YATRA GEETHAM- Maya Village – 4

YATRA GEETHAM (Mexico) – 10 Cancun – Tulum – Coba – Cenote – Maya Village -4 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar On our Tulum – Coba – Cenote – Maya Village day tour, after visiting the ruined city of Tulum, our second stop was Coba. We spent almost two hours near […]

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America Through My Eyes – Mexico Cruise (Part 4)

America Through My Eyes Mexico Cruise (Part 4) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar From there, going down to the eighth floor, we found large performance halls and theaters. The seventh floor housed a casino and a photo studio stretching from corner to corner. On the sixth floor, shops sold everything from […]

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America Through My Eyes – Mexico Cruise (Part 3)

America Through My Eyes Mexico Cruise (Part 3) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Strange and Special Features of the Ship   After dropping our luggage in our room, which was in a building-like, massive multi-story ship, we immediately decided to explore the entire vessel. Our stay was on the third floor, so […]

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America Through My Eyes – Mexico Cruise (Part 2)

America Through My Eyes Mexico Cruise (Part 2) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Our hotel in Long Beach was roughly half an hour from the port. Since it offered free parking and a drop-off service specifically for cruise passengers, we woke up relaxed that morning. After breakfast at the top-floor restaurant, […]

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America Through My Eyes – MEXICAN VOYAGE (Part 1)

America Through My Eyes MEXICAN VOYAGE (Part 1) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar In America, we have only experienced tours by car or plane, but never a sea voyage—specifically, a multi-day journey involving travel from one port to another on small boats or ferries. Whenever I read about Gandhi’s three-month voyage […]

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America Through My Eyes – THE HONOLULU – OAHU ISLAND PART -2

America Through My Eyes THE HONOLULU – OAHU ISLAND PART -2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Diamond Head Monument: After returning from a morning snorkeling tour in Honolulu and feeling tired, there were two places on our list of must-sees during our two days in Honolulu that day. The first one […]

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My America Tour -18 (Last Part)

My America Tour -18 (Last Part) Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Few more salient features I have put down many of my observations about America. I must say that there are many while I have not covered. I have not touched industries and arts. Some I just mentioned […]

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America Through My Eyes – Hawaiian Islands – 5

America Through My Eyes Hawaiian Islands (Part 5) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The rain continued to pour down when we entered the Hawaii National Park on the Big Island. We turned towards the “Chain of Craters Road” through the Thurston Lava Tube. When we traveled through the craters formed by […]

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My America Tour -17

My America Tour -17 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Grand Canyon Grand Canyon in Arizona State is famous  for Colorado river valleys and geological pockets. Once upon a time it was the house of Red Indians who are scarcely seen  now. It is the land where we can […]

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America Through My Eyes – Hawaiian Islands – 4

America Through My Eyes Hawaiian Islands (Part 4) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Fortunately, the climbing down to Mount Mauna Kea wasn’t as difficult as the climbing up. We climbed down easily by the asphalt road. But no electrification except the jeep lights even at the Visitor Center. Strangely many people […]

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My America Tour -16

My America Tour -16 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Places of Scenic beauty America is a country with many places of scenic beauty. Those beautiful places give immense pleasure to the people going on  seeing sight  then, fill the hearts and minds with the memories of the wonderful […]

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My America Tour -15

My America Tour -15 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Humanism in America Humanist movements are progressing internationally. Let us observe how the Humanists function in America. In India Humanist movement started in 1946.  M .N .Roy and some others felt the need of Renaissance in people`s ideas and […]

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America Through My Eyes – Hawaiian Islands – BIG ISLAND – Part-2

America Through My Eyes Hawaiian Islands – BIG ISLAND Part 2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Although the flight landed at nine o’clock in Hawaii it was midnight to us in San Francisco, so the kids were sleepy and tired.  It took another half an hour to reach the car rental […]

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My America Tour -14

My America Tour -14 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla International Peasants world I visited many places and met many people in Washington DC. I went to the International Peasants office on 24  August, 1963.Their working committee meeting was going on. Former Premier of Poland Mr Slanya Lans Kolajusk […]

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My America Tour -13

My America Tour -13 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Agriculture in America America grows 10% of the total food produced in the world. It is possible for them to produce it because of their best seeds, good fertilizers and the use of machine tools. They follow meticulously the […]

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America Through My Eyes – DODGE RIDGE – 4 (Final Part)

America Through My Eyes DODGE RIDGE -4 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The adventurous journey that we started on a snow-covered car on that stormy morning, ended in the snowy evening with unforgettable moments of boundless joy and fun. The wearisomeness suddenly engulfed us when we reached the hotel in the […]

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My America Tour -12

My America Tour -12 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Their claims We often hear Americans claiming that their education system , news papers, local bodies, law courts and social welfare organizations are the essential strong holds of their democracy. People have indomitable faith in them. Some even say […]

