CG members photo album

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Originally Posted by Igor Soukhov

It was the thermos with a very hot tea.

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Sure is a valuable trophy in that freezing cold.

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

While I did visit the Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri was unfortunately not on the guided tour. I guess, this place is one that I sorely missed

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Well, my theory is this. Always leave something pending, so you make another visit ;)

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Seeing photos posted by Kiran earlier, I also wished to visit Jaisalmer, but that would be in the direction opposite to Delhi (from Udaipur) and I had to leave it for later - Delhi and Agra being on my priorities for this trip.

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I was planning on hoping to cover Agra/Delhi too when I visited Rajasthan. But that would've been impractical covering all those places, and rushing through would be ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Beautiful places apart, North India (Delhi in particular) is also a wonderful culinary experience. However, I guess, the same can be said about many parts of this country - good food is rarely far away!

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True. I made it a point to stop by the highway-side dhabas, a rarity in this side of the world ;)

BTW, nice photo , Krishnaa !!

Started a new chapter of my life on 28th january.

Sharing some pics...

Nice photos... :thumb:

CG's first Marriage pics, I presume. :)

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Nice photos... :thumb:

CG's first Marriage pics, I presume. :)

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Nope, second.

This is the first. :cool:

And here are the pics. :)

That was 2 years ago... Ahhh time flies... :o

Congrats CManish, welcome to the club :wave:

nice pics, chmanish. Congrats :wave:

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Originally Posted by chmanish

Started a new chapter of my life on 28th january.

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Congrats & welcome to the gang :)

Thanx everyone :wave:

Following pics are from actual ceremony.. (pls dont mind the stupid headgear :blush: !!)

Congrats Manish!

:wave:

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Originally Posted by chmanish

Thanx everyone :wave:

Following pics are from actual ceremony.. (pls dont mind the stupid headgear :blush: !!)

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Thats really cool and good for you that you could have a beautiful traditional ceremony.

In the 2nd pic is she massaging your feet? :D

Congrats.. :) :wave: .. and as Ejaz ;) said - welcome to the club! :D

It is not a gang anymore... :D

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In the 2nd pic is she massaging your feet?

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Just a symbolic gesture of washing my feet. In Hinduism, wife is supposed to respect her husband and treat as equivalent to god.

Just one of the symbolic ceremony, doesnt mean much in modern society.

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Originally Posted by chmanish

Just a symbolic gesture of washing my feet. In Hinduism, wife is supposed to respect her husband and treat as equivalent to god.

Just one of the symbolic ceremony, doesnt mean much in modern society.

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My best wishes to you and your wife. Let it be long and happy life together.

Congratulations Manish !

Hi CG's,

Here is my, one of the pics....While enjoying beauty of nature n fort....

-Anant

Nice, anantwakode. What fort is it ? Somewhere near Mumbai / Pune ?

Hi Kirants,

Its Raigad near Pune (40-50 km)


-Anant

Nice Pics Chmanish ..& Congratulations :wave:

Nice pics , anantwakode :)

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Originally Posted by anantwakode

Hi Kirants,
Its Raigad near Pune (40-50 km)
-Anant

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Aha.. brings back memories when I used to be in Pune. Had trekked up quite a few forts ( Raigad, Sinhagad, Harischandragad, Junjaar maachi, Sudhagad to name a few ) Man, those were the days ...

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Originally Posted by Graham

Who's going to be first to name the bridge?

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MILLAU, France.

Very nice photos everyone! :)

Congratulations, chmanish! :wave:
// Thanks for sharing some snap shots from your wedding - I finally get to see a Hindu wedding ceremony from a fellow CG member. :thumb:

Thanx everyone!!

I hope to upload some pics of our visit to Taj/Fatehpur Sikri soon.. as soon as I get the pics converted to digital form..

I just returned from vacation in Austria. Here is a picture on a piste in Bad Hofgastein, somewhere at 2000m altitude.

oooooh, wonderful landscape. and nice portrait :rolleyes:

nice, cilu.. :thumb:
BTW, what is a piste ?

Nice photo, Marius. :thumb:

// Edit: I wonder if you were able to meet up with Florian? :)

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Originally Posted by cilu

Here is a picture on a piste in Bad Hofgastein, somewhere at 2000m altitude.

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Pure beauty! Bad Gastein and its surroundings is IMO the best place if you're looking for beautiful landscape, long runs and good afterski :thumb:.
And nothing beats the feeling of maneuvering the snowboard down the hillside after having too many Jägertees at the Bellevue Alm ;)

- petter

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Originally Posted by kirants

what is a piste ?

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I suppose it means "track".

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nice, cilu.. :thumb:
BTW, what is a piste ?

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It's the word use in Europe (at least) for a a snow-covered area or track which is suitable for skiing on.

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Pure beauty! Bad Gastein and its surroundings is IMO the best place if you're looking for beautiful landscape, long runs and good afterski

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Bad Hofgastein and Sportgastein looked more appealing to me. ;) But the whole area is indeed great. And the Alpen Therme were superb.

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Originally Posted by cherish

I wonder if you were able to meet up with Florian?

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No, perhaps next time.

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Bad Hofgastein and Sportgastein looked more appealing to me. But the whole area is indeed great.

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The whole area is appealing. Sportgastein was closed, but I remember having a long, freezing (16 degrees below and heavy winds), but still a nice trip from Schlossalm to Bad Hofgastein. Almost 10km downhill :)

Here's a picture of me and some friends of mine...

