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Day 48: The joys of nothing, Puerto Viejo

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
Take a look at the gentlemen in the photo below. They reminded us of the joy of doing, well, nothing. If it sounds to you like that´s what we´re doing through this 90-day journey, you couldn´t be more wrong. We´ve been on the move: travel, packing, transport, getting visas, finding food, and that great holiday trap -- activities. Ah yes, not easy. Make...

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Day 46: PHOTOS! Cows and the Indian hand

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
The pole-dancing cow in downtown San Jose -- a lively but decidedly edgy town -- is just one of many sculptures of cows across the capital of Costa Rica. Don´t miss the lipstick and the red fishnet stockings. There are outrageously painted cows doing all kinds of outrageous things. Take a look at the one below, dressed like a clown. Another is dunked...

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Day 45: The real holiday begins

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
Thank you god for creating South America. Today was the best day of my holiday. Firstly, this is the first time we´re alone. No friends. No family (Bong and Gitu would have enjoyed this though). No nobody. Only guarro (a local pineapple, wheat and sugarcane liquor -- strong and fantastic). Moonshine, as Kurt, our B and B landlord in San Jose referred...

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Day 44, The pole'dancing cow of Costa Rica

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
So I´m at a secretarial institute that also happens to offer the internet in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica. No one speaks English, but I´m managing to get by ºº with the dim memories of Spanish from a course I once did ºº a handy pocket guide, and some help from the pretty girls around. The computer is a last'generation box and it speaks Spanish...

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Day 42: Into the great unknown

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
It's nearing 11 at night on an unseasonably chill California evening, and we are preparing for the most uncertain part of our journey. In just over four hours, we're going to have to shake our groggy selves awake and stuff our baggage into my brother-in-law's car for the hour-long drive to LAX (Los Angeles International Airport). A United...

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Day 40: Ah, America

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
So, yes, here we are finally with the great Satan, in the land of the free, home of the brave. What better place to await the halfway point of our trip than in the country that excites and infuriates the world. It makes you realise just how far your own country must travel, it makes you realise how far your own country has travelled, it makes you envious...

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Day 39: What was Spielberg thinking?

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
I love the man. I worship him. I could watch War of the Worlds , Minority Report , all the Jurassic Park movies a million times over. And those are just his newer films. But Stephen Spielberg has failed all his fans with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . I get that Spielberg wanted to maintain the spirit of this hero we last saw in...

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Day 39: In the land of season finales

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
Los Angeles, USA. A land of season finales-- Lost, Law and Order, Boston Legal, 24 . A world of multiple reality climaxes. Dancing with the Stars . Jhalak Dikhla Jaa to you folks. And the winner is Kristi Yamaguchi, the first woman in 4 years to win this title and a former Olympic figure skater. Of course, it's followed by a controversy. Especially...

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Day 37: Why Vikram Vij should move back to India PHOTOS

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
( Photo: #35 in line at Vij's ) Everywhere we went in Vancouver his name shadowed us. On the first night in the city we hit a bar with a friend. "Vij's is just down this road," he said. "You must go." At our favourite food store on Granville island, the Japanese salesgirls insisted that Vij's was one of Vancouver's...

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Day 36: Looking Los Angeles, talking New York

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
We'll be on our way to LA soon, to spend a few days with my younger brother Sid, but here's a great piece on New York from the latest issue of Smithsonian magazine. Enjoy... "In my experience, many people believe that New Yorkers are smarter than other Americans, and this may actually be true. The majority of people who live in New York...

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Day 36: Long walks, warm days PHOTOS!

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
The last three days were the warmest we've experienced since we left Mumbai: 26-28 deg C. It was wonderful to feel the sun warm upon our skins and watch Vancouver -- a languid melting pot of a city, of endless sea coasts -- come alive. People were out in their thousands. Entire families were out cycling or roller blading. All manner of dogs -- from...

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Day 35: Checkmated on Vancouver's streets, PHOTOS!

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
There's a chess champion in this photo. The portly man on the right is David Strauss, known and feared on Vancouver's vibrant street chess scene. He plays upto 100 opponents at the same time. This is his modus operandi: David sets up his table and his chess boards and distributes leaflets titled, "Go ahead, make your move." He plays...

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Day 34: So this is what you call public art in Vancouver? PHOTO!

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
We spotted these chairs fitted into the sand on Vancouver's sea wall. Art, my brother-in-law Gyan said. So what's wrong with Bombay's Jitesh Kallat then? PS: As you can see, we've finally figured out the photos (shot mostly by me, I might add)! Get ready for more! Share this post: email it! | del.icio.us! | digg it! | newsVine!

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Day 34: Just do it -- how we made this trip, PHOTOS!

Posted by Samar Halarnkar at 
Some of you have been asking us how we made this trip happen. How did we find the time? How did we find the money? Where exactly are we headed? (Photo: The Pajero we hired on our road-trip in New Zealand earlier this month) The short answer: We just did it. And really, the long answer is an expanded version of what might sound like free advertising...

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Day 33: Where life is too short for boring food

Posted by Priya Ramani at 
If, like us, you love chillies, don't miss the "Wall of Fire" at Granville Island, 10 minutes from downtown Vancouver. It's located in the Granville Island Public Market, a fiery wall of shelves stocked with chilly sauces from all over the world--sambal, piri piri, grapefruit habanero, chipotli, pimento, Louisiana hot sauce, West Indes...

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