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My America Tour -11

My America Tour -11 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Social welfare In America people only do and achieve  many things in the private sector more than their government does. In such a set up we don`t really need to talk about their social sector. In each village, town […]

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My America Tour -10

My America Tour -10 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Law Courts Education, local bodies, Newspapers and the law courts keep democracy thriving. If any one of them faulter  it will be a blow to democracy. All these four areas are equally important and play their roles well to […]

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My America Tour -9

My America Tour -9 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla News Papers and Journalism Democracy is promoted and protected by four pillars–education, local bodies, law courts and news papers-media. This is true not only in America but also in our country. Dictatorships function differently. We have nothing to do […]

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My America Tour -8

My America Tour -8 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Children are Children Anywhere While touring Ohio state we went to Jackson school at Eaton. We wanted to see the children in their classrooms, mainly up to sixth class. We went to 4th class. Here first three classes are […]

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My America Tour -7

My America Tour -7 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Education system We have to observe and study deeply the education system of a country to see whether it has  a better future and  can create the  opportunities to prove themselves the best citizens. Americans are of the opinion […]

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My America Tour -6

My America Tour -6 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla WITHIN TWO MONTHS I set foot on American soil on 15th August and left it on 14th October. Exactly two months time I traveled for 10 thousand miles in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, […]

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My America Tour -5

My America Tour -5 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Government and People America has federal constitution-young in age. In 1492 Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor was deputed by the king of Spain to  sail to India. On the way he landed in America and thought it was India. […]

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My America Tour -4

My America Tour -4 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla America hospitality America hospitality is a special feature found everywhere.In ancient days India was well known for its hospitality.But these days that spirit is changing  in our own country. Americans  are very good hosts. I was a house-guest at […]

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America Through My Eyes – Seattle (Part-1)

America Through My Eyes Seattle (Part-1) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar After traveling all over California without leaving anything, and thinking of visiting neighboring states in April, friends suggested, “The tulip festival in Seattle and the surrounding areas is a great choice.” I promptly switched over and everyone was okay. Satya […]

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My America Tour -3

My America Tour -3 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla On the way After watching the beauties of nature while  flying high in the skies we had our first halt at Derham, an oil rich sandy city in Saudi Arabia. The airport was not specially attractive and there was […]

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America Through My Eyes – MORRO BAY (PART-1)

America Through My Eyes MORRO BAY (PART-1) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar William Hearst Memorial Beach: The evening light was still shining brightly when we stepped out of Hearst’s Castle. Instead of turning onto the beach road at the Castle turn, I steered the car directly to “William Hearst Memorial Beach”.  […]

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My America Tour -2

My America Tour -2 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla Journey through Nature `Take a sixty days tour in our country, observe newspapers, journalistic trends, law courts and all other things of your interest, visit places you like and meet with people you prefer to` That was the invitation […]

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My America Tour -1

My America Tour -1 Telugu Original : Avula Gopala Krishna Murty (AGK) English Translation: Komala Venigalla           Avula Gopalakrishna Murthy (AGK) a Humanist, an orator, a famous lawyer and a writer gives us a critical appreciation of America and its people.            AGK`s tour is significantly different […]

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America Through My Eyes-Yellowstone -4

America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -4 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The next morning, we prepared hastily to get out of that “mosquito resort”. Lack of time, we didn’t have breakfast there. Grand Teton National Park: To go to Yellowstone National Park we have to go through “Grand Teton National Park” […]

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America Through My Eyes-Boston

America Through My Eyes Boston Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar           Harvard University:As we stayed in a hotel an hour away from Boston, the night before, we left early in the morning and reached the first sightseeing place in Boston, “Harvard University”, at seven o’clock. It all […]

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America Through My Eyes-WASHINGTON DC- Niagara Day-1

America Through My Eyes WASHINGTON DC- Niagara Day-1 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar           As usual, early in the morning, we departed from DC.             We had to travel over 400 miles that day and reach Niagara by the night. The guide said […]

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America Through My Eyes- East Coast of America- Day-2 New York City Tour (Part-2)

America Through My Eyes  East Coast of America- Day-2 New York City Tour (Part-2) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The guide left us near the Rockefeller Center at twelve o’clock for lunch and told us to come back after lunch in an hour and a half. Rockefeller Center: The surroundings were […]

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My Mexico Adventures – Part 3

My Mexico Adventures – Part 2 -Vijaya Manchem “Have you gone mad? Why would anyone go to Mexico?” asked friends and family in absolute shock, “That too all by yourself with two young kids?” Well, I never anticipated any dangers that I might encounter. Yet, I did my research and felt that Yucatan would be […]

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America Through My Eyes- East Coast of USA- Day-1

