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June 16, 2008

future heading

Filed under: Thoughts, Travel — Tags: , , , , — vivek @ 2:09 pm

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Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly) - Viva la Vida, are two albums that i am listening to day in and day out. and as the days keep progressing the next cycle of change has also been set forth. mid summer is up next and soon the days will start getting shorter.

but then before all this sets in. to celebrate the proper mid summer, heading up north to appreciate the day/days when the sun will never set(above the arctic circle). heading to Rovaniemi by train and from there by car to Alta, Hammerfest and Nordkapp. under the ever present sun(if the weather remains clear), driving on open roads with fjords and sea by the side. photos i have seen of the route already give me a impression the landscape would be something i have already seen and been in awe of( similar to Iceland, but not quite like it though). with the two albums to give company and my trusty camera, i hope to become the feather from “forrest gump” just floating about the wilderness finding a temporary refuge only in the tents and sleeping bags when camping to get past the need for some sleep.

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June 11, 2008

black & white

Filed under: Travel — Tags: , , — vivek @ 10:27 am

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June 4, 2008

1st anniversary

Filed under: Inspiration, Travel — Tags: , , — vivek @ 10:33 am

evasive maneuver

Filed under: Travel — Tags: , , , — vivek @ 10:31 am

orange turns red and the car in front comes to a halt, but i am looking into the gps system. i realize i am too close for comfort to bring the car to stop without braking hard, so i am hard on the brakes and screeching on the highway, but we are still headed towards the stationary car in front, this calls for more evasive maneuvers. turning the car towards the right. we come to a halt just next to the stationary car.

relieved to have cut it close, just then the car backs up a little and the window is lowered. pointing towards the front of the car, the passenger says its open. a little baffled i understand that she meant that the bonnet was open. but how ? clearly a case of sabotage :). we had driven close to 250kms, with a lid open (thinking it was opened sometime in Berlin before we started) at speeds to 190km/h. so i guess it was not time yet :D.

even though i had a pleasant experience with the hertz rental people, i am little pissed off that they limited the speed of the ford mondeo to 190km/h. a shame that i could not fully use the German autobahn’s as i would have liked.

May 30, 2008

clear and cloudy

Filed under: Inspiration, Travel — Tags: , , , , — vivek @ 12:07 pm

clear and cloudy skies during my vacation in Tamil Nadu, India.

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May 28, 2008

fast forward

Filed under: Travel — Tags: , — vivek @ 2:13 pm

i hit a creative rut, and that has always been a problem because of which i do not post consistently. to set things right i am going on a fast forward post, about the day in Prague (i already posted about the first 2 days ) during the easter trip in Europe. a comfortable sleep and refreshing bath later, we were down in the dinning hall waiting for the activities guide to pick us up. basic archery, shooting and paint balling were in the list, other than having to pay up close to half the remaining amount for the events i was more than eagerly waiting for this guy to turn up.

first up - archery was a let down, at least as far as the atmosphere goes. i had imagined a ground with target set some distance away, but what we got was a underground section of a casino running the formula 1 race on the tv sets, with a corner reserved for - archery for the drunkards :P. But as we progressed into the finer details of archery, the more complex and refined it looked.

shooting was taking place in some industrial area in downtown Prague, again in the underground section to reduce the noise. 3 revolers, 1 rifle with scope (sniper rifle ?), ak-47, m-16, czech version of ak-47, shot gun. several rounds later and with a score of 45 of 55, only one more event was left out. shooting was exhilarating, charged with responsibility and power and yet control was the key, something we would find out from the next event. not as dangerous as shooting, but equally scary at least when one is hit.

paint balling - guns, suits, helmet , gloves, but instead of bullets its paint pellets. after a quick fire session on the rules, we had a old dilapidated factory all for ourselves and it was ‘game on’ from there on. after close to 3 hours of playing in different team configurations and options, we closed of with me and ramesh having a one on one. it all ended with each other shooting at each other without any pellets in stock.

after some in-car sight seeing and walking around the river banks, we started our journey to Budapest. with a few noticeably funny moments sprinkled in between, coming next.

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