Christmas vacation 2009

Exams were over for this semester. So chamikara and I decided to go on vacation for a week. As we are experiencing enough snow and freezing temperature we preferred to go to west coast for warm sunny weather . On our way back we went to Vegas. The first four days we stayed in LA and San diago and then drove to Vegas for the next 3 days. It was a busy time and little bit crowded in Disney parks, but we managed to visit most of the attractions (hint:use fast passes). Some of my favourite rides in Disneyland park are Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Johns,space mountain.

Next day we went to Disney California adventure park. I was bit nervous about going on 'California screaming' which is a long (about 3 minutes ride) & faster (55 mph) roller coaster with 120 feet height and have about 100 feet drops. Even though I screamed throughout the ride I loved it.. one of the rides I really did not like was 'Tower of terror'. You feel a sudden drop from a 13 storied haunted building and you keep getting that experience several times in the ride. We watched Disney's most famous parades in the evening. Night time in Disney is spectacularly beautiful.

Universal studios in Hollywood is one of the places you should not miss.There we went on some fun/adventure rides based on movie themes like Jurassic park, mummy returns etc. Live shows based on certain movies were nicely created. (I loved Water world show). We also went on the tour in the back lot of the studio and saw some of the sets created for famous movies and TV shows.

Wisteria lane:

We headed back to Vegas after visiting Sea world in San diago. They have very nice live shows with trained dolphins, seals and whales. Shamu-the killer whale show is one of the most breath taking shows I have ever seen..

Last three days in Vegas was a relaxing time. Both of us are not fans of gambling, but we enjoyed those few days. Just before leaving the hotel we visited Hoover Dam which is located about an hour away from Vegas. We returned to Indy during a snow shower and it was not an exciting experience for us..We unpacked stuff, got ready to go back to work from the next day with more refreshed feeling, until we go on a nice vacation again..