30 June 2012
Love Travel Guides : All about India...!
These finely bound guide books about India can be found in the better bookshops...and give great insight into the Who, What, Where and When of India... Some available at Amazon...Click Here
Or just check out these LINKS!
Or just check out these LINKS!
29 June 2012
28 June 2012
Lonely Planet : Secret Sights of London...Revealed...!
Base of the Pagoda at Kew
Chelsea Physic Garden...Ticket Booth....great for a picnic on Sunday...remember to bring very "fashionable" hats...!
27 June 2012
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22 June 2012
Cairo Traffic around Egyptian Museum
Cairo Traffic around Egyptian Museum a video by Vasenka on Flickr.
Lonely Planet visits Dive Bars of NYC...!
What is needed is a guide book for all the major cities of the world...?
I'd volunteer for that job...!
Circleville, Ohio
New Delhi, India ("My Bar" on Main Bazaar Road)
I'd volunteer for that job...!
Circleville, Ohio
New Delhi, India ("My Bar" on Main Bazaar Road)
21 June 2012
Interior of St. Sava Temple ~ Belgrade Serbia
The interior is only partly finished...work continues...here an Orthodox Cross is on display even as construction material is in the background...
Smithsonian Journeys does Varanasi....
Also using the below Khyber Pass Cafe photo from flikr in their story...
All our photos are copyright free to anyone who wants to use them...but an attribution is appreciated...
Great story of travel to Varanasi...the most holy city of the Hindus...
All our photos are copyright free to anyone who wants to use them...but an attribution is appreciated...
Great story of travel to Varanasi...the most holy city of the Hindus...
20 June 2012
Belgrade, Serbia ~ Hotel Moskva
Belgrade, Serbia ~ Hotel Moskva, a photo by Vasenka on Flickr.
The famous...if a bit Frumpy...Hotel Moskova...in the center of Belgrade...
The Old Roman Fort, Belgrade Serbia
Fort, Belgrade Serbia, a photo by Vasenka on Flickr.
Belgrade sits at the conjunction of the Sava and Danube Rivers...and was a key strategic point up until recent times.
Belgrade, Serbia "?" Resturant
The famous "?" Restaurant in Belgrade...right next to the Orthodox Cathedral just off Mihalova Street in the center of town.
Belgrade, Serbia ~ Russian Church
Belgrade, Serbia ~ Russian Church, a photo by Vasenka on Flickr.
After the Revolution of 1917 many Russian Aristocrats moved to Belgrade and set up their own Church...
Incureable TB in India...
Will this new TB in India effect tourism and travel to India...?
Perhaps.... But possibly modern travelers will have to travel with the same risks that earlier travelers had...
In the old days, there was always a chance of a "fever" a dysentary..or some fatal disease...Typhoid, Typhus...Malaria...
Some people made it... but some didn't...
It was alway a matter of luck and constitution....
Consider Wallace in Malaya...he had several bouts of Malaria...yet somehow survived...dosing himself with Quinine....
And Others...simply got sick and died...
Perhaps we are back to that old style of travel now...
The kind that has real risks involved...
Chances are I will go back to India...and take my chances...
Just like Wallace and Stanley and Darwin and all the others...
Sometimes you just need to be lucky...you can't live without it.
Perhaps.... But possibly modern travelers will have to travel with the same risks that earlier travelers had...
In the old days, there was always a chance of a "fever" a dysentary..or some fatal disease...Typhoid, Typhus...Malaria...
Some people made it... but some didn't...
It was alway a matter of luck and constitution....
Consider Wallace in Malaya...he had several bouts of Malaria...yet somehow survived...dosing himself with Quinine....
And Others...simply got sick and died...
Perhaps we are back to that old style of travel now...
The kind that has real risks involved...
Chances are I will go back to India...and take my chances...
Just like Wallace and Stanley and Darwin and all the others...
Sometimes you just need to be lucky...you can't live without it.
19 June 2012
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14 June 2012
Riding Motorcycles...For Beginners
It is important not to "cover" the handle bar brake with your right hand...as applying this break in a turn without always disengaging the clutch can cause a nasty "high side" fall...and you will drop your bike at best... As a rule bikes break best when handle bars are straight...aggressive braking in a turn can be dangerous to new riders...
Also be careful...when applying the right hand brake...that you do not 'accidentally' roll the throtle toward you...causing more engine RPMs...at a time when you obviously wanted to be breaking...
The throtle and the right hand break are right next to each other and your right hand glove may be in contact with both...squeezing the brake lever...can result in accidentally moving the throtle to a more open position...ie turning it toward you...
So by pulling in on the right hand break lever...accidentally you can also be pushing the throtle toward you...and to a more to open position...causing even more "mysterious" RPMs...and possible panic.
Be aware that "finding neutral" on the left foot shifter can be a problem...and the neutral light on the dashboard is not often reliable... Some bikes "force" you to shift up to second gear then down to "neutral"....
This action is always a so called "half step" action...from 1st or 2d gear positions...as neutral "lives" half way between 1st and 2d gears...! But determining if you did a 1/2 step or a full step can be a problem on some bikes...so push up hard from 1st to 2d...there is no danger of going to a higher gear since each gear shift action is "one off"...and a separate motion....
Be aggressive when shifting up from 1st to 2d...so you don't "ACCIDENTALLY" go into neutral and think you are in 2d gear! ...With a shocking and immediate loss of forward power...even as you are rolling on the throtle in a panic falsely assuming you are in 2d gear...and that will get the bike moving again...
This will result in a quick slowing of the bike and a nasty reving up of the engines RPMs on an ever slowing bike... NOT A GOOD SITUATION...
The bike oddly is STOPPING...because you are in neutral NOT in 2d...! And you are getting more confused by the second...!
Of course now... you are also reaching for the right hand brake to stop the bike and gain some stability on this slowing bike...perhaps while even adding RPMs accidently with your right glove next to the throtle and opening it...! A nightmare scenario for the newbie biker...!
And never let out the clutch if you don't know what gear you're in...if its 1st...you could get a bad lunge forward...if its above 1st you may also get a lunge and stall...
Shifting Gears on a Motorcycle....
Strong high top shoes are an important part of bike gear to cover the ankle...
But very thick soled shoes may have a hard time "getting under" the gear shift mechanism while your foot is on the right side peg...because these two things are very close together... It takes some practice to "find" your spot...
Because the tolerances are small...between the right peg and the shifter lever...so be aware of your shoes if this becomes a problem...
"Switch to Wine at the Border" : Its an Around the World Travelers Blog...!
I met this couple in Varanasi...we managed to get some shady Kingfishers (Indian Beer) at the roof top restaurant at the Puja Hotel by Lalita Ghat... Technically not allowed on the Ghats...
Then, we met up again at My Bar in Old Delhi...on Main Bazaar Road...for another long night...
They are from Wisconsin...they saved their money...quit their jobs...and went around the world for a year...!
Bravo...! How cool is that...! Everyone should be like them...!
They are the young couple on the left...
Then, we met up again at My Bar in Old Delhi...on Main Bazaar Road...for another long night...
They are from Wisconsin...they saved their money...quit their jobs...and went around the world for a year...!
Bravo...! How cool is that...! Everyone should be like them...!
They are the young couple on the left...
13 June 2012
12 June 2012
Michigan Thumb ~ USA
What does Real America look like... ? The Russians would call these Izbas...or maybe even Dachas if in the country...?
America is a nation of single family houses...few places on the global have that luxury...large apartment complexes being the norm.
11 June 2012
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