From La Fortuna, it was a jeep-boat-jeep ride to reach Santa Elena. Again, I arranged for pick up at the hostel. I love the freedom to not to have a strict itinerary. The ride to reach Santa Elena / MonteVerde is tedious but totally worth it. The scenery is stunning all along the way. This area is …
Day 1: Flew into San Jose in the evening. And stayed at hostel that i had pre-booked near downtown. Since we got there on Sunday evening the entire city was pretty much dead. We managed to find a local restaurant near the hostel that served huge portions of food. Fed well, we just headed back …
Ever since I moved to California from DC metro area, Santa Cruz has been the most frequented place for all the fun reasons. Santa Cruz Triathlon and swimming around the wharf at Cowell beach are one of the top reasons why I end up in Santa Cruz. I have ridden by bike through this dramatic landscape …
Here is a throw back Thursday post from my previous life in D.C. Well, it was July4th weekend in 2011 and had to do something besides the usual fireworks in the capital. I didn’t see any other reason to drive 11-hours from D.C to Kentucky besides visiting the world’s longest cave system of 400-miles. If you are in …
My mind is still in Chennai when it comes to painting subject. This one above is inspired by typical parks in the middle of the city. In a city like Chennai, there are patches of greenery/parks where the city dwellers go for morning/evening walks. The parks are much more crowded than 3 people, i just …
When we went: Thanksgiving 2014 Day 1: Home to Sequoia National Park, overnight camping Day 2: Late afternoon drive to Big Bear lake to Joshua Tree National Park, overnight camping Day 3: At Joshua Tree National Park and camped overnight Day 4: Joshua Tree National Park to San Diego. Day 5: San Diego Day 6: Drive …
9 days, 10 parks, 2 cities, 3300-miles and 3 drivers. Day 1: Sunnyvale to Joshua Tree National Park to Phoenix. Day 2: Phoenix to Saguaro National Park to Lordsburg. Day 3: Lordsburg to City of Rocks State Park to White sands National Monument. Day 4: White sands National Monument to Bosque Del Apache Wilderness to Socorro. Day 5: Socorro to Bosque Del …
The day of chasing the sun continues….. From Sedona at Sunrise, to Mojave Desert National Preserve for sunset. Drive involved calculated breaks to make sure we reach in time for sunset. Coming back from New Mexico, we gained an hour entering California. We decided to stop at Kelso Dunes for sunset and it is fairly accessible …
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Right after Petrified Forest National Park visit, we drove to Sedona in the dark. The plan was to wake up super early in the morning for sunrise and after catching the glimpse of this super touristy town, we would drive back to California. We managed to find a motel in Sedona and it was the …
After a short stop at El Malpais National Monument, we drove to reach Petrified Forest National Park at least an hour before the sunset. We reached the southern entrance of the park an 1.5hrs before sunset and the park was closing at 5PM. The rangers insisted that after 5PM, if we are still inside the …