It is true that looking back on ones travels brings back the joys of the simpler past and gives an opportunity to relive the adventures. Twenty years from now I want to be able to relive my travel experiences, whatever little I've been on. Here is an attempt at documenting some of my travels in 2010.
Chicago,IL
Although I lived in Chicago for nearly five years and consider it my second home (next only to Bangalore of course), 'S' had never been here and I wanted to show off my favorite city in the US to her and decided to visit in May. Most of our time on the first day was spent around the museum campus as we managed to visit the Field Museum and Shedd aquarium. The following day, we roamed around downtown, took the architectural river cruise which is one of the best ways to see the downtown and visited the John Hancock towers. No matter how many times I go to Chicago, I never get bored of it. It is absolutely one of the top cities in US, if not the world. Some pictures from our trip below.
'Field Museum'
'Chicago skyline from John Hancock'
Door County, WI
Door county is one of my favorite places in WI and I try to visit it atleast once every year. Traditionally we camp at door county, but this time around, we decided to rent a cabin. The cabin was a lovely three bedroom waterfront cottage in sturgeon bay. Some of our activities included wine tasting, kayaking the lake Michigan and it being the July 4th weekend, we also burst some firecrackers. It was just fun being outdoors in the summer by the water.
'cabin by the lake'
'Kayaking the Lake Michigan'
Colorado
Visiting the rocky mountains of Colorado had always been on my travel list but never had a chance to visit it. However this summer we got an opportunity to visit Colorado with 'C' and his wife. Since our cabin experience in door county was such a hit, we decided to do it again in the rocky mountains. The cabin was an amazing find. It is so secluded, that we had to take a five mile dirt track to enter the cabin area. Although the setting was very rustic, the cabin itself was luxurious and we took advantage of all the amenities available to us, from lighting up camp fires in the evening to barbecuing burgers on the grill and relaxing in the hot tub.
The cabin was the main attraction, but we did venture out on day trips to Aspen and Royal Gorge bridge. Overall, this was one of our best trips in a long time.
'Cabin'
'Maroon Bells'
Cali-Vegas
Las Vegas was this December's winter escape destination. Joining 'Sri' and his wife we decided to fly out to California this Christmas break and headed on to our road trip to cover Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. First stop was LA. Since 'R' lived here, he was kind enough to show us around Hollywood and the 'must see' spots around LA. After our one day stint in LA, we headed out to Las Vegas. With a short four hour drive we arrived at Stratosphere, our hotel for next three days. I guess I don't really have to tell much about Vegas, but couple of highlights of our stay in Vegas were the 'Cirque du Soleil' show (this show is not to be missed!) and dinner atop the revolving restaurant called 'top of the world'.
After an overload of looking at the man made wonders in Las Vegas, we decided it was time to visit the Grand Canyon to take in the nature's wonder. It lives up to its name. It is indeed grand and is a reminder of how small we are in front of such a magnificent creation of nature.
'Bellagio'
'Grand Canyon'
