Back in USA

Jaymin Patel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:26:25 +0000

Hi Everyone. I’m back in the business!

I decided I will write about my trip the same day I was landed in USA but I was caught up checking 1,000 emails and work load.

It’s always great going back home and meeting your people. I enjoyed a lot this time in India. Hanging out with friends, family regroup, my grandmother and a lot! This year I relaxed a bit as well and some days were so busy. Kite Fastival, Uttarayana or Makarsakranti was too good. I fly kites after 2 years.

Still transfering pictures from my camera and an iPhone to my new MacBook. I’ll upload them to Flickr sometime today. There are 900 pictures. WOW!

I remember I was not quite happy coming back in Dec 2007. But this time, I’m happy. Jasmin and Jay stayed there so missing them a lot but it’s a matter of 8 weeks only. Since I was away for 3 weeks, first 3 days just passed but missing them a lot today. Do not know how these 8 weeks will go.

Jasmin was asking me this morning “Are you coming here on Valentine Day?”. I said “I want to but there is no chance”. I wish, I could.

I’ll have to update Jay’s blog as well. I did not write to his blog for last 4 months. That’s a big project!

So.. back to work now! Trying to keep myself a lot busy!!

First vacation in USA

Jaymin Patel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:27:04 +0000

Good afternoon reader(s)!

After writing first post, I was thinking what to write now? I should not stop writing. This is really interesting. Isn’t it?

Anyway, Jeremy advised me to write about my experiences at Niagra Falls, NY. Yes, this is place where I spent my 2 days of Labor Day Long weekend and first vacation in USA.

We start traveling early morning of saturday. As usual, stop by McDonalds, Burger Kings, & Rest areas; it was total 8 hrs drive. We were tired when we reach Niagra Falls. After check into the hotel, we got out of hotel for food and were trying to get information on what to do next day.

We start walking toward 4th Street, very close to American Falls, I see CANADA right on the other side. I was so excited to see Niagra Falls now. There were so many stores of food, ice-cream etc & The Haunted House! There was a notice on The Haunted House that “If you are a heart patient please enter with your doctor.” It was really Haunted barns, houses, hayrides, and ghost town! I did not get in there. I did not dare!

Though we were hungry, we reached to Park, very very close to American Falls. And this is the moment when I and my wife said “WOW! It is natural wonder”. There are lights set on falls (from CANADA Side), to make it more attractive in the night. Some of the visitors said “American Falls are not natural. It has been made”. I do not think so. Do you?

We were all excited to take pictures, book our PASSPORT Tickets for next day Boat trip, Bus Ride in the park and more fun!

PASSPORT Tickets were in boom that day. Since long weekend and traditional last day of Summer, queue for getting tickets was so long and same to board into Boat and Bus ride. We stand in the queue at 11 am and we board into Boat at 3:30 pm. Was that 3:30 pm? Yes it was 3:30 pm. Again we were so tired standing in the queue. I was thinking “When our turn comes and we have fun?” And it comes. It was like a dream. We were driven to the center of the HorseShoe falls. We can not see anything else. WATER, WATER & WATER! That was amazing. We did not want to but after 25 minutes, We came back to the place where we board into the Boat.

Rest of the day we passed in the park. We went to The Goat Island, Three sisters Island, Cave of the Winds, Terrapin Point, and many more.

It was very good time and ofcourse not to forget.

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