Desktop Calendar: June 2011

Desktop Calendar - June 2011

Bennachie Mountains in Aberdeenshire, a perfect place for half to full day hike. Pictured here is ‘Mither Tap’, the most prominent peak in the hill range.

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I Was Here: Markonahalli Dam

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Markonahalli, always reminds me of my childhood. A small dam built across the river Shimsha near Kunigal taluk, is very close to Huliyurdurga where I grew up. One of our favorite picnic spot (Deepambudhi and Kumbhi betta were others), where we used to spend whole day playing the water or in the park.

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London Glimpses: Landmarks – Part 2

Here is second set of glimpses of landmarks of London. (Click here for the first set)

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St Paul’s Cathedral, which stood as the tallest building of London for 250 years from 1710 to 1962.

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St Paul’s Cathedral in the night

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Canary Wharf, major business district of London and O2 arena (though not visible clearly) as seen from Greenwich

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Trafalgar Square

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Admiralty Arch

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Buckingham palace

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London Glimpses: Landmarks – Part 1

For rookie or recreational tourists, any major tourist place means a set of well known landmarks. Travel plan for them revolves around these predefined stop-overs. Weekends during my six month long stay at London meant roaming aimlessly around the buzzing city. Here is first set of the glimpses –

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Tower bridge (quite often confused with London bridge) – during first two months of my wandering around, most of the times I ended up here.

PAYANIGA - Landmarks of London
London Eye, the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe

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London Eye during day time.

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The Big Ben

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Houses of Parliament

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Lords, the home of Cricket

Part 2 to follow…

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