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Trip to Kenya

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The Spring Break was back and like every year, we were visiting a new country. Last year during this time we explored Georgia and this year we decided to pay a visit to a country in Africa- Kenya. 22.3.19 Our flight from Dubai to Nairobi, the capital of the nation was around 5 hours long which I mostly spent relishing the amenities and movie variety provided by Emirates. The travel time was spent in a jiffy and we landed at Jomo Kenyatta Airport at around 8 pm. The airport was rather a modest one, yet well managed by the staff. We were welcomed by our family friends' driver at the airport who steered us to their home. By the time we reached our destination, it was quite late and therefore we dozed-off for the night as the real adventure was yet to commence. 23.3.19 After having breakfast at their house, we departed for one of the several Hindu Temples in Nairobi, Sri Kalyan Venkateswara Temple. This shrine had a South Indian architecture. At the temple From the place o...

Trip to Switzerland

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16.7.18 We had arrived at Gare de Lyon (Paris train station from where we were taking our train to  Zurich Main Station). When the train arrived, we took our seats in the first-class compartment which had relaxing seats as the trip was going to be pretty long. The train had very good facilities. We spent some time resting in the comfortable seats. Later, I spent time binge-reading books, I was carrying along with me for the trip. We also bought some snacks from the canteen. The canteen had a long queue yet the snacks were fresh enough to wait for. In the train The journey was 5 hours long and finally, we arrived in Zurich!! We had lunch at Burger King at the station. We were staying in Hilton-Zurich Airport and it was a 10-minute drive from the station. Everyone was really tired after the long journey. My father and I went to a nearby mart and bought some necessary items. It started getting late evening and we dozed off as the main adventure was yet to come. 17.7.18 Tod...