Saturday, February 6, 2010

My top experiences so far......................

I have been lucky enough to travel to various places on work as well as leisure. Some of the places and experiences are (in no particular order)………


1. The Taj Mahal, Agra, India

2. Walking amongst the ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru

3. The Ancient City of Nan Madol, Pohnpei

4. The beautiful Alhambra de Granada, Spain

5. Being part of the Carnival festivities in Dusseldorf, Germany

6. Climbing the Great Wall, China

7. The leaning tower of Pisa, Italy

8. The sunset and views from the Eiffel Tower, Paris

9. Flying over the Nasca Lines, Peru

10. Taking delivery of the first A330 in Toulouse, France

11. Visiting the Airbus factory

12. Lourdes, France

13. The Smithsonian Museums, Washington, DC

14. Gala dinner at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing

15. The Niagara Falls, Canada

16. A private tour of CERN, Geneva

17. The ceremony at the Wagah border, Punjab, India

18. The ruins of Hampi, Karnataka, India

19. A stay on a houseboat in Kerala, India

20. Madame Butterfly (the Opera), Hamburg

21. The windmills at Zaanse Schans, The Netherlands

22. Dancing to ABBA music in the City Hall (where the great Nobel banquet is held), Stockholm

23. The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

24. A flight on The Dove, Dusseldorf

25. A helicopter ride over Mumbai

26. A cricket match in Mumbai

27. The Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang

28. Watching the sunset at the village of Oia, Santorini

29. An audience with the Pope at the Vatican.

30. The Sistine Chapel, Rome

31. The Rhine river cruise

32. The Viennese coffee in Vienna

33. A rodeo show in Dallas

34. A baseball game in Toronto

35. The NASA facility at Cape Canaveral

36. The Phillipe Patek museum in Geneva

37. Delphi, Greece

38. Exploring the ruins in Athens

39. The beautiful city of Rome

40. Exploring the grand city of Paris

41. London – The Kohinoor, The Big Ben, West Minister, Madame Tussauds, the various restaurants, Farmer’s market, etc.

42. Busy busy New York

43. Praying at the Wailing wall in Jerusalem

44. The rose red city of Petra, Jordan

45. Ginger ice-cream at the Ginger factory at Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Australia

46. Holding a baby koala, Brisbane

47. Snorkelling in the waters off Pohnpei, Micronesia

48. Watching fireflies in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

49. The Pisco Sour and ceviche in Peru

50. The CN Tower experience, Toronto

51. The Lake palaces at Udaipur, India

52. The Jain temple at Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India

53. Been a couch surfer and a global freeloader.

54. Won a car at a lucky draw in Orlando, Florida

55. The beautiful palaces in Europe – Versailles, Sintra, Royal palace of Madrid, Hampton Court, Schloss Schonbrunn, Heidleberg

56. Visiting the Real Madrid football stadium

57. The Full moon party at Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Thailand

58. The museums of Europe – The Louvre, The Prado, The V&A, Rijksmuseum, The Van Gogh, The Sex Museum (AMS), The British Museum, The London Dungeon, Miniature Wonderland (HAM), The Vatican Museums, The Red Cross Museum - Geneva

59. The miniature city of Madurodam, The Netherlands

60. A hovercraft ride between continental UK and the white cliffs of Dover

61. Floating in the Dead Sea, Israel

62. Saturday night on the La Rambla, Barcelona

63. Celebrating the 817th birthday of the Hamburg Port.

64. The Puffing Billy Tour and wine tasting outside of Melbourne, Australia

65. Exploring the beautiful island of Crete, Greece

66. Venice – Basilica di San Marco, gondola ride on the Grand Canal, observing tourists from the Rialto Bridge, Murano and Burano.

67. Tossing coins in the Trevi fountain, Rome

68. The tour of the UN, Geneva

69. Walk through 1000 years of history in the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Canada

70. Sampling the various preparations of Codfish in Lisbon, Portugal

71. Eating street food in Asia – Hongkong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Jordan

72. The Canal cruise in Amsterdam

73. Having lunch in the Planten und Bloomen, Hamburg and the seeing the tulips at Keukenhof, The Netherlands

74. The beautiful city of Bruges, Belgium

75. Walking around the various cities of Europe.

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