yes, it is rated number one national parks of world by reputed travel sites.“It is by far the grandest of all special temples of nature I was ever permitted to enter” – John Muir, a prime figure in conserving Redwoods, Yosemite.What ever I see in California is vast (compared to Europe), unique, picturesque, diverse, endless, […]
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Lake Tahoe- Part 2
It is April month and we plan to visit lake Tahoe from Dublin, near San Francisco. We already booked a lake facing cottage and took rice cooker, rice, sambhar masala and dumped in car and moved at 11 AM.We reached Tahoe and in between enjoying the natural beauty of forests, snow clad mountains, some rains […]
America’s Red Woods – An Exploratory Trip
The world’s tallest trees (200-400 feet), world’s most ancient trees (1000-2000 years) are Red Wood. The species are found only in USA today and third type of species in small part of China.
John Muir, the conservator and founder of Muir wood National park rightly said- God can save these tress from any natural calamity but can not save from human FOOLs.
Monterey – Whale Watching
Its is one the very few places in world for whale watching. It is a week end get away from San Francisco. Boats are big and you can enjoy 4 hours in ship and feel the motion sickness to prepare yourself for long voyages in future.
Los Angels – A Two Days Trip
Two day tour to LA is not enough as LA is famous for diverse points like film Studios like Universal, Warner, endless beaches, Hollywood, observatory and museums. Each of these points needs at least one day to spend. But for a senior citizen like me I chose the points of my choice and my son knows this. The hotels and food in LA are costly. We can get plenty of Indian and Asian food. I observed darker side too of LA though two days are short time to comment.
17 Mile, USA – A car drive on Pacific Coastline
We drove through 17 Mile (45 KM) drive on our way from San Jose to Los Angeles. It is about 2 hrs drive from San Jose, California state. Its pure bliss to see the ocean here. You will be driving along the blue Pacific ocean on one side and beautiful gardens, landscaping, green hills on […]