Visit Chicago 02

Visit Chicago 02
Chicago-Midway Airport (MDW)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Visit Chicago 01

Visit Chicago 01

Monday, March 30, 2009

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL 60611

Early Monday I left for Chicago via Delta flight getting a connection in ATL. By the time I arrived in MDW the weather from TLH to MDW has changed so much. It was a bright but blustery day with temperatures ranging from mid 30s to mid 40s. We picked a SUV (with a Garmin GPS Navigator) and exchanged the correct one at ORD and headed to Northwestern University, Downtown Campus, Chicago, IL.

Our host was waiting for us and we completed our official work well after our lunch time. Then we took some time for lunch. By the time we came back the host had some work to do and our work was complete and so we headed to Hotel Affinia Chicago, a block away.

Later that evening, we walked slowly on the Lake Shore Drive, two blocks from the University,  toward Navy Pier. We spent some time at the Navy Pier and the surrouning park. After dinner we drove to Millenium Park and saw "The Bean" and the "The Face". Then later that night we went to John Hancock Building Observatory and saw the view of the city at night. 

Trip to Chicago 01

Trip to Chicago, IL
Preparation

I will be traveling to Chicago, IL in few weeks. I have booked my ticket using a traveling website for the cheapest price. Once it has been decided, I asked my host for suggestion for a place to stay. Since it is a big city and the place I am going is very close to downtown, I followed upon my host's advice and used maps.yahoo.com to plug the address and narrowed down the cheap hotel from the list provided by my host.

Travel to Orlando Florida

Travel to and fro Orlando, Florida

I woke up early morning around 4:00 AM and started my trip to Orlando at 5:05 AM. I took first Florida US90E then  I-10E toward Jacksonvillle then I-75S, Florida Turnpike, and finally on 408E. I arrived at Valencia Community College, Institute of Criminal Justice around 10:05 AM for my meeting.

It was a pleasant day with bit fog early in the morning. But otherwise  it was a warm and sunny day (84F) in Orlando.

Since the meeting got over by 3:00 PM, I started my journey to back home around 3:30 PM from VCC and retraced almost the same path with few stops for coffee and dinner and arrived home around 8:15 PM.

Add Location in WikiMapia

Add Vedaraniam (Thirumaraikkadu) Residence
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

I have added my old residence in Vedaraniam (வேதாரண்யம்) to WikiMapia. The residence is clearly visible in the North Main Road in Vedaraniam also known as Thirumaraikkadu (திருமறைக்காடு). The town center and the main temple, Vedharaniyeswarar temple is also seen.

Trip to Jacksonville Hindu Temple

Trip to Jacksonville, Florida
Hindu Temple of North East Florida
Sunday, December 28, 2008

We visited the Jacksonville Hindu Society of North East Florida and the Ganesh temple today. We started around 8:00 AM from home and took Interstate 10 East and drove for about two hours and 45 minutes. The temple is now located in a new subdivision Greenland Road (4968, Greenland Road, Jacksonville, FL 32258 (904-268-7630) www.jaxhindutemple.org (compared to the time when we visited the temple in 2004).

The temple construction work was still in progress with volunteers painting the driveway. We went inside and participated in poojas for Ram and Ganesh. We finished our meal in the temple and volunteered to set-up chairs for the upcoming New Year Services on Thursday, January 1, 2009.


We then drove to Rajan Indian Grocery store in Baymeadow Road and purchased some grocery items before heading toward Beach Boulevard and reached the Jacksonville Beaches. The water was cold and there were signs stating that there were rip currents and hence swimming was not encouraged.

The kids waded the water in knee deep water for about 45 minutes. Then we picked some coffee and donunts at the Dunkin Donut shop and headed toward home. We were home just before 8 PM.

Highlights and tips of our Japan trip

Tips and ideas from our Japan trip

Monday, September 01, 2008

Tallahassee, FL, USA

We have visited couple of places in Japan and here I have given list of those places and highlights of our trip. Enjoy

Links:

• Hirohsima and Himeji
• Kyoto
• Osaka
• Nara
• Nagoya