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How about I take you into Thurston Lava Tube, today? Also called the NaHuku, this lava tube lies in the Volcanic National Park in Big Island, Hawaii. We visited this national park a few years ago and I was so fascinated by the things I saw and learnt while...
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People come to Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge for the birds. It is like a paradise on earth for birds and birdwatchers, alike. It is also an area that is green as green can be. Ā Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge lies beside the Columbia River’s northerly route and is biologically very...
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Donner Lake is one of California’s alpine lakes. This lake that lies on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range can be seen from Interstate 80 as it passes through the high country. I-80 is one of those cross-country highways in the US, this one beginning at San Francisco on the...
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SomeĀ imagesĀ from a summer eveningĀ at Berkeley's waterfront. Watch the sun go down and the changing moods of the sky as the sun makes its way down....
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When it’s ‘fall’ andĀ you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, you see some yellow on a tree here and red on another, there. If you are looking for more than just splashes of fall-foliage here and there, you might want to look up streets that are flanked by...
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“Muir Woods National Monument is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in the forests of the world,” said the famous naturalist John Muir, about the 500-odd acres of land in California that has been named after him. Situated a few miles north of San Francisco, Muir...
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When one is visiting Kerala on India’s west coast, there’s no missing the beaches. Northern Kerala has several unassuming beaches and even the ones that are popular among the locals are pretty quiet in the mornings. One such beach is the Payyambalam Beach* in Kannur District in North Kerala....
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The weekend before last we drove through Patterson Pass RoadĀ and saw what the rains had done to the Diablo Range this winter. Then last weekend we went east to see Folsom Lake, a reservoir whose level has been an indication of how bad California’s-drought-of-five-years has been. Folsom Lake, which...
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Vancouver Lake Regional Park in Vancouver, Washington, is a pleasant place for some family-time outdoors. It is not exactly one of those touristy places; more like a place where the locals like to hang out on a sunny day. Vancouver Lake Regional Park Lying in west of Downtown Vancouver,...
How about I take you into Thurston Lava Tube, today? Also called the NaHuku, this lava tube lies in the Volcanic National Park in Big Island, Hawaii. We visited this national park a few years ago and I was so fascinated by the things I saw and learnt while...
People come to Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge for the birds. It is like a paradise on earth for birds and birdwatchers, alike. It is also an area that is green as green can be. Ā Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge lies beside the Columbia River’s northerly route and is biologically very...
Donner Lake is one of California’s alpine lakes. This lake that lies on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range can be seen from Interstate 80 as it passes through the high country. I-80 is one of those cross-country highways in the US, this one beginning at San Francisco on the...
SomeĀ imagesĀ from a summer eveningĀ at Berkeley's waterfront. Watch the sun go down and the changing moods of the sky as the sun makes its way down....
When it’s ‘fall’ andĀ you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, you see some yellow on a tree here and red on another, there. If you are looking for more than just splashes of fall-foliage here and there, you might want to look up streets that are flanked by...
“Muir Woods National Monument is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in the forests of the world,” said the famous naturalist John Muir, about the 500-odd acres of land in California that has been named after him. Situated a few miles north of San Francisco, Muir...
When one is visiting Kerala on India’s west coast, there’s no missing the beaches. Northern Kerala has several unassuming beaches and even the ones that are popular among the locals are pretty quiet in the mornings. One such beach is the Payyambalam Beach* in Kannur District in North Kerala....
The weekend before last we drove through Patterson Pass RoadĀ and saw what the rains had done to the Diablo Range this winter. Then last weekend we went east to see Folsom Lake, a reservoir whose level has been an indication of how bad California’s-drought-of-five-years has been. Folsom Lake, which...
Vancouver Lake Regional Park in Vancouver, Washington, is a pleasant place for some family-time outdoors. It is not exactly one of those touristy places; more like a place where the locals like to hang out on a sunny day. Vancouver Lake Regional Park Lying in west of Downtown Vancouver,...
Maroon Bells Some people say it is the most photographed place in North America, some others say it is the most photographed place in the state of Colorado. Whatever...
Mt. Shasta is one of the taller volcanoes of the Cascade Range. This active volcano that lies in Siskiyou County in Northern California is visible from Interstate 5 if...
If you are traveling between the cities of Tracy and Livermore in California, chances are you will take I-580 to your destination. 580 takes you through the hills of...
On the Western Ghats in southern India is aĀ little green heaven called Wayanad. Cut out of the Northeastern part of Kerala, this district is one of theĀ newĀ hot-spotsĀ for travellers to...