Every weekend me n Rajeev would look at ‘local attractions in Atlanta’ and say “oh yeah we need to go there”. But you know how we always tend to overlook what’s in our backyard…so it took the arrival of Rajeev’s cousin Sharath (our very first visitor, yippee!) to push us beyond the doors of the innumerable (and I’m not joking) shopping malls, into the downtown Atlanta.
Maybe it was devotion or just the thought of familiarity that made us drive to this “Indian temple of Atlanta” despite of the chill…just for the sight of Shivji, Ganapati bappa and Venkateshwara..symbols in stone of our faith in Him and our destiny.
Next stop was the Georgia aquarium..its actually the world’s largest aquarium. Roaming through the huge underwater tunnel with the 20 feet or so shark whales moving by, actually touching the underwater sea life and the fish as they swim past you, going within inches of the penguins or just watching the color come to life in the innumerable beautiful fishes, it was …wow!
Atlanta being the headquarters for CNN and Coca Cola…a day out in Atlanta would have been incomplete without a visit there. I thought maybe we would just pose in front of the CNN building, maybe pick up a souvenir or two and then head off…but boy I couldn’t have been more wrong! Not only did we get a guided walking tour into the ‘live news studio’ of CNN, but also got to know the behind-the-scene process of the news broadcasting- from news production and weather forecasting to the million dollar equipments! (with a fee of 12$ per person.. it was certainly a fabulous marketing gimmick!)
Next day our “picnic” continued onwards to the High Museum of Art and the World of Coca Cola, onto the Centennial Olympic Park- built to mark the 1996 Olympic Games, and finally to the Botanical Gardens into the heart of a Tropical Rainforest (and believe me it was not just the freezing temperatures outside that kept us inside!)
And though I already miss the Bombay ‘Chowpati’ and the Necklace Road in Hyderabad, atleast now I know there are quite a few places worth exploring in this new “hometown” of ours!
gr8 pics,,,,,,,,and kau very nice write up,,,,,,so our kournalist is back to some kind of writing,,,,,,,,sahi hai yaar.
hey kau,
read about ur trip to the wild……he he .u havent lost ur touch.n mr.engineer is good too with words.first one abt ana ruby was his rt?
so big plans for christmas?
enjoy,have a good time.
miss ya
chinu
You covered so much in such a short time…hmmm. So CNN is making more money by hiking the entry fee from 10$ to 12$.
Otherwise, i can’t see any of your images don’t know why. Hehehe…