It was was my long desire to see this World heritage, a burial ground of kings of Britain specially Edward I, the Confessor, Edward I, Edward III, henry III and Elizabeth I under one roof. Actually equally I wanted to touch the soil where Sir Isaac newton and Stephen hawking are buried. I think if […]
A day Around Westminster
The nearest subway station to Westminster area are Waterloo station and Victoria station. All the landmarks such as Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Jewel Tower, Big Ben, London Eye, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham palace stand just in radius of 2 KM only and can be easily covered by walk. Parliament is open only on Open on all […]
Yosemeti National Park- Meeting Nature – Part 1
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, […]
Jewel Tower and UK House of Parliament
When I visited the Jewel tower, I found a lot of soft material in the visual display there. This information is a very good to know the life of Medieval English people, Parliament, medieval Westminster and Westminster Abbey. Every line of it was worth reading. Most of the information given by me here is based […]
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.