Visit to Timonium Motorcycle Show on 10 Feb-2019

Ankit, Priyanka, Sadhana and DY visited the Timonium Motorcycle Show at Lutherville, MD, USAshow on the same day of arrival from India to Towson, MD, USA.  I found myself very lucky to have look at hundreds of bikes in the last  1 hour and 30 minutes of the closure of the show. I had been to New Hope, PA, USA in 2014 village to enjoy season's fall and was astonished with a variety of bikes fantastically decorated on the main street of New Hope,  on a busy Sunday in summer. But the Timonium Feb-2019 show proved to be beyond my dreams

Visit to Narkhand, Jakhoo Temple, Army Museum, Shimala from 22-Mar-2017 to 24-Mar-2017

Visited Shimla second time and could move around more in Toyota Crysta with Sadhna and Kelkars. Very scenic and nice place and worth more than two visits due to a lot of scenic places and fantastic climate. 

Panoramic Scene of Himalaya Range on the way to Narkand

Visit to Ocean Park, Hong Kong on 02-Mar-2017

Ocean Park, Hong Kong  is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong. It covers an area of 91.5 hectares (226 acres), the park is separated by a large mountain into two areas, The Summit (Headland) and The Waterfront (Lowland). These areas can be reached by a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) cable car system, or the Ocean Express funicular railway. 

Spent one full day at the Park and enjoyed the rides, saw other attractions as mentioned above with Prabu and Ahmed. A must visit if you are in Hongkong.

Visit to Make in India Exhibition 17-Feb-2017

Make in India Week, BKC, Mumbai  Visited the exhibition with Sadhana giving a lot of information about Indian Government's Make-in-India initiative. Amazed with the variety of the products displayed in the event - especially the BIGGEST TRUCK, scooters, drum beaters, and of course Harley Davidson bike.

Visit to Bengluru City as on 19-Jun-2016

In one day tour of the city visited to ISKCON_Temple_Bangalore, Bangalore_Palace, Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological_Museum,

Visit to Wax Museum on 15-Jun-2016

A quick visit to the Wax Museum Lonawala by Shri Sunil Kandalloor . One can spend about an hour to see the wax statues of eminent personalities.

Visit to National September 11 Memorial and Brooklyn, New York USA on 4-Oct-2015

National September 11 Memorial is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. The 360 degree viewing gallary gives you excellent views of famous Statue of LIberty, skyscrapers of NYC, Brooklyn Bridge and other parts of the city.

Must place to visit in NYC which gives everyone idea of the grit and commitment shown by Americans to give tributes to the martyrs of 9/11 jet-bombing and collapse of  twin towers. 

Visit to Walt Disney Land, Orlando on 10-Sep-2019

Walt Disney World, Orlando Florida established on a property, which covers nearly 25,000 acres (39 sq mi; 101 km2), only half of which has been used,[2] comprises four theme parks (consisting of Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios), two water parks, 27 themed resort hotels, nine non-Disney hotels, several golf courses, a camping resort, and other entertainment venues, including the outdoor shopping center Disney Springs.

Spend two action packed days in the Disney with Ankit, Priyanka and Sadhana. Enjoyed thoroughly attractions especially Epicot and Universal Studio, Wizzarding world of Harry Potter, etc.

Visit to Miami Aquarium on 06-Sep-2015

Miami Seaquarium is located Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States and is located near downtown Miami. Founded in 1955, it is one of the oldest oceanariums in the United States. In addition to marine mammals, the Miami Seaquarium houses fish, sharks, sea turtles, birds, reptiles, and manatees. 

We enjoyed the shark shows very much with my family friend Matoli, we also saw demonstrations by some organization which wanted to protest against the use of animals for the entertainment.

Visit to Lion Country Safari on 06-Sep-2015

Lion Country Safari is a drive-through safari park and walk-through amusement park located on over 600 acres in Loxahatchee (near West Palm Beach), in Palm Beach County, Florida. Founded in 1967, it claims to be the first 'cageless zoo' in the United States.

It was different experience to see the wild life by car and it takes about 2-3 hours and some of the animals you see very close to the car. The safari will be more of a fun if you have little ones with you. 

