A date with animals - The London Zoo

You may be a bit surprised with the topic of this post but believe me a visit to the zoo can be as refreshing for adults as it is for children. After all we all have a little child in us hidden somewhere deep inside. Anyway the real purpose of myself heading towards the zoo was the digital SLR camera I had just bought and what could be a better place than the famous London zoo...

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Notting Hill Carnival: A day of music, dance and revelry

Notting Hill Carnival is the world's biggest street festival held annually at Notting Hill, London led primarily by the west Indian community. I heard a lot about this event during my many visits to UK and it has been on my things to do list since quite some long time. Finally I got the chance to plan a visit to this crazy festival during this bank holiday when I was working...

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Trip to Paris: The City Of Romance

A trip to Paris was always on my agenda right from my childhood days. My fascination with France and Paris in particular was primarily due to it's reputation as the most cultural and romantic of all cities in world. It is also said to be the city of lovers…the most romantic place on earth, and French is the language of love. With so much love flowing around...

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Trip to Switzerland 3 - Returning via Bern, Zurich and Alps

This was the 4th day of our Swiss visit and our stay at Interlaken was over. We had planned to fly back home via Zurich itself but while returning to Zurich from Interlaken we decided to take a slightly different route and made a quick stopover at Berne, the capital of Switzerland. As you can see from this trip map on the right we had made a similar stopover...

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