Travelogue: Costa Rica

Trip date: Mar 6th to 13th
Route: Hanover – Boston – Miami – San Jose/Alajuela – Jaco – Playa Hermosa – Jaco – Alajuela – Miami – Boston – Hanover
Commentary:
Officially the winter term ended on March 11th, but we were tired of the cold and the stress of final year MBA. So we decided to head [...]

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Travelicious

When it comes to travel, i have had quite a few interesting episodes. From catching a flight after reaching 15 minutes to departure time or missing a flight because i was cutting it too close by leaving an hour before departure. However, the latest experience this weekend beats them all. Here i recount for posterity:
I [...]

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Ladakh

I traveled to Ladakh almost exactly a year ago – a six odd day trip across some of the highest roads and amazing vistas. From Manali via Sarchu to Leh and then from Leh to Nubra Valley and Pangong Tso. It was an exhilarating experience. The whole experience of sitting on a bike and just traversing [...]

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Bliss

How do you define the feeling of bliss? Isn’t it subjective? I recently had the pleasure to visit Peru, do the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, stay at a beach house south of Lima and experience bliss. But then, staying home listening to good music, blissfully drinking beer and memorizing the nostalgia of a life [...]

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Huge ass beers

Huge ass beers to go
Originally uploaded by Nitesh.
Yesterday was my first night out in New Orleans, specifically the party street of Bourbon! Lets just consider the drinks I had:

Beer (Abita Turbo Dog)
Blue Raspberry Daiquiri
Sex on the beach – 1 shot
Petron Silver shot (a premium tequila, kick ass)
5 Curacao shots
Kahlua shot
Heinieken
Ecstacy Daiquiri

In some 2-3 different (ahem) [...]

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A trip down the road

Blue Ridge Pkwy – Linn Cove (9.23.06)
Sep 23, 2006 – 12 Photos

A short trip on the blueridge parkway one of these weekends..

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Vegas

What did we do?

Sight-see the Casinos.
Gamble – I was net positive by some $20
Remain blissful through the stay – either ‘cos of ethanol or exertion or both
Saw ‘Ka’ by Cirque Du Soliel

Casinos covered:

MGM Grand
New York – New York
Venetian (its beautiful)
The Mirage
Treasure Island
Alladin
Paris
Bally’s
Caesars Palace
Bellagio

Lounge Bars covered:

Rouge @ MGM Grand
Cleopatra’s Barge @ Caesars Palace
Fontana Bar @ Bellagio

What [...]

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Travel Ramblings

I have been making frequent travels this month of december and what a headache that is. Every weekend in december had been designated to one city or the other, except the first. Trips to Chicago, Atlanta, Houston.. and finally trip back home. True to my life style of living on the edge – pushing the [...]

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The Indian States I have visited

After this google hack; i had been looking for a similar visited state’s map of India. I finally have it. As you can see, i am yet to visit the eastern side of my country or the extreme north. In fact the eastern most i have been to is till Allahabad on a short 2 [...]

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Two incidents/experiences

Yesterday night from my apartment I saw this beautiful full moon above the lower Manhattan skyline. Isn’t the view gorgeous?

Unfortunately, i do not yet have a tripod; so I rigged a platform using a cardboard box to place my camera and shoot photos with relatively long exposure. To prevent camera shake on the relatively short [...]

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