Got back last week from the US. Have been busy traveling and lot of catching up at work – so no posts here. Have a lot of pictures that I hope to upload soon.

While I was there, I visited Las Vegas, New York and Princeton, NJ. Apart from work, the things I did included:

• Travelled the NJ Transit and Path trains (part of the Subway in New York).
• Visited Ground Zero (the World Trade Center site).
• Attended Times Square Church (amazing experience).
• Attended the Princeton Alliance Church in Plainsboro, NJ
• Made new friends in America
• Saw Princeton University.
• Visted the Apple store.
• Had coffee from Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts (It’s true – America runs on Dunkin).
• Was there when Starbucks closed shutter for a whole evening and actually saw Americans run helpless for a cup of coffee.
• Ate from McDonalds and Burger King (Burger King is definitely better!).
• Also ate from TGIF, Chillys and some other places I don’t recollect now.
• Saw, touched and threw real snow! :)
• Visited or/and shopped at Staples, Kohls, Radio Shack, Circuit City, Famous Footwear, Lids (cap shop), Marshalls, Burlington, Walmart (wow! it’s big)…
• Gambled in Vegas.
• Learnt Blackjack and gambled some more.
• Taught a friend Blackjack and… :)
• Stayed at the Bellagio (Oceans 11 was made there).
• Saw the Dancing Fountains, Caesar’s Palace, Eiffel Tower at Vegas.
• Walked the streets of Las Vegas and New York.
• Spoke to three police officers of the NYPD (to ask directions to the subway).
• Saw the LAPD Bomb Squad in action at the LAX airport (there was a bomb scare before I caught my flight to Las Vegas).
• Wore 6 layers of clothing to protect against the cold
• Saw migrating geese and one squirrel