Yatra Geetham Mexican Tour – 5 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Cancun – Chichén Itzá – Ik Kil Cenote Part 7 Our first tour in Cancun was to Chichén Itzá, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, a place filled with countless curiosities. The main structure, the Temple of […]
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Yatra Geetham Mexican Tour – 4 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Our first day in Cancún didn’t go as planned. We got caught in a time-sharing scheme and ended up wasting almost half the day. But the evening made up for it—the Pirate Ship Tour was absolutely delightful and left us […]
Continue ReadingYatra Geetham Mexican Tour – 3 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar CANCUN By the time we returned to our resort, it was already three in the afternoon. We hurried straight to lunch. Since our package included accommodation along with all meals, we simply slipped into the buffet section, picked whatever we […]
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Yatra Geetham Mexican Tour – 2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The city of Cancun is located on the Yucatan Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, in southeastern Mexico. In the local Mayan language, Cancun means “Nest of Snakes.” This region was the heart of the Mayan civilization, one of […]
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Yatra Geetham Mexican Tour – 1 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We had previously taken a cruise to Baja California, a Mexican border city adjacent to California. Now we wanted to go to Cancun, which is on the east coast of Mexico. The flight from California, on the west coast of […]
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America Through My Eyes Mexico Cruise – Part 6 (FINAL PART) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We were thrilled that the “Taste of Mexico Tour” included a visit to Ensenada. Our first stop was the Civic Plaza to see statues of Mexican martyrs. By eleven o’clock, we reached the tour’s namesake […]
Continue ReadingAmerica Through My Eyes Mexico Cruise (Part 5) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar As planned, we booked a tour to explore Mexican territory the next day, stepping off the ship right on schedule. Our ship docked around seven in the morning. It reached “Ensenada,” a town in the “Baja California” territory […]
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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) 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 […]
Continue ReadingAmerica 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, […]
Continue ReadingAmerica 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 – Hawaii (final part) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar This is the last day of our trip to Hawaii. The day to return home from Honolulu. Our return flight was at 9 pm. The hotel room will be vacated on that day, so there will […]
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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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America Through My Eyes THE HONOLULU – OAHU ISLAND PART -1 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar In the evening, we said goodbye to the Big Island and took an hour’s flight to Honolulu, the capital city of Oahu Island. When it was getting dark, two or three more islands also appeared […]
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America Through My Eyes Hawaiian Islands (Part 6) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar It was the last day on the Big Island, the first of the Hawaiian trip. At six or maybe at seven o’clock in the evening, we had to board a plane from the Big Island to the island […]
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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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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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America Through My Eyes Hawaiian Islands (Part 3) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar On a sunny morning we set off from our accommodation on the west coast of the Big Island to explore the sights of the east coast. Enjoying the fragrance of my favorite Deva Gunneru flowers seen everywhere in […]
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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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America Through My Eyes Hawaiian Islands – Part 1 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Ever since coming to America, whenever there was a question of where we would go for this vacation, the first proposal that struck everyone at home was the Hawaiian Islands. From California, which is on the west […]
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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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America Through My Eyes DODGE RIDGE -3 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar As the outside of the ski resort was snowing the veranda became wet with water. People queued at the entrance of the resort halfway up the hall. We stood at the end of the line. It is not possible […]
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America Through My Eyes DODGE RIDGE -2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Varu should be taken to the skiing class at nine o’clock the next morning. In fact, Satya and Varu had classes at ten o’clock. But the kids had to be taken an hour earlier for the class to hand […]
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America Through My Eyes DODGE RIDGE -1 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Winter in America starts from the months of November, December and continues till February. It is common for children to demand skiing in the winter holidays that fall in the 2nd and 3rd weeks of February. We don’t get […]
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America Through My Eyes Seattle (Last Part) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The day of departure from Seattle arrived. After four days of vigorous workout on time tables and restless visits to many places, that night we got some free time before the flight time. Still I had on my list […]
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America Through My Eyes Seattle (Part-4) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar When we woke up from the dream of the tulip fields the day before, we saw Mount Rainier towering like a big white cloud in the south of the Seattle skyline. We were thrilled to travel there that day. We […]
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America Through My Eyes Seattle (Part-3) – Tulip Festival Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar I was filled with boundless excitement that morning as I prepared for this trip, knowing that the Tulip Festival in April was to be held near Seattle in Skagit Valley. As a true nature lover, the flower […]
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America Through My Eyes Seattle (Part-2) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Space Needle: We departed from Pike Place Market around 2 PM on our way to the Space Needle. A monorail exclusively connects this market to the Space Needle, and we decided to take that train, for which we’d have to […]
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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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America Through My Eyes MORRO BAY (PART-2) Morro Bay – Big Sur Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Though we have been revolving around the “Morro Rock” since morning, looking at the sights here and there, we still feel chased by some indescribable pleasure all along the Bay! We rowed a boat […]
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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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America Through My Eyes Hearts Castle Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar As I was thinking of a long weekend vacation, I remembered that we have not been to “Hearst Castle,” which is on our list. Hearst Castle is about 200 miles south of our house, a three-and-a-half-hour drive. It is a […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -6 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The final day of the visit to the Yellowstone expedition came to an end. We decided to take the western route instead of the southern one when we were coming back. But the route goes through Norris. With the previous […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -5 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We wandered around in the nauseating surroundings the previous day, so I prepared well with the masks for today’s visit, after vacating the lodge where we started. We have to shift to another place in the evening. The daybreak filled […]
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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 Yellowstone -3 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We left for Salt Lake City at 9 am. We Traveled over 400 miles in a rental car and arrived overnight at our lodge near Yellowstone’s South Gate. There are 2 routes for this trip. One is a fast freeway, […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone -2 Salt Lake City Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Although there was a great deal of hubbub since our departure, we were glad that we had the chance to have dinner in San Jose because the flight was delayed by an hour. We learned only after […]
