1st weekend @ US
Got up early at 5 AM... Jet lag effect did not seem to be there...We had our 1st breakfast having veg Bagels(??) , a big bread with butter in mountain view...we then went back to the hotel, chatted with friends in US for a while... sachin, vaibhav, dheeraj, sarvesh, vikrant, sameer and humare pyare dulare paddy bhai...(Heard their voices after a long time, so nostalgic... everyone giving some tips sharing their 1st experiences in US...) lets see if we can meet all you guys sometime...YO everyone
LunchTime : we had our lunch in a Indian Restaurant "The new Saffron" half a mile from our hotel. 11 $ for a buffet which had gulabjamuns, gajar ka halwa (both favs of mine)...5-6 veg curry's and lots of options to eat...felt relieved, nothing to worry now :-) we do have good Indian food in US ahah...though quite costly when seen in the rupee world... After having a heavy lunch... We were back to Hotel..
Afternoon we were all set to drive to Santa Cruz...Speaking in omkar's language "It was a bright sunny day" in bay area...The roads were wide and people in US seem to be very disciplined.. follow the lane is the mantra unlike India where the simple mantra "Do not leave any space un-utilized" works... The drive was very scenic all through the mountains full of big tall trees...small lagoons kept coming through our way...We had our 1st glimpse of the mighty Pacific ocean. It appeared to be calm but very cold, saw 2-3 beaches and people water skiing...Road trip from Santa Cruz to HalfMoon was nice in the special company of Mr Pacific ocean all besides you signaling us with cool breezes perhaps welcoming us to bay area :-)
Then we drove to Half-Moon bay which has 3 beaches... You will mostly see houses in bay area made of wood and cement house is a rare sight...Half moon drive is a very crowded beach with many people having their barbeque's or flying kites or may be skiing...
Santa cruz to Half Moon bay climate changed drastically...from a bright sunny day it became a foggy windy cold day very similar to what we see in Ooty.. Thick fog all around... We didn't even have our sweaters...somehow managed to keep up our toes upright... Coming back from HalfMoon bay we saw US's first traffic jam.. More than a mile long fleet of cars hoping for the traffic to vanish...So to escape the traffic we took a alternative route through Redwood city and back to Palo alto... On the way was saw many farm houses... one day i wish to own one of them...
A total of 130+ miles drive on our very 1st weekend...what more can we expect... Our manager who would have been tired after the uphill full marathon, picks us from the airport in the night from SF.....and the very next day he comes up and drove us all around PA, to our office.. shows us places where we can get Indian veg food.. commendable job.. hats of to you sir...He is really really very caring..Thanks a lot Mukesh and hope you had a nice and soothing return flight back to India...
Snaps available - http://picasaweb.google.com/omkar.kurode/California101Drive
LunchTime : we had our lunch in a Indian Restaurant "The new Saffron" half a mile from our hotel. 11 $ for a buffet which had gulabjamuns, gajar ka halwa (both favs of mine)...5-6 veg curry's and lots of options to eat...felt relieved, nothing to worry now :-) we do have good Indian food in US ahah...though quite costly when seen in the rupee world... After having a heavy lunch... We were back to Hotel..
Afternoon we were all set to drive to Santa Cruz...Speaking in omkar's language "It was a bright sunny day" in bay area...The roads were wide and people in US seem to be very disciplined.. follow the lane is the mantra unlike India where the simple mantra "Do not leave any space un-utilized" works... The drive was very scenic all through the mountains full of big tall trees...small lagoons kept coming through our way...We had our 1st glimpse of the mighty Pacific ocean. It appeared to be calm but very cold, saw 2-3 beaches and people water skiing...Road trip from Santa Cruz to HalfMoon was nice in the special company of Mr Pacific ocean all besides you signaling us with cool breezes perhaps welcoming us to bay area :-)
Then we drove to Half-Moon bay which has 3 beaches... You will mostly see houses in bay area made of wood and cement house is a rare sight...Half moon drive is a very crowded beach with many people having their barbeque's or flying kites or may be skiing...
Santa cruz to Half Moon bay climate changed drastically...from a bright sunny day it became a foggy windy cold day very similar to what we see in Ooty.. Thick fog all around... We didn't even have our sweaters...somehow managed to keep up our toes upright... Coming back from HalfMoon bay we saw US's first traffic jam.. More than a mile long fleet of cars hoping for the traffic to vanish...So to escape the traffic we took a alternative route through Redwood city and back to Palo alto... On the way was saw many farm houses... one day i wish to own one of them...
A total of 130+ miles drive on our very 1st weekend...what more can we expect... Our manager who would have been tired after the uphill full marathon, picks us from the airport in the night from SF.....and the very next day he comes up and drove us all around PA, to our office.. shows us places where we can get Indian veg food.. commendable job.. hats of to you sir...He is really really very caring..Thanks a lot Mukesh and hope you had a nice and soothing return flight back to India...
Snaps available - http://picasaweb.google.com/omkar.kurode/California101Drive
posted by Chandan Maloo at
7:12 PM
4 Comments:
good post considering it is just second one!....great going!...it seems US has made u guys philosophers.. :P.....haan tanhaiyon mein aisa hi hota hai! ;) :D
he he, Thanks dude...
Chandan - jaldi se farmhouse khareed lo, aur hum sab ko vahaan bula lo!!
good blog...keep going!
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