Saturday, September 02, 2006

Last Summer Vacation

Hi!
Last year during summer, we went to the USA on vacation. Actually it was because appa went for training in Umesh mama’s lab. We started the journey on 10th July by bus from Saltillo. First we went to Nuevo Laredo; there we crossed the border by walking. In the immigration office of the USA, the officer there checked our passports and visa. After that we went to the Greyhound station, where we took the bus to Dallas, which passed through San Antonio (Texas). Till Dallas, there were many Mexicans in the bus but later there were more Afro-Americans and there were a few Mexicans. Then our bus to Nashville, took us through Little Rock (Arkansas) and Memphis. Appa said that ex-president Bill Clinton was a native of Little rock, Arkansas. From Nashville (Tennessee), we went to Cincinnati, Columbus (Ohio) and then we finally arrived Charleston (West Virginia). On our way till Cincinnati we were with a Mexican old man, who advised us that if we don’t go to the line first when we change the buses, we will miss our next bus. He helped us very much. We were received by Umesh mama at Charleston. We stayed at Umesh mama´s house. Every day appa, Umesh mama and Padma aunty will go to the lab, meanwhile amma, Rishi and myself stayed at home. Rishi and myself would be fighting for the TV remote control, I wanted to see Disney Channel, while Rishi wanted to see Cartoon Network. In the night I would read Harry Potter books or other book. The 30th of august Umesh mama & Padma aunty took us on a trip to Niagara Falls. On the way, first we went to a Krishna temple at Moundsville (WV). Then we went to Pittsburg, and visited Venkateswara temple. In both temples we ate good food. We stayed in a hotel near Buffalo. Next day we went to Niagara Falls which was very beautiful. We went for a ride in the boat (Maid of the mist), which took us near the falls. Then in the Cave of the wind trip, we went down and below the falls and enjoyed the view, as we could see lot of rainbows in the falling water. We were in Charleston till 5th of August. On fifth morning, Umesh mama drove us to Knoxville, Tennessee, where we were received by Siva mama, Manju aunty & Nanda. Now they live in Calgary, Canada. We were there for five days. I was playing with Nanda and Manju aunty. They took us to Atlanta (Georgia), where we went to an Indian restaurant to have our lunch (buffet). Amma bought some groceries. Later, they took us to Rock City, where we saw many kinds of plants and rocks and a beautiful artificial water fall. We also went to Ruby Falls. The special nature of this falls is that it is falling with in the mountain. We have to go inside the mountain as well as below the earth by walk to see this falls. Again, we returned to Saltillo by bus. It was a nice trip.

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