After spending the day at Bandelier National Monument, we drove in the direction of Arizona. After sunset we decided to stay at Grant, NM for that night. It was the thanksgiving day and there was absolutely no restaurant open in that town. But we had a backup plan. Checkout the dehydrated food section for more details. …
Ater VLA, we drove straight to Santa Fe and stayed there overnight. Didn’t get much time to explore the town besides walking around to get a place to eat. Next day morning, the day of Thanksgiving, we drove to Bandelier National Monument. And the park visitor center was open. The cave dwelling walking loop, 1.2 …
After the gorgeous sunrise with 1000s of birds at Bosque Del Apache Wilderness, we drove to Very Large Array of antennas, about 50 miles from Socorro. The radio astronomy observatory details: https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/vla I can’t write anything intelligent about this place, so figured i will let you read the official website and I will just post pictures from …
After White Sands National Monument, we drove to Bosque Del Apache Wilderness, in time for the sunset. Early November to Mid-February, 1000s of birds find refuge at this wilderness. There are corn fields around the area where they spend the day time eating and come to the ponds to sleep overnight. There are few different ponds …
Chennai,my hometown, is hit the hardest ever in 100-years with heavy rain & flooding. My direct family is affected just like everyone else in the city. I wish I was home helping out my folks and my neighbors….well, flight tickets are bought, just a matter of time before i get home. In the meantime, I express …
Next destination on our “Road Trip Thanksgiving 2015” was White Sands National Monument. The same day morning, we had spent time exploring the City of Rocks State Park. These dunes of gypsum sands is another one of magic hour paradises. Getting there for sunset to see the line up of colors like an artist’s palette is truly …
After Saguaro National Park, we drove to the state of enchantment, New Mexico, at night and stayed at the border town of Lordsburg. The plan was to start driving next day morning towards White Sands National Monument. While browsing through the google map, we noticed a few green areas. We knew about Gila National Monument, and …
Park Alert: Stay till the golden hour, when everything seems a bit more magical !! We were 723-miles away from home. Got to say the drive from home (Sunnyvale,CA) to Phoenix, AZ is the longest we have driven in one day. We decided to drive our own dear-car, Honda Accord 2003, instead of renting a newer …
As the only rainforest in the US National Forest System, a must-visit place in Puerto Rico is El Yunque National Forest. The forest area is relatively small with a handful of hiking options. I chose to do the following trails: El Yunque peak La Mina waterfall For someone pressed on time, a drive through the …
If you work for a company that sends you to Philippines or you get a consulting gig (in my case), visiting and living in Manila can be overwhelming. Mostly in my travels, I use the cities for air-transit and tend to gravitate towards the nearest wilderness/nature. Living in Manila reminded me of a life in major American …