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America Through My Eyes Yellowstone National Park Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We thought we would go somewhere during the Independence Day long weekend holidays in the first week of July. We planned to go to Yosemite and the Grand Canyon again as part of seeing the places that we have […]
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America Through My Eyes Return to New York City Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We visited Boston the whole morning and after lunch, we traveled back to New York. It was drizzling all over the way. The return journey from Boston took about 4-5 hours. After a five-long day trip, the […]
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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 Niagara to Boston Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We had been wandering outside in the Niagara cold and snow until midnight the night before, so we could not get up at all the next morning. If we had come on our own instead of the bus tour, […]
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America Through My Eyes WASHINGTON DC- Niagara Day-2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We reached Niagara at dinner time. Snow piled up on the side of the road outside. In the light of brightly decorated lamps, the whole town is shining beautifully as if the sky landed on the ground. During […]
Continue ReadingAmerica 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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WASHINGTON DC Day – 3 (PART -2) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Washington DC (Part-2) After a visit to the White House and the Capitol Hall in the morning, our guide took us to the Natural History Museum by lunch time. We had to finish the museum visit and meal in […]
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US East Coast- Day-3 Philadelphia, Washington DC (Part-1) Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar The previous day’s fatigue from the New York City tour was felt the next day. It was so hard to wake up in the morning. Of Course, but it’s inevitable. We got up […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingAmerica Through My Eyes East Coast of America- Day-2 New York City Tour – Part 1 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar We booked a 5-day bus tour to visit the east coast of America. We arrived in New York the night before. We’ve to get on our tour bus at 7 […]
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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-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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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-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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America Through My Eyes- California – North-2 Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Fort Ross-Point Arena-Yukai Travel: Fort Ross is near the town of Jenner on the coast. Safari West is about forty to fifty miles from Santa Rosa. It’s a matter of an hour’s journey. We left at ten o’clock in […]
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America Through My Eyes- California – North Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar FairField Santha Rosa Everytime when we planned a tour we used to choose a location and visit the surrounding places around it. This time I hit upon a rather different idea. How would it be if we plan to […]
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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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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- Alcatraz Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar When we see from the coast of San Francisco, the piece of land Alcatraz can be seen in the distance, as if sea waters separated the highway in recent days. Though it’s an island, it is a tiny territory, and it […]
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America Through My Eyes- Grand Canyon Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Of all those islands surrounding San Francisco province, Angel Island is large. The island was used for military purposes in the early 19th century; however, it is now a national historical location. TRIP: Angel Island is forty to fifty miles […]
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America Through My Eyes- Grand Canyon Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Few locations and certain panoramic beauties are more appealing in pictures than to optical experience. Rather than watching videos and pictures, we rapt with joy when the eye catches glimpses of its reality. A feel of elation once I owned […]
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America Through My Eyes- Las Vegas Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: Madhuri Palaji Las Vegas is a world famous gambling city. It is in the State of Nevada adjacent to California. As there are not as many restrictions as in California, gambling, prostitution and drugs are very common there. People from all over […]
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America Through My Eyes- Death Valley Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: Madhuri Palaji California state in America is very diversified. The weather is different in each corner. Snow towards the north, hot towards the south, seashore on the west. The unconquerable Sierra Nevada mountain range on the east. Not only that, the world […]
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America through my eyes –Mount Madonna Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: Madhuri Palaji Mount Madonna Most of the people here go camping during the summer. Summer is the best time to roam freely outside in the limited warmth. Camping means living absolutely outside. Living in tents in the forest areas where no human […]
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America through my eyes -Napa Valley Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: Madhuri Palaji Napa Valley is about 80 miles away from our place – we can reach there in about an hour and half or two hours. It takes more than two hours if the traffic is too much. Everybody talks about wine […]
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America through my eyes –Mount Shasta Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English Translation: Madhuri Palaji Our long time wish to visit the Northern part of California from our place finally succeeded with our trip to Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta is a volcano. This mountain stands tall and alone a little away from the Sierra Nevada […]
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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 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 –San Diego Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English translation: Swathi Sripada San Diego San Diego is the second-largest city in the state and at the end of the South of California. It is 120 miles from Los Angeles and about 470 miles from our hometown. It is a continuous journey of […]
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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 -Lake Tahoe Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta English translation: Swathi Sripada Lake Tahoe watching snow for the first time in life is a beautiful dream. A great feeling. Incessant pleasantness. Lake Tahoe is the place of a mixture of all this. It is about 220 miles from our home to the […]
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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 –Mountain View Telugu original : K.Geeta English translation: Swathi Sripada Without talking about our native village, whatever we say, some deficiency haunts. But it is a place worth to visit also. So, let me talk about my village Mountain View. Satya arrived here 45 days prior to my coming. After his […]
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America Through my eyes -Los Angeles-2 Telugu original : K.Geeta English translation: Swathi Sripada We woke up early morning and we recalled and had a talk about our two- day trip to universal studios, Hollywood, City tour and Griffith observatory. Free breakfast is offered by the hotel so we went to the office to see […]
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America Through my eyes -Los Angeles-1 Telugu original : K.Geeta English translation: Swathi Sripada Los Angeles! world renowned great city. No wonder, if everyone in the world knows its name. People in India, when we say ‘we are in California,’ “You are in Hollywood then” they comment. I was so anxious to visit […]
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America Through My Eyes-Santa Cruz Telugu original : K.Geeta English translation: Jagaddhatri July 4th is US Independence day, along with weekend and Monday we had three days vacation. So planned to spend two days in and around at Santa Cruz. It’s only 40 miles from Mountain View, we need not make a night stay if […]
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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 (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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