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India Trip

Posted in Family, Trips, Vacation, tagged , , , , on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

We went to India over the Christmas break to visit Anjali’s parents in Pune and my extended family in Nagpur. Anjali’s parents had their 50th anniversary.  Here is Anjali with her parents in the middle and her brother on the right.  In the front and back row are her cousins. Here are the kids with [...]

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Koala Country

Posted in Vacation, tagged , on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On our last full day in Australia, we drove down to Phillip Island and visited the Koala Reserve and the Penguin Parade. Here is one of about 20 we saw that day.  Most of the time they are sleeping to conserve energy.  All they eat are eucalyptus leaves.  We were lucky enough to see one [...]

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Outback Adventure

Posted in Vacation on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The day after the Reef adventure, we went on a safari trip deep into the Australian Outback. Our first stop was a lake and nature preserve. Here is a picture of some emus standing by the side of the trail. We stopped for lunch at an old mining town – mostly abandoned now. The kids [...]

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Great Barrier Reef Adventure

Posted in Vacation on August 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

We took a two hour boat ride from the port in Cairns and arrived at the Great Barrier Reef.  This has been labeled as one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.  It is composed of 2900 reefs across 1600 miles on the north eastern coast of Australia. We all started with a snorkel [...]

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Yorkey’s Knob Down Under

Posted in Vacation, tagged on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I arrived in Melbourne and after a day, we flew up to Cairns which is on the northern coast of Australia and is the entry to the Great Barrier Reef. Unfortunately, United Airlines lost my bag.  It remained in San Francisco!  I finally received it four days into my trip.  I had to buy some [...]

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Adventure in Melbourne

Posted in Vacation, tagged on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We just got back from our trip down under.  Anjali and the kids went out a week early and stayed at Madhura’s house. Here are some pictures from Melbourne.  This first one is a park within walking distance from Madhura’s house. This is a picture from Mount Dandenong. Here is a picture with Keya. Here [...]

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Conquering Half Dome (again)

Posted in Boy Scouts, Vacation, tagged , , , on July 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »

We just got back from a weekend of camping and hiking in Yosemite.  Nikhil, Vikram and 12 of their boy scout troop joined in the fun.  I had arranged the camp sites and pre-ordered the half dome hiking tickets last February.  This is a strenuous 21 mile hike (from Upper Pines Campground via John Muir [...]

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China Boom

Posted in Dinner, Random, Vacation, tagged , on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I got back from my trip to Hong Kong and China.  The most striking thing is the booming economy there.  You wouldn’t know there is a recession here in the states. Here is a picture from one of the hotels in mainland China.   The smog lingers constantly and the construction continues into the night. [...]

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Costa Rica Adventure – Zip Lines

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , on September 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

On one of the days, we went to a zip line “park” run by Canopy Safari.  It was about an hour’s drive into the jungle from Manuel Antonio.  It started out with about a 20 minute walk up the hill.   From there, it was about 20 zip lines down and a couple of rappel [...]

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Costa Rica Adventure – Savegre River Rafting

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On one of the days in Costa Rica, we went white water river rafting on the Savegre River.  Our tour was conducted by the Amigos Del Rio group.  We chose the full day adventure down the Class 3 rapids of the Savegre River.  The adventure started with a bus ride to a way point about [...]

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Costa Rica Adventure – Manuel Antonio

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , , , on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We just got back from a week of vacation in Costa Rica.    This time we rented a beach house in Manuel Antonio Beach.  Manuel Antonio is a small beach town about a 3+ hour drive from the capital city of San Jose in Costa Rica.  We rented a car at the local Budget and [...]

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Hiking to the Subway

Posted in Friends, Vacation, tagged , , , on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On the second day of our Zion trip, Doug, Denis and I took a hike along the lower Subway route. This is about a 10 mile hike that took us a little over 7 hours round trip with a lot of climbing in and out of the canyon. Here we are at the start of [...]

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Ecuador Adventure – Banos (6 of 6)

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On our last two days in Ecuador, we headed south of Quito on the Pan American highway to the village of Banos. It is known for its Tungurahua volcano which is an active 5000m high volcano site. It last erupted in Nov. 2006 and was said to have released steam on the days that we [...]

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Amazon Adventure – en la Mitad del Mundo and Otavalo (5 of 6)

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , , on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On one of the few remaining days after the Amazon, we went to the equator, also known as the middle of the world. Here are the kids on the equator line. We visited a museum that had a water demonstration supposedly showing the coriolis effects. On the equator line, the water drained from the sink [...]

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Ecuador Adventure – Kapok Treehouse and Suspension Bridge (4 of 6)

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , , , on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Each day, we went on a canoe ride and did some hiking. Here is a video of one of the canoe rides. Listen to the sounds of the jungle and see the amazing variety of plant and animal life. On one of the days, we climbed up to the top of a 135 foot (40 [...]

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Ecuador Adventure – Amazon Wildlife (3 of 6)

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , , on April 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

All of our hikes and tours were led by 2 guides. One was a native Indian guide (on the left below – named Segundo) and the other was a high school professor by training that acted as translator and story teller (named Oscar). The kids really took a liking to Segundo. Even though he spoke [...]

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Ecuador Adventure – The Amazon Journey (2 of 6)

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The middle part of our trip was spent in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador. We started off with an early morning plane ride from Quito airport to a small town called Coca about a 1/2 hour east of Quito. From there it is a short “chiva” bus ride to our safe house where the staff [...]

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Ecuador Adventure – The Start (1 of 6)

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We are back from our Ecuador trip over Spring Break. It was awesome. I’ll start posting pictures but we did soooo much in the 10 days so it may take several posts. We arrived at our hotel room on Thursday night. I had packed some bananas that we purchased from Trader Joe’s (in California) that [...]

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Visiting Geneva

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , , on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

We spent the week before Paris in Geneva. I had to work during the week (Monday thru Thursday) so Anjali explored (probably more so than in my numerous trips in the past). Anyway, here are a few of the local sights. The United Nations is on the outskirts of town. There were many dignitaries and [...]

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Paris In 3 Days

Posted in Vacation, tagged , , , , on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been meaning to post a few more pictures from our last day in Paris. We took it pretty easy and just visited the Louvre and walked around the Eiffel Tower. Here are a few picture from the Louvre. We did see the Mona Lisa but boy was it unimpressive! They make you stand 20 [...]

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