Saturday, June 24, 2006

Postcards from The Big Apple - New York

The Moon, clouds and a skyscrapper

(6th avenue near Times Square, New York)


Its a concrete jungle out there - View of Manhattan from Manhattan Bridge

The Empire State Building as visible from Union Square


731 Lexington on a cloudy morning. Btw, Bloomberg's New York office is in this building and this is where I did my internship in the summer of 2006 (my seat was in the 15th floor and facing 58th street between Lex and 3rd Avenue)


The same building at night. The top floors with penthouses which house Beyonce Knowles, Johhny Damon and other celebrities make it the tallest residential building on earth.


Central Park in the evening


The Brooklyn Skyline


Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan


Flights queueing for take-off at the John F Kennedy Airport


New Jersey skyline from Manhattan

14th street - Union Square

(From L to R) Staten Island, Statue of Liberty & Liberty Island and Ellis Island

Downtown Manhattan and the Staten Island Ferry


Subway Station (Lex & 59th)


Times Square


Downtown Manhattan

Who says locking does not help.

'DUMBO'
No insinuation towards Sandy! I am referring to the view which is popularly known as
DUMBO -
'Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass'


Step Aside - The no.5 Express train to Brooklyn.



Penrod Street, Corona, Queens.
This pic was taken from the balcony of the flat where I lived for two months in the summer of 2006.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Postcards from Philadelphia

William Penn's statue atop City Hall

2nd Street Subway station near Penn's Landing


Bird flying over Delaware river (near Penn's landing) with two jet trails in the background.

Philadelphia Museum of Art - This is a pathetic photo and I have included it coz the picture below was taken from the same spot and I am extremely pleased with the zoom feature on my camera

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Postcards from Las Vegas and Nevada

Whatever happens in Vegas stays at Vegas.

The Strip - minutes before the traffic peaked and slowed to a crawl on memorial weekend


Venetian

If you dont know how to win; dont play
(Signboard near entrance to The Strip)


Eiffel Tower, Paris - Las Vegas

"You will return home through archs of triumph"
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Arc De Triomphe, Paris - Las Vegas

New York - The casino


Nevada desert

Ballagio ... we missed the famed fountain show by 10 minutes :-(

Postcards from Washington

Weekend tourists at the Vietnamese War Memorial


The hustle and bustle as reflected on the granite wall of the Korean War Memorial

US soldiers returning home .... The Korean War Memorial

Washinton Memorial (view from Lincoln Memorial)

Postcards from San Diego, California

Sea World

Pacific Beach

The Dolphin Show at Sea World

Flamingos at Sea World

The Dolphin Show at Sea World

Postcards from Niagara Falls

Seagulls flying in the mist infront of the Horse Shoe Falls

The horse shoe falls at night. The buildings in the background are in Canada


The American and Bridal Viels waterfalls


A few moments later two rainbows were visible but for a very short time.


The American Falls


Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Postcards from Switzerland

St Gallen

St Gallen Symposium Jazz dinner at OLMA Centre


Tonneholle - the Town Hall

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Rapperswil - the town of roses (Rosenstadt)

The Alps, Lake Zurich and the promenade


Wooden footbridge over Lake Zurich






The Swiss national flag, Lake Zurich, wooden footbridge and the Seedamm causeway as seen from RosenGarten (the rose gardens) near the castle



Two rainbows - When I saw the first rainbow, I mentioned how two rainbows had appeared at the same time while I was at Niagara. And lo and behold a second rainbow appeared !

I guess I should have wished for gold, diamond or something precious.


People feeding pigeons and ducks and swans


Clouds over The Alps


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Views from a train journey - St. Gallen to Appenzeller











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Zurich


Lake Zurich ( view from Swiss Re's office )


Observation Deck, Flughaffen Zurich


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The Countryside



The Road to Nowhere..







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Potpourri



A boy in a traditional swiss dress playing a santoor-like swiss musical instrument inside a 'cottage' cheese factory