Mar 16 2012

Jupiter meets Venus in Bhilai India

Venus will meet Jupiter after sunset on Friday, March 16, 2012. India and her skies will be a window to the solar system as the planets show their meeting. Venus and Jupiter will be aligned in the sky westwards.

Venus seldom meets up with Jupiter. The planet Venus will shine brightly for its date with its less sparkling fellow planet. After they have their tete a tete, the planets will fly away. The planets will move farther apart in opposite directions. Venus will travel on its path in a projectory manner upwards. Jupiter moves away downwards. Venus and the moon often meet. So does Jupiter. The moon and Jupiter have regular dates in the night sky. However, Venus and Jupiter seldom share a common rendevous. This night will be a special one.

If you have a pair of good binoculars, you’ll be able to see Venus, Jupiter and the moon clearly. The moon’s surface is pitted with craters. The binoculars proves that the pictures of the moon are true. From earth, the moon’s face appears yellow, having sunlight thrown on its surface. The craters appear black and grey.

Feb 20 2012

R City Mall Ghatkopar West Mumbai

Our local hostess in Mumbai drove us to R City Mall in Ghatkopar West. It was one of the best upmarket shopping centers in Mumbai. There were many European, American, and foreign fashion brands. Apple, Azaro, Bata, Barbie, and etc.

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Feb 20 2012

Tourist tastes India food

Our hostess was gracious and went over the board with the first meal to welcome us. She prepared a feast. There were many vegetarian dishes. The hostess had anticipated we would not be familiar with Indian spices, or what the locals call as masala. She didn’t add much of the masala into her usual recipes.

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Feb 20 2012

India tourist at Mumbai Chattrapathi Shivaji International Airport

The flight from Singapore Changi International Airport, to Mumbai, took around 5 and a half hours. It was a small plane with 6 seats in a row, split down the middle by an aisle.

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Jan 29 2012

Gecko in India

India has a vast landscape of vegetation. In every landed property, the proud house owner will tend to a beautiful garden. Naturally, reptiles, insects and other creatures of the garden will flourish. I saw a slimy skinned, black and grey colored gecko running in the garden. It sought refuge in the garage, which had a cement floor.

The big lizard ran quickly, unlike its sluggish cousin. It was well fed, surviving on a diet of mosquitoes, flies, dragon flies and other small bugs. This gecko was like a sentinel in the garden, devouring the invasion of bugs, keeping them at bay, from the house.

Jan 29 2012

Tourist sees broom salesman in India

The broom salesman came by the house. He was pedaling his bicycle, with a bundle of new brooms tied to the back of his bicycle. As he cycled along the road, he shouted, “Brrroooommmmmssssss”. This alerted residents along the street that a pedlar was selling his wares.

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Jan 29 2012

Tourist sees snail without shell in India.

A black bean snaked its way across the pavement on the driveway. For a while, I thought it was a black bean, until I realized it was garden insect that looks like a giant sized black bean.

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Jan 25 2012

Tourist sees caterpillar in India

Central India,
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 -
Today, we saw a huge caterpillar in the garden. It was leafy green in color. I guessed it could camouflage itself. It survived all this while because it managed to evade predators.

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