Venice of the East....

A visit to the backwaters, a faboulous trip as remarked by my fellow traveller,so was it .. An idea that was accepted on a spontaneous note, guess its always the unplanned ones that hit you hard, leaving unforgettable memories.



The crew consisted of 3 guys... who explains the entire route , history and remarkably one of them had been working in houseboats ever since its inception in kerala.It was indeed amazing to hear how the " Karimeen" is caught.No GPS, no TomToms, no compass yet the know their way even when its water on all four sides.Within no time we struck the conversation with them, the question popped , " do you work in Software Companies?" ,a question that took me by surprise, but indeed a no surprise question when you think about it.

The greenery and water bodies,they have this unimaginable power of captivating your heart. If it was Goa which captivated me back in 2007, it was our Alapuzha, The Venice of East that takes its place in 2010.

Majestically Ornated

A walk to Central on the Xmas eve, and another post into this web space.

Hardly did we spot human faces out there at Central,the center of attraction of the city . A huge difference in the way we Indians celebrate a festival and these Europeans celebrate. While we celebrate in the loud way, they keep it to themselves.



But hey , when they are loud, they turn out to be hooligans.They better not !!

White Christmas on its way

Christmas.. The colour White and color Read , get predominant. Yet I havent seen a real white xmas so far . This time I guess we would have a white one for sure. Its been snowing heavily for the past few days.



Its been slippery and of course with life taking a precarious turn why would it not be ...? But I will try to hold on, no matter what.

Belgian Pleasure

Belgium -- Beers and Diamonds and chocolates..

Beer always makes my day better and chocolates out there are class apart.
Diamonds -- they are the troublemakers:)



Duvel a brand thats always promoted.. Do not know why ..!!

Phases or Faces .........

From a Shop at Florence in Italy

Shades and Masks , they add the spice to our life.

Come on .. Think Something Different .. !!

Different people , same pose.

Cherry on the Cake

They are about to celebrate 750 years. Thats indeed a very long long time. The sight of the tallest surviving pre 1400 spire and was a great pleasure. It just didnt end there, being the easter weekend and the cathedral being the center of the diocese , the easter fire was lit early in the morning from here and most of the candles in the cathedral continued to burn even at 2:30 pm when I was there. The history of Pegasus - the flying horse of the mythologies or the para troop of the British Airforce of the World War 1, the oldest working mechanical clock are still in tact out there.


@Salisbury Cathedral - UK

However the icing on the cake is the presence of the Magna Carta, one which influenced the the making of many constitutions and which does hold the ever so famous statement -
" None Will We Sell, To None Deny or Delay, Right or Justice".