vivek sekar

When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci

Tag: Travel

change is what i need

25 years have come by and each day , week, month and year has been a change.
but this time around, its a change in my address
25 years, and close to 20 changes in my address, some within a city, some to new cities, and some to new countries.
now i demand change for i am used [...]

another year another christmas plan

Christmas is just a week off and as usual i am leaving Finland for some warmer retreats. i have pretty much been sold the lonely experience it is when in Finland for christmas, everything stops and everyone celebrates with their families.
So this time the haunts for Christmas for me are : Amsterdam, France and Barcelona.
one [...]

iceland revisited

the 10 day trip to Iceland was nothing short of awesome, the place has me captivated. and my desire to frequently visit iceland has only increased.
out of the planned route, i had to skip the north western fjords and north eastern Iceland because of the road conditions from the snow.
spring, snow, rain, wind, gail storms [...]

intermediate stop at jyvaskyla

just before i head to Iceland, i am in Jyvaskyla, Finland for a short meeting.
in 1 and half days back at Helsinki and heading to Iceland.
its sunny and cloudy, the sun aligned in an angle that the clouds have a depth to them. The is basically back lighting the clouds, the corners brighter and the [...]

precursor to iceland

after that ‘i do not know’ and how it came to be a post, i am back to the normal and usual.
in 5 days time, i will have landed in Iceland. i have gotten a minimum 3000 km route at this moment, all subject to change based on the daily weather conditions.
enough places listed in [...]

photo albums updated

for my part i have been keeping active with some traveling around Helsinki, and have uploaded some new albums into the gallery section.
check out the photos : Album
and i will be spending a week of vacation going around Iceland, from the 2nd of October, 2009 to 11th of October, 2009. I was not good in [...]