Take the Budapest Metro to see heroes

I took this photo at Hősök tere in Budapest, Hungary. Hősök tere means Heroes' Square in English and one of the must see sites in Budapest. I got there by the yellow line of the Budapest Metro and the station named Hősök tere was situated under the famous square. When I went there, Budapest Metro lines were color-coded and had yellow, red and blue. The red metro looked quite new. Oh, come to think of it, I'm no expert, but I've heard that the yellow metro is the second oldest subterranean train in the world.

Restauradores Square and its Obelisk

This is a view of Restauradores Square in Lisbon, Portugal. The Square is located in the heart of the city and I'd say the area looked like a gateway to the beautiful Baixa district; Downtown. Restauradores Square is famous for its tall Ovelisk. The Obelisk is a tall monument; you can see on the picture, and its night view is especially fascinating. My hotel was about 15-minute walk from Restauradores Square. There's a metro line to get to Restauradores, but generally I walked above the metro line. I have a desk plan to revisit Portugal within a few years and next time I'd like to visit Porto as well. Also, I was really impressed with Portuguese cuisine, so next time I'd love to eat a lot more. I just can't forget the taste of yummy Arroz De Bacalhau. The delicious soup had enough cod and some rice in it. It tastes like heaven. I wanna have it right now.

What do you have? We have rice!

I took this picture in Unawatuna, Sri Lanka. When I was looking for a place for breakfast, somehow I was gestured to come this way. There was an eatery and looked like they were ready to serve breakfast. So I asked them if they had Idiyappam. They said no. I asked "What do you have?" They said "We have rice". So then, I decided to eat rice and curry for breakfast. By the way, Idiyappam is also called string hoppers and looked like thin noodles. Generally, people eat Idiyappam with curry and Coconut Sambal (a.k.a. Pol Sambal). You can see Coconut Sambal on the picture. It's upper right side of the rice.

Welcome to fabulous Downtown Las Vegas

I found this WELCOME to Fabulous DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS NEVADA sign somewhere in between my hotel on the vegas strip and Fremont Street. On my forth day in Vegas I changed my hotel to different area. I needed to check out of the first hotel at 11:00 a.m. and the second hotel's check in time was actually 03:00 p.m., so I had almost four hours to kill. Then I decided to get to Fremont Street on foot. It was a crisp autumn morning and it was fun to walk on a road in the United States of America. The sign was isolated from hustle and bustle of the Vegas strip.

A swing bridge

The photo shows a part of a swing bridge of Port Vell in Barcelona, Spain. Port Vell is considered one of the must see sites in Barcelona. It's a very beautiful place contains a huge shopping mall, places for movies, places to eat, places to drink, and is also contains Europe's largest aquarium. I bought a jacket, a shirt, a pair of pants at one of the shops of this area. Port Vell looks like an entertainment district, but normally a harbor, so the swing bridge is movable for the passage of ships. Marvelous.

A coral shaped like Sri Lanka

I took this picture of a coral on Unawatuna beach, Sri Lanka. When I went to a wine shop through the beach to get some bottles of beer, I found the coral somewhere on the beach. It somehow looked alike for the shape of Sri Lanka by coincidence. Someone described the shape of Sri Lanka as a mango, the other one described the shape of Sri Lanka as a teardrop, and one of the locals used his palm to tell me directions of Sri Lankan must see sites. Anyway at the moment, the coral looked like Sri Lanka. Shortly after taking the picture, the coral got carried away on a wave.

Today is 11/11/11, not 11/11/11

I took this photo in Pattaya, Thailand almost a year from now. I found this huge sign which is saying CELEBRATE 2011 at a famous shopping mall across from the relaxing Pattaya beach. Last year, I went to Thailand, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Portugal, Spain, the States and Sri Lanka. In each of these countries different date formats were used. In Europe I often saw day-month-year format, but in the States I saw month-day-year format. Also, some Asian countries use year-month-day format. Today is 11/11/11, not 11/11/11. Where am I?

Have a relaxed air

I took this picture in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hotel's buffet breakfast. Israeli salad, Hummus, Eggs, some bread, a cup of tea and some water. I prefer go to city walk after breakfast, so generally, I enjoy to eat breakfast at my hotel, then return to my room to relax after a meal. Tel Aviv was quite nice place to walk around. The city enjoys long white sandy beaches on the Mediterranean Sea and has a relaxed air. Compare to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv looked much more relaxing place and I think it was because of the beach. Just my two cents.

Malmö Central Station

The photo shows Malmö Central Station in Sweden. I arrived there from Copenhagen, Denmark by train. I bought a ticket at Copenhagen Central Station and caught a train and got there. It was no difficult and it took 40 minutes or so. Malmö Central Station was kinda large and beautiful and also people were loitering around. I arrived there without a map, but a Tourist Information was in front of the station and I got a city map at the information counter. It was a nice half-day excursion and I had a great time.

Life's not always peaches and cream

I took this picture in Lumbini, Nepal where the place the Buddha was born and grew up. Therefore, Lumbini is considered one of the important Buddhist pilgrimage sites and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. My visit to Lumbini was originally scheduled the day before, but something happened. A road to Chitwan from Kathmandu was closed to traffic due to landslides. So then, I needed to change my plans. I understand that life's not always peaches and cream, so it was okay. I enjoyed my days in Nepal.

Happy Belated Halloween!

Happy Belated Halloween! I was supposed to publish this post on the Halloween day, but I just couldn't. I took this photo at a hotel in Las Vegas, the United States of America. I was there a bit before the Halloween day of 2010 and I found the Halloween decoration at the lobby. Last year, I spent six nights seven days in Las Vegas and I stayed two different hotels. The photo shows the second hotel of it. Everything was gorgeous of the hotel. The entrance, the lobby, my room and view from the windows and so on. Awesome experience.