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Archive for November, 2007


In Juhu beach

Nov 17, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: India, Photography, Travels

In one of my afternoon strolls on the beach. One of those days on my strolling on the beach, I was just walking around for exercise and to get air. It somehow came out okay though. I enjoyed my place there.

Frontier trivia the day:

India seeks cooperation from Bhutan and Burma to keep Indian Nagaland and Assam separatists from hiding in remote areas along the borders

Houston siding experts

Nov 17, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: facitilies and services, Homes and improvement, reviews

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A silhouette of me

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: India, Photography, Travels

A silhouette of me looking through the hotel window at the beach below. In one time below was one of the scenes I observed, just a few people around the sands, lying down, sitting or sleeping.

Frontier trivia the day:

Bangladesh protests India’s attempts to fence off high-traffic sections of the border;

Marriott hotel

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: India, Photography, Travels

This is in JW Marriott hotel in Mumbai during our lunch with some nice fellow Indians hubby was working with. The food was so great and of course they have an extensive collection of international dishes that I missed terribly that time.

Below are some snapshots I took around Marriott hotel. They have beautiful landscaping of the area, which is along the beach.

Frontier trivia the day:

Pakistani maps continue to show its Junagadh claim in Indian Gujarat State

India tour guide

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: India, Photography, Travels

Now this is Paul the good driver and tour guide. This was taken outside of the hotel along Juhu beach. We had a little confusion since at that time I couldn’t get the pictures printed out, and I know we like to have our own pictures, I know he treasured it, but I ended up emailing them back to his friend. They were nice.

Frontier trivia the day:

India does not recognize Pakistan’s ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; to defuse tensions and prepare for discussions on a maritime boundary, India and Pakistan seek technical resolution of the disputed boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch in the Arabian Sea

Haji Ali Mosque

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: India, Photography, Travels

This is the Haji Ali Mosque, the tomb of a Muslim saint who died while on pilgrimage to Mecca. It is believed that a casket containing his mortal remains floated and came to rest on a rocky bed in the sea, where devotees constructed the tomb and the mosque. It is a pretty site of a building surrounded by the sea.

Frontier trivia the day:

Pakistan protests India’s fencing the highly militarized Line of Control and construction of the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the larger dispute on water sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries

Kindle e-book reader

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: arts and culture, Computers

The online retail giant Amazon will unveil its Kindle e-book reader equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that taps into an Amazon e-book store, which users can access to purchase new electronic books–and Amazon has reportedly signed onto a deal with Sprint for EVDO access. Additionally, the device comes with a headphone jack for audiobooks, as well as an e-mail address. They have a huge repository and huge track record of selling content. They also have customers who keep coming back to them; it will be an e-bust, though they bet to be not a total one.

Hanging gardens of Mumbai

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: India, Photography, Travels

The Pherozshah Mehta Gardens, popularly known as Hanging Hardens of Mumbai, they were renamed after the national barrister Sir Pherozshah Mehta and were laid out in 1881 on top of a reservoir, supplying water to Mumbai. Special features are the hedges that are cut into animal shapes and flower clock.

Frontier trivia of the day:

Kashmir nevertheless remains the site of the world’s largest and most militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas)

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