- petter

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Here's a picture of me and some friends of mine...

- petter

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We have mutual friends.

PS: Awesome photo Cilu, love the landscape.

The Kangaroo is posing for the photograph too - good shot! :)

This is a photo taken at the White Sands, in New Mexico...

http://siddhartha.rao.googlepages.com/IMG_4024.jpg

As the name suggests, the desert sands are white as salt. :)

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This is a photo taken at the White Sands, in New Mexico...

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A beautiful area, although I haven't been there since I left the defense industry....

Just watch out for errant missles [although they rarely leave the testing range, you can often spot their trails....] :D

I recognize that sand! I've vacationed (somewhere close?) twice.

nice , Siddhartha :wave: Did you get a chance to visit Carlsbad Caverns ?

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Just watch out for errant missles [although they rarely leave the testing range, you can often spot their trails....] :D

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:D When I visited White Sands, I did infact miss a road and happened to end up driving into a defense area. Was scary as I hadn't carried passport along with me on that trip. Didn't have any troubles though :)

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Just watch out for errant missles [although they rarely leave the testing range, you can often spot their trails....] :D

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LOL, yes - I did hope that we find some stray missiles that would bring me back home to Germany. :D

My plans did not materialize, though.

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nice , Siddhartha :wave: Did you get a chance to visit Carlsbad Caverns ?

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Thanks. :) Yes, I did!

That was quite impressive too - in particular the big room that is as big as 14 football fields. It was a real good my-first-time feeling. :)

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Originally Posted by Kiran

:D When I visited White Sands, I did infact miss a road and happened to end up driving into a defense area. Was scary as I hadn't carried passport along with me on that trip. Didn't have any troubles though :)

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You were driving to White Sands from Alamogordo too. Coincidentally, even I missed the exit to the White Sands and continued in direction of the Missile Testing range.

Luckily, we figured this out before it was too late. :D

Kirants,

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Was scary as I hadn't carried passport along with me on that trip.

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Yet you location shows California as your location. I know it is a different mind set there, but did not think you needed passports. :D

[quessing there is something missing....]

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Coincidentally, even I missed the exit to the White Sands and continued in direction of the Missile Testing range.

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LOL :D

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Originally Posted by TheCPUWizard

Kirants,
Yet you location shows California as your location. I know it is a different mind set there, but did not think you needed passports. :D
[quessing there is something missing....]

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I am not an American citizen :) That is the missing thing ;)

Visited Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse memorial, Jewel Cave Monument, Wind Cave Monument and Badlands National Park this last weekend. Wonderful places. Mt. Rushmore has been one of the places in my wishlist for a long time. This one taken in front of the four presidents' carvings.

Kiran, the background looks like a wallpaper. :D Kiding. Great picture! :wave:

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Originally Posted by kirants

Visited Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse memorial, Jewel Cave Monument, Wind Cave Monument and Badlands National Park this last weekend. Wonderful places.

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Have you noticed the 4 guys staring at you from behind?!? :D

Thanks guys :wave:

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Originally Posted by cilu

Kiran, the background looks like a wallpaper.

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Where ?? I don't see any desktop icons :D

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Have you noticed the 4 guys staring at you from behind?!?

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No worries, PadexArt. They stare at everyone , not just me ;)

Nice photo Kiran... How far are those Sculptures from you? Did you get any closer?
(I think they are really huge up-close, right?)

I spent my Easter Weekend vacationing in Switzerland (a place that I always wished to visit since the past 4 years of being 200 kms away from it!) - Lucerne to be precise. This is a very pretty and scenic town flanking the lake Vierwaldstättersee.

Here is a photo of the city -

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(Yes, I need a haircut!)

I also did make a trip to Mount Titlis 10000 ft high up in the skies...

http://sidatswitzerland.googlepages....is15-large.jpg


Yes, keeping the eyes open was real difficult as it was so bright up there thanks to all the snow-clad peaks reflecting an incredible amount of sunlight!

More (and probably better) photos here. :wave:

Great pictures Sid! :thumb:

Nice pics , Sid. definitely a place woth visiting :thumb: I hope to see Switzerland, and of course, Europe, some day.

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Nice photo Kiran... How far are those Sculptures from you? Did you get any closer?

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They are quite far from the place the photo was taken. Let's say 300-400 ft away horizontally. I beleive one can get close if you trek. That wasn't an option for me since it had snowed heavy.

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(I think they are really huge up-close, right?)

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Yes. They are. However, there is a memorial to an American Indian called Crazy horse coming up which is gonna beat it when completed. Only the face of this is ready now and apparently, the face of Crazy Horse is as big as all the four presidents' faces put together.

hey guys.. have not been here lately, but just want to share this pics with you.

It's hanami ( flower viewing )time again, when Sakura ( Cherry Blossoms ) are in bloom.
As you know, sakura /hanami is a special event in Japan, people would really go out and enjoy eating/drinking under the cherry tree.

This year 3 of us went to Kyoto , not for viewing only but for hunting places were Sakura are its finest :D


http://www.flickr.com/photos/7612130@N02


@Sidd... splendid pics.. very beautiful :D

Me with a friend and his baby.

Me with my honey.

After an exhaustive moutain climbing.

I love the lake.

And the waterfall too.