Journeys and trips excite me. I like driving myself, even if it is a bit tiring, because it gets more aggravating playing backseat driver. The best trips are the ones going through the back roads, especially near the coastline or in a mountain range during the fall season. In India, I liked the long train and bus journeys. The bus journey through the High Range region in Kerala and Tamil Nadu is amazing both for the scenes and the bending roads that run on the side of the mountains.
What's particularly great about New England is that there are so many interesting places to visit very close to home. A drive of 2 hours in different directions takes one to the White Mountains, the borders of Vermont, the beaches of Maine and Cape Cod. And of course, Boston with its history and culture is just 30 miles away. Some interesting places:
I have always liked scenic and artistic photographs, but until recently, I never indulged the hobby of photography seriously. I like taking photos of nature spots like beaches, mountains, lakes and forests. Urban areas offer good locations too - like churches, parks, historical buildings and skyscrapers. I have put up some photos at Flickr. Photos have been taken with various cameras including throwaway cameras, Canon EOS Rebel 2000 and Canon Powershot A710 IS.
Collecting trivia facts is one of my hobbies. When I was younger and had more time, I would fill notebooks with factoids collected from various sources. I like collecting and solving riddles, logical and mathematical puzzles. I am very interested in different cultures. I like to converse with people and share experiences and anecdotes. Writing comments for blogs and contributing to Wikipedia also falls among my interests.
I have a drawing hobby which may sound rather weird and which, for lack of a better word, I call "random drawing". This consists of drawing random lines and shading them with various colors to get unique patterns. It doesn't mean anything, even though once in a while, it does produce interesting patterns (the "Typewriter Monkeys and Shakespeare Plays" phenomenon). I also indulge in caricatures and calligraphy during drawn-out phone calls. :-)
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