Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Driving experiences in Louisiana - USA
Driving in USA was much different from driving in Canada But mostly that earlier experience made me feel more confident about my driving.
Getting driving license from Louisiana (where i am living now) was hassle free. With our indian driving experience lets us get american driving license easily. All we have to do is first clear a written test and then take a drive test. thats it we get a license with no restrictions.
Previous driving experience in any country counts specially international driving permit. Indian or any other country driving license will also do.
Canada and US driving rules are mostly same. Biggest difference is all the numbers are in miles in USA and Canada and most of the world uses Kilometers.
Its cautiously driving for a few days is whats important and eventually you will get used to it.
Recently tried my hand on a 12 seater van while driving to Miami. At first it all seemed same as a car, real trouble started when i was overtaking a huge lorry at 70+ miles an hour speed. It could be just one of the defective van steering that we hired or may be all of them are like that. You need to constantly keep adjusting the steering wheel to keep it accurately on the road where you want. I was overtaking the lorry in on a bent road and hardly had enough room to. Van was shaking and i was literally scared & scared everyone to before taking good control of it. Also it always rained when i drove, which made it all more difficult to drive.
You can checkout this van and all other cars i drove on my wikipedia page of My & the cars i drove But soon i was one of the very confident drivers who drove that van in the night at 75+ miles constantly for hours together crossing 4 US states Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Diving had never been so pleasurable, I love US highways.
Getting driving license from Louisiana (where i am living now) was hassle free. With our indian driving experience lets us get american driving license easily. All we have to do is first clear a written test and then take a drive test. thats it we get a license with no restrictions.
Previous driving experience in any country counts specially international driving permit. Indian or any other country driving license will also do.
Canada and US driving rules are mostly same. Biggest difference is all the numbers are in miles in USA and Canada and most of the world uses Kilometers.
Its cautiously driving for a few days is whats important and eventually you will get used to it.
A recent scary incident.
Recently tried my hand on a 12 seater van while driving to Miami. At first it all seemed same as a car, real trouble started when i was overtaking a huge lorry at 70+ miles an hour speed. It could be just one of the defective van steering that we hired or may be all of them are like that. You need to constantly keep adjusting the steering wheel to keep it accurately on the road where you want. I was overtaking the lorry in on a bent road and hardly had enough room to. Van was shaking and i was literally scared & scared everyone to before taking good control of it. Also it always rained when i drove, which made it all more difficult to drive.
You can checkout this van and all other cars i drove on my wikipedia page of My & the cars i drove But soon i was one of the very confident drivers who drove that van in the night at 75+ miles constantly for hours together crossing 4 US states Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Diving had never been so pleasurable, I love US highways.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Crossing worlds longest bridge - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest bridge in the world. Its built on lake Pontchartrain thats between New Orleans(South shore) and covington(North shore).
Some facts
spanning 23.9 miles from Metairie on the South Shore.
Speed limit 70 miles per hour.
We did not notice the first time we crossed it in the midnight. But now its a feast to the eyes every time we cross it. At the same time its a bridge where we have to drive very carefully as only 2 high speed lanes are the on each side.
Some facts
We did not notice the first time we crossed it in the midnight. But now its a feast to the eyes every time we cross it. At the same time its a bridge where we have to drive very carefully as only 2 high speed lanes are the on each side.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Mardi gras 2009 @ Slidell, Metairie, Covington, Mandeville, New Orleans - Louisiana
Although Mardi gras is celebrated worldwide in various forms, Louisiana is famous (and notorious!!) for Mardi gras carnival.
Fun part of this carnival is lots of beads, soft toys, plastic glasses are thrown from the floats. Families with kids await eagerly for this carnival and come prepared with huge bags and ladders. Kids sit on those ladders along the roads(path of the floats). They catch everything thrown at them and almost fill multiple bags of beads and other stuff collected.
This take place for almost two weeks and almost everyday some part of Louisiana will have some mardi gras celebration.
We attended Mardi gras in Slidell, Mandeville and Metairie.
Fun part of this carnival is lots of beads, soft toys, plastic glasses are thrown from the floats. Families with kids await eagerly for this carnival and come prepared with huge bags and ladders. Kids sit on those ladders along the roads(path of the floats). They catch everything thrown at them and almost fill multiple bags of beads and other stuff collected.
This take place for almost two weeks and almost everyday some part of Louisiana will have some mardi gras celebration.
We attended Mardi gras in Slidell, Mandeville and Metairie.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Bubbles at Gymboree on Inika's birthday.
Rishab attended Inika's birthday in Gymboree at Mandeville. As a part of games organized, bubbles were blown all over the place.
All games were for kids below 5 years and they had a blast.
All games were for kids below 5 years and they had a blast.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Life changes
Life changes dramatically with the entry of our kid(s). Mine isnt different, Rishab changed the way we look at every minute thing in our life.
I have been maintaining his blog regularly, but haven't been updating my own.
I have been maintaining his blog regularly, but haven't been updating my own.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Stamps of 2007
Wow yet another year with amazing memories. Best way to remember these events is by making stamps of important events. Since most part of 2007 was spent in Canada, almost all the stamps of 2007 are of Canada.
Driving in Canada
Driving at 120KMS speed on the highways was exciting and memorable event. Read all about my experience of driving in Canada
Created Kannada-Greetings.com
One of the most important task that i did during my stay in canada was the contribution to kannada lanugage on Internet - A Kannada greetings website. Lots of people use it now, 2500+ hits a day sometime.
CN Tower
visited CN Tower on June 30 read the full details of CN Tower travel experience
Niagara falls
visited most beautiful water fallsNiagara Falls A must visit place on the world map. Dont forget to read my reivew of the niagara falls travel experience
Fall Season
Fall season is the most brightly lit colorful season of the year. We were all excitied to be a part of it.
Chilling Winter
Winter was the exact opposite of fall season. It was the most difficult time of the year. We had to spend almost all the time at home.
Dont forget to see my previous year 2006 stamps
Driving at 120KMS speed on the highways was exciting and memorable event. Read all about my experience of driving in Canada
One of the most important task that i did during my stay in canada was the contribution to kannada lanugage on Internet - A Kannada greetings website. Lots of people use it now, 2500+ hits a day sometime.
visited CN Tower on June 30 read the full details of CN Tower travel experience
visited most beautiful water fallsNiagara Falls A must visit place on the world map. Dont forget to read my reivew of the niagara falls travel experience
Fall season is the most brightly lit colorful season of the year. We were all excitied to be a part of it.
Winter was the exact opposite of fall season. It was the most difficult time of the year. We had to spend almost all the time at home.
Dont forget to see my previous year 2006 stamps
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