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Incredible Wave - Utah

Wave / Vermillion Cliffs / Coyote Butte Location : Coyote Butte is located near Kanab Utah. The road to the trailhead is rough but one does not need a high clearance vehicle. Accommodation : I did see someone camp near the trailhead not sure if it is allowed. However, Kanab is a town and lot of accommodation can be found here. I used airbnb for my trip to Kanab. Kanab has a visitors center that will give you all the necessary information related to accommodation and restaurants. Hike : The hike to Wave is close to 6 miles and so be ready to walk in sand and on rocks. It can be managed by a novice hiker. I did do a mistake of going to Wave in June right in the middle of summer and the heat made hiking a bit of challenge. However, when you reach the Wave you will realize it is so much worth it. If you do go on this hike in summer make sure you carry enough water and be ready to walk on sand dunes. Access : In order to go to Wave one needs to apply fo...
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Kaaterskill waterrfall - a foggy Sunday morning hike

Kaaterskill Waterfall Oct, 02, 2016. Aug to Oct are my hiking months and the same is true for many people interested in outdoors, simply because these are the months where the temperature is not too hot and not too cold. Less sweat and more fun. This season is different because i ended up trying a trail in Catskill mountains and not the usual Hudson valley hikes. The Catskill mountains are close to New York City and can be reached within 2 hours by car. Most of the residents of NYC do not own a car and so try to avoid these mountains. However, they are worth the visit especially during the month of October.  The mountains are covered with fall colors and the waterfall add the missing beauty to these mountains. A very useful website for exploring the Catskill mountains is http://www.visitthecatskills.com/waterfalls   But note that when i visited Kaaterskill falls the actual fall was not like the image you see in the website. I think if you go in spring...
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Acadia National Park - Part 2

Cadillac Mountain - Sunrise Early Bird gets the treat - 09/04: Both of us ( me and my friend) are into photography and the best pics are the ones right before the sunrise. I am not a great photographer but i love the time right before sunrise and right after sunset. The sun announces its arrival and departure by painting the sky in various colors. We started to drive to go to the Cadillac mountain but ended up at a small beach near our campsite. The water was so still and it was so peaceful that it almost felt like a dream. I felt like i wa still in my sleep. The sun rose in a few minutes and every living thing around us just woke up. The beach is a nice spot for a small break or getting a tan. The water however was cold when i tried to get in - failled attempt. After clicking like close to 50 pics we headed for our coffee. The town in Acadia is very small but the coffee shop and deli open up early so you don't need to carry a lot of cooking materials with you. A...
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Acadia National Park - Celebrating Labor Day Weekend - Part 1

Since the time i have been involved with outdoor activities i have been bias towards the West Coast. Somehow i ended developing this mental block where i started believing all the natural wonders in USA were in the West Coast. Being in finance i have always lived in the East Coast ( NYC to be more specific) and ended up planing a trip to Acadia National Park for the labor day weekend. My mental block just broke as soon as i stepped in Acadia. The park just engulfs you in its beauty and added to the beauty are its vast open seas shores, light houses and bald eagles. The Park has something for every one, you could be old and decide to sit on the beach and enjoy lobsters or you could be young and adventurous and  end up finishing the Preipice trail. The park offers something for everyone. My day began at 4:00 AM in the morning on Sept 04, 2015: The drive to Acadia from NYC is long about 8 hours as per google maps but you could end up taking about 10 hours easily if you lov...
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Arches National Park and Canyonland National Park

Delicate Arch The theme of this post is city boys. A term i learned from my friend living in Denver Colorado. So why city boys? We dont hate city boys but just like to make fun of how people think when they have lived their entire life in a city and wilderness to them is like going back to stone age. I thought it was funny but i found it hilarious when i went back to work on Monday ( after my trip to Moab) and the first thing my co worker tell me is " i took this amazing panorama pic of time square." all i did was smile- so now you get it CITY BOYS. Seems like you stumbled to this post or blog because you were searching for some adventure in Moab. In that case you are atleast better than city boys described so briefly above. As pointed out to you in my previous posts that i try to make most of time while travelling on my employers money. Majority of the time my conferences either last entire week or until Wednesday and i take the rest of the week off. This was the case...
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Upper Antelope Canyon, Lower Antelope Canyon & Monuments Valley

Upper Antelope Canyon Day 1: Friday – March 27, 2015. The best part about being a consultant is you get to travel a lot. I used to work in Investment banking and hated it. I would like to say worked on Wall St. but that would be an exaggeration  J . But that’s my past and I am happy it is History. The good thing about consulting is travelling and the bad part is that you are stuck with client from the time you step into the office. When you leave it is almost dark and lose all the opportunity to explore the new place. But, it is not that bad either you get to try new restaurants and put on some good weight. This time I was in Dallas, Texas and had heard so many good things about the Antelope Canyon that I had to see it for myself. If you end up following National Geo on Instagram you will be surprised how little you know about the World we live in. I flew from Dallas TX to Phoenix AZ. If you like to spend a little more there is an airport in Page Arizona whi...
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Salt Flats and Flamingos, India

24th Feb,2014 I'm on my yearly break from NYC financial markets visiting a small town in the southern Gujarat called Bhavnagar. If you Google the name you will come across a wiki page, a university link and some other useless links about Asias ship breaking yard and so on. This all sounds boring on a blog that in the past has discussed about beautiful hikes and Dalton highway. I have always seen salt flats on the outskirts on Bhavnagar. If you are travelling by road during mid summer you will come across huge piles and piles of white snow like mountains. This is  actually salt that has dried from the sea water that was trapped. These mountains of snowflakes gives a false impression to your eyes as in the mid summer a resident of saurashtra can confirm that the day time temp reaches 42 degrees Celsius very easily. But today is  a very pleasant evening. I take a ride with my aunt to these snow dunes where the water is yet not dried and my aunt, a pho...
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