9; qc: 54; dbt: 0.0459s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb