Tag: trivia

Hotel silhouette

A shot of the hotel. I liked how it came out, seeing the beautiful huge clouds and well, the sun, creating a little silhouette of the building. Some of the wall dirt were still clear, but I believed they had taken care of that long after we were gone, I hope so.

Frontier trivia of the day:

Joint Border Committee with Nepal continues to examine contested boundary sections, including the 400 square kilometer dispute over the source of the Kalapani River; India maintains a strict border regime to keep out Maoist insurgents and control illegal cross-border activities from Nepal

In Juhu beach

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

A silhouette of me

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

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

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

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

Hanging gardens of Mumbai

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)