http://priyank.com/weblog Weblog and Travelog by Priyank Thatte Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:22:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en República del Perú (गणराज्य पेरु) - is where I will be going next. Among other things, I am most excited about hiking on Inca trails in the Andes and getting a feel of being 'completely lost' in a country where nobody speaks English (umm.. or Marathi or Hindi ;) ). ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/04/08/peru/ I got off from my bus today evening and was walking along the pond to my way home. Its a virtually dead place during winter but today I was in for a surprise! I saw new inhabitants near the freshly melted water! I jumped with joy: "Yay! the Geese are back!" Canadian ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/04/02/the-geese-are-here/ The grass forest Wet and dry spells of rain pound Mumbai during the monsoon season (June-September). After a couple of months of rains, most of the empty grounds, waste lands and hitherto barren soils, get covered by wild grass that is almost a foot tall. When you are kid that swamp ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/03/28/the-blue-chatur/ I laid my hands upon her within three months of arriving in Canada. She thus qualifies to be my first Canadian girl-friend and I rode her traveled with her all over the nature trails in Toronto. She's perfect, faithful and extremely dependable. When I'm with her, I feel this amazing ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/03/27/her-first-birthday/ New York City - Manhattan skyline Thats right. What did I do this long weekend? I went to New York City. Got soaked in the NY spirit for three-and-half days straight and that left me thirsty for more. It was too crowded due to the Easter Holiday. But that made it ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/03/26/new-york-city/ This travelblog post is part of my Israel travelog series. I spent 3 weeks in Israel during Dec’07-Jan’08 and all my travel stories and pictures are recorded on this website. Please visit the Index page by clicking here to get complete Israel travelogues. Thanks Akko (Acre): an ancient gateway ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/03/18/scrolls-from-the-holy-land-12-old-city-of-acre/ Prax tagged me to write 10 movie quirks. However judging from other responses this sounds more like movie hall quirks ;) I tend to avoid watching movies in movie halls because the idea of so many strangers sitting in one dark cramped room on seats designed for discomfort, eating huge portions ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/03/17/movie-hall-quirks/ May 1990. A (thats the name of our main character) was 9 years old. A was spending the summer vacation at Indore, A’s native place. Everyone at the house usually slept during the afternoon after late lunches but A disliked that idea – because (1) it ruined A’s evenings and ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/03/02/love-story-of-a-nine-year-old/ ... for a couple of weeks. I will be back with rest of the Israel travelogue and other stuff. Please hang on for some time :) I am extremely reachable anyway ;) cheers, http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/02/22/hibernation/ This travelblog post is part of my Israel travelog series. I spent 3 weeks in Israel during Dec’07-Jan’08 and all my travel stories and pictures are recorded on this website. Please visit the Index page by clicking here to get complete Israel travelogues. Thanks On the banks of the ... http://priyank.com/weblog/2008/02/18/scrolls-from-the-holy-land-11-haifa-and-the-bahais/