Blogs from Antioch, California, United States, North America

The wind was up and the tide was flooding as we left Benicia. We would get a good push up the river. We passed under the Benicia and Antioch bridges. Along our route, we cruised by the security area of the Concord Naval Weapons Station. This is where the Port Chicago munitions explosion occurred in 1944. It was the most deadly homeland disaster to occur during WWII. The explosion instantly killed 320 military men and the seismic shock generated by the blast was felt all the way to Nevada. One of the changes that occurred as a result of the catastrophe was the racial integration of the military services. The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers split right by Antioch. We took the New York Cut to the San Joaquin. Since we have an inverter on board, ... read more

My wife Linda and I spent seven nights band eight days on the 'Mahaparinrvan' Special train that was recently introduced by th Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a Public Sector Underatking, under the Ministry of Railways. the trip, which consists of a combination of train and bus travel, transports pilgrims on a odyssey to some of the worl'd most significant Buddhist sites including Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Sarnath, Kushinagar, Lumbini (in Nepal) and Sravasti, the the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort thrown in on the way back to Delhi. Was it a worthwhile endeavour? Read on and decide for yourself. Day 1: Depart from Safdarjung railway station for Gaya at 16:30 hrs; tea, dinner and overnight on train We arrived at the raiway station with 45 minutes to spare before departure. We were treated ... read more