Visit to Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Florida on 05-Sep-2015

Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Florida : Got opportunity to visit this historical place. NASA has organized a well-planned informative tour for the center. Apollo Series was launched from launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from this space center. There are about 700 facilities and buildings grouped across the center's 144,000 acres (580 km2). The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has a variety of exhibits, artifacts, displays and attractions on the history and future of human and robotic spaceflight. 

Visit to Harrisberg on 10-Jul-2015

Hersheys Harrisberg One full day trip to the Hershey's chocolate factory and a round in the Harrisberg.  The tour was knowledgeable and full of fun and joy. Highly appreciate the way Hershey's as set up the site for the visitors and also the way the company is contributing significantly for the social cause.

Visit to Philadelphia on 04-July-2015

First outing to Philadelphia on the USA IndependenceLiberty_Bell, Philadelphia PA day after  reaching the USA on 02-July-2015. Fortunate to see the independence day parade and other celebrations in the town. Enjoyed the ambiance through out the day. Multi-cultural, multi-country colorful event with a lot of enthusiasm and fun.

Visit to Ramoji Film City on 14-Jul-2011

Ramoji Film City near Hyderabad is spread over 2000 acres, it is the largest integrated film city in Telangana and has been certified by the Guinness World Records as the largest studio complex in the world.[2] It was built by Telugu film producer Ramoji Rao in 1996. It is also a popular tourism and recreation centre, containing natural and artificial attractions including an amusement park. Around 1.5 million tourists visit the place every year.

Visited Hyderabad for family marraige and got an opportunity to visit the film city with Sadhana and Priyanka just before leaving of Priyanka to USA for higher studies. One can spend one full day here and get feel to understand the filmy world.

Visit to New York USA and Washington DC in 2001-2002

Visited USA on official assignment which provided opportunity to roam mainly in Manhattan, New York at ease for four months and Washington for three days. Had heard about the sky-rappers of NYC since school days. NYC, the city never sleeps, is vibrant all the time and you see multicultural flavors in the city. Visited the city within one month of the 9/11 disaster.  Very impressed with the New York City Subway is the world's largest rapid transit system by length of routes and by number of stations. 13 million passengers are using the subway system every day.

With Sadhana in the background of Washington Washington Memorial 

Visit to York on 26-Dec-1999

Visited to York a very beautiful city in Yorkshire with Priyanka and Sadhana. The city is known for its famous historical landmarks such as York Minster and the city walls, as well as a variety of cultural and sporting activities, which makes it a popular tourist destination in England. Also famous for York Minister and National Railway Museum.

Visit to Guliver's World, Warrington, UK in Oct-1999

Visited the Gulliver's world, Warrington UK, a theme park in Warrington UK with Sadhana and Priyanka. A good day out, good fun for the children and adults. Various rides and attractions for the children makes you day entertaining and refreshing. 

Enjoying a ride with a VIP 

Visit to Blackpool in Sep-1999

Visited Blackpool with Sadhana and Priyanka. Blackpool is a town and seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England. The town is on the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries.  A good day out by train and one of the stations was Leyland which is parent company of Ashok Leyand.  Took a short trip in the tram for the first time in the life. 

Sadhana and Priyanka Negotiating with winds on the Blackpool Tower

VIsit to Chester Zoo in August-1999

A good day out tour of the Chester Zoo with Priyanka and Sadhana on a very sunny and bright climate. About 20,000 animals spread across 500 species.

Chester Zoo, Cheshire UK  is a zoo at Upton by Chester, in Cheshire, England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. It is one of the UK's largest zoos at 125 acres (51 ha).  It is the most-visited wildlife attraction in Britain with more than 1.9 million visitors in 2018. In 2007 Forbes described it as one of the fifteen best zoos in the world.  In 2017, it was named as the best zoo in the UK and third in the world by TripAdvisor.

Sadhana And Priyanka at Chester Zoo

Visit to Dublin, Ireland from Feb-1998 to Apr-1998

My first international travel which brought my dream of going out of India came true after many years. It was business assignment with some opportunities to look around in Ireland.  Visited Tourist places around Dublin like Wiklow Mountains, Dublin Castle, Glandalough, etc. Could not visit Cliffs of Moher which is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Ireland. Also, experienced and enjoyed the first snowfall of the life. A very memorable tour to last in the memory for a long time.

Parnell Monument, Dublin