America Through My Eyes  Easy Coast of USA (Day-1) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Kids are persisting to go somewhere during the holidays. Everyone suggested their own choices of places. Varu researched on Google and confirmed the Hawaiian Islands, with printed details on a piece of paper. For so many days, […]

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America Through My Eyes- California- North- Part -5 (Crater Lake)

America Through My Eyes- California – North-5 (Crater Lake)  Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Last day of Northern California Trip – Crater Lake Klamath Falls is a village with Falls only in its name but has no waterfalls in its surroundings. We planned a bit wrong so from here we had […]

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My Mexico Adventures – Part 2

My Mexico Adventures – Part 2 -Vijaya Manchem “Have you gone mad? Why would anyone go to Mexico?” asked friends and family in absolute shock, “That too all by yourself with two young kids?” Well, I never anticipated any dangers that I might encounter. Yet, I did my research and felt that Yucatan would be […]

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My Mexico Adventures – Part 1

My Mexico Adventures – Part 1 -Vijaya Manchem “I think you three should escape this winter to a warmer place. You have just been back from India a few months ago, so it should be somewhere else” said the husband while looking into his laptop. I don’t really mind going back to India though, I […]

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America Through My Eyes- California- North- Part -4 (Crescent City, Redwood Forest, Oregon)

America Through My Eyes- California – North-4 (Crescent City, Redwood Forest, Oregon)  Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Northern California Tour Day – 4 Though It was very late at night, I woke up pleasantly that morning.  The reason for that was on our journey that day we would cross California to […]

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America Through My Eyes- California- North- Part -3

America Through My Eyes- California – North-3 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Fort Bragg – Leggett-Mayers Flat-Eureka Departing that day from Yukai, again via the coastal town of Fort Bragg, Redwood we traveled through the Myers Flat in the woods, watching plenty of things on the way, and finally reached Eureka, […]

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Modesto

America Through My Eyes- Modesto

America Through My Eyes-  Modesto Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Most of the American families of the nearby surroundings affected by the recession over the past four years, have fled to Modesto.  Analysts predict that people who do not have technical qualifications, will have to travel hundreds of miles to reduce […]

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Attractions around Geneva

Attractions around Geneva -Shantisri Banerji Our long journeys for the summer of 2019 were planned in March itself. First, we (me and my husband) decided to go to New York on 15 May to spend one month with our daughter and son-in-law. From there we were to go to Geneva in Switzerland as our dear […]

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America Through My Eyes- Sanjose

America Through My Eyes- Sanjose Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar San Jose is the third-largest city in California and the tenth-largest city in America. If you look at the borders on a map, it looks like a dinosaur glued with pieces of paper. The city begins ten to twelve miles away […]

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America through my eyes-Sacramento

America through my eyes -Sacramento Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: Madhuri Palaji Sacramento is the capital city of California. This is the city where first and foremost settlements started during the period of “Gold Rush” in Northern California. It’s a very convenient city for transportation. A very fertile land with the conflux of […]

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America Through my eyes-Catalina

America Through my eyes -Catalina Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: Madhuri Palaji Sometimes, unplanned trips can turn out to be very successful.. Our trip to the island of Catalina was just like that. Catalina is one of the eight most popular Channel Islands in Southern California. Unlike the rest, it is a well-developed […]

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America Through my eyes-Monterey

America Through my eyes –Monterey  Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English translation: Swathi Sripada Monterey  At a distance of forty miles to the south of Santa Cruz, nearly 120 miles away from San Francisco lies Monterey. With small islands, and with the natural beauty of Cyprus trees surrounding the glistening stones banks, Montero is an […]

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America Through my eyes-Mountain View-2

America Through my eyes –Mountain View-2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta  English translation: Swathi Sripada Library  Here city libraries are bigger than our central libraries. In fact, we cannot compare the libraries here to any of ours there. With two floors for kids, teenagers, and adults, for researchers with different sections, we, all the family […]

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America Through My Eyes-2(DrK.Geeta)-YOSEMITE 

YOSEMITE  Telugu original : K.Geeta “Yosemite”  English translation: Jagaddhatri  In the end of May luckily we had a long holiday, and when asked children, where shall we go, in one voice they said Yosemite. “How far is Yosemite National Park & Valley from Mountain View?” before I did complete “wait I will consult my Google […]

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America Through My Eyes-1 (Travelogues)

AMERICA THROUGH MY EYES-1 (Naa Kallatho America) (TRAVELOGUES) Telugu Original: “Naa Kallatho America” (నా కళ్లతో అమెరికా) by Dr K.Geeta  English Translation: Jagaddhathri San Francisco  We came to America at the beginning of 2008. Varu is in kindergarten. The place where we lived is called “Mountain View”. It was named so because it is all surrounded […]

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