This post has been long due. Wanted to post this a week back, but work is kind of hectic. So, could not post it. Anyways, to cut the story short, me and Chitra had been to San Antonio during the Oct 28/29 weekend.
San Antonio is the 7th biggest city in USA and has got a historic touch to it. Its around 3 hrs drive from Houston. The main attraction of the city is the “River Walk” area. Its a small river which flows right thought the heart of the city. There is a walkway around this river, and the walkway has all kinds of shops and restaurants on it. Nice place to spend a day! One more attraction is the Sea World water park. We spend our first day at the Sea World water park.
Here is a photo essay of the trip!
We started our trip with Sea World…
Sea World Entrance - Click to Zoom
Sea World Entrance - Click to Zoom
At Sea World, you can feed the dolphins!… but only during the feeding time. But we did manage to get pretty close to these wonderful creatures…
Sea World Dolphin - Click to Zoom
Next, we went to the Sea Lion Show. It was just Amazing. You need to see the show to believe what these wonderful creatures are capable of! The show was really funny and cute!
Sea World - Sea Lion Show - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Sea Lion Show - Click to Zoom
Sea World Sea Lion Show - Uncle Max - Click to Zoom
Next was the Shamu Show - Shamu is a huge whale and this show too was great. Below are some pics of the show…
Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Shamu Show - Click to Zoom
Lady Selling some soft drinks - Click to Zoom
We saw one more show called “Viva”… it was the one with white whales and dolphins and some synchronized dancing!. Was good…
Sea World - White Whale - Click to Zoom
The last show that we saw was Water Ski Show. Saw some amazing stunts…
Sea World - Water Ski Show - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Water Ski Show - Click to Zoom
Then we spend some time on different rides… and this was the first one… the Roller coaster… was pretty exciting..
Sea World - Roller coaster - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Roller coaster - Click to Zoom
Sea World - Roller coaster - Click to Zoom
After Sea world, we checked into our hotel, and spent our evening at the River walk area… which was fully lit-up at night … Here are some snaps… of the same….
San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - River Center Mall - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
The next day, again we went to the River Walk area, and took a boat ride…
San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
There are Restaurants, and shops all along the River walk area… Nice place to shop and hang out…
San Antonio - River Walk - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Restaurant on the River Walk - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - River Walk boat ride - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - River Walk - Theater - Click to Zoom
And here are some pictures of the buildings in the downtown area…
San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
This was shot from the boat ride…
San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
Doesn’t this building look like a flat wall ?
San Antonio - Downtown Area - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Downtown Area - RiverCenter Mall - Click to Zoom
The famous Alamo - This monument has its own place in the History of Texas …
San Antonio - The Alamo - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - The Alamo - Click to Zoom
Our last visit was to the Tower of the Americas. Its a 750 Foot tall tower, with a revolving restaurant at the top!. You get to see an amazing 360 degree view of the entire San Antonio Area!
San Antonio - Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - From Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom
San Antonio - Downtown area from Tower of the Americas - Click to Zoom
Hope you enjoyed the Virtual Tour of San Antonio! :)
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November 8th, 2006 at 11:43am
Update (13-Apr-2007): Apparently, I heard recently that they have changed the design - due to the nature of the soil at the construction area. I think it won’t be a inverted pyramid as shown below.
OK. This one is for real, unlike the major HOAX forward mail that was floating around a couple of months back.
The real proposed Design of the new Infosys Campus at Mangalore looks as shown below:
Source : http://www.hafeezcontractor.com
Will post more pictures if I get a chance!
You can find designs of other proposed Infosys buildings at the Hafeez Contractor’s website.
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November 11th, 2005 at 12:41pm
Yesterday was the big day for Mangalore Infosys. We had our 10th anniversary celebrations. The venue : Dr. TMA Pai International Convention center.
The program started at around 4 - 4.30 PM. Lot of dignitaries had come down for this special occasion. We had S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris) - Director, K. Dinesh - Director, N S Raghavan (ex-infoscion, emp# 1 of Infosys), R G Bhandi (ex-infoscion, the first DC head of Mangalore), M M Mohan (ex-infoscion), Binod H R, Bikramjit Maitra, V P Kochikar, Shivshankar, Capt. Sinha and couple of other folks.
The entrance was strictly for Infoscions and their family members.
Banner at the Entrance (Click to Zoom)
Entrance of the Convention Centre (Click to Zoom)
Here is the stage setup :
Stage Setup (Click to Zoom)
The cake was damn beautiful. It was a replica of our Infosys Mangala office. Check out the pictures.
The mInfy 10 Cake - Front View (Click to Zoom)
The mInfy 10 Cake - Front View (Click to Zoom)
The mInfy 10 Cake - Back View (Click to Zoom)
The mInfy 10 Cake - Side View (Click to Zoom)
The function started with a snapshot of the past 10 years. “Story So far” kind of thing. Was very nostalgic indeed. This was followed by a short movie on Mangalore Infosys.
After that the formal function began.
Sudhir, Bhandi, Kris, NSR, Dinesh, M M Mohan (Click to Zoom)
Then then there was cake cutting. Two young mInfoscions who share their birthday with mInfosys got to cut the cake along with other dignitaries!. But, it was kind of sad to cut such a beautiful cake!!
Cake Cutting (Click to Zoom)
Cake Cutting - Kris(Click to Zoom)
This is how the auditorium looks like… it can house around 1800 people.
Inside the Auditorium (Click to Zoom)
The cake cutting was followed by speeches by dignitaries.
Kris sharing his thoughts (Click to Zoom)
N S Raghavan - The first employee of Infosys!(Click to Zoom)
K Dinesh addressing the gathering (Click to Zoom)
Bhandi - The first DC head of Mangalore (Click to Zoom)
Bhandi and the second batch folks sang the Song “Zindagi Milke Bitayege” from Satte Pe Satta, bringing back some old memories!
Batch 2 folks (Click to Zoom)
M M Mohan sharing his thoughts (Click to Zoom)
After the stage event, we had a Inter-DC short film competition. It was a competition among various Development Centers of Infosys to come up with a short film on the topic “Social Consciousness and Community Empathy”. This program went on for about an hour. 12 films were played. In the mean time, cake was served. Mysore DC won the competition.
Next up was the Rock Show from a group called Aquaflow from Mumbai. They did a pretty neat job. One good thing that they did was, they did manage to sing some non-rock stuff too, although it disappointed some small set of rock fans. So, it was not a pure rock show as such! After a couple of numbers, mInfoscions were all set to rock and roll and didn’t want to stop! (as usual!)
Rock Show by AquaFlow (Click to Zoom)(Click to Zoom)
Rock Show by AquaFlow (Click to Zoom)(Click to Zoom)
Rock Show by AquaFlow (Click to Zoom)(Click to Zoom)
mInfoscions on the stage (Click to Zoom)
Rock and Roll (Click to Zoom)
Ooops!.. (Click to Zoom)
The last part for the day was.. the dinner :). Taj Manjarun were the caterers for the day, and the food was good, specially the non-veg part!
Dinner (Click to Zoom)
Dinner (Click to Zoom)
All in all, a day to remember for all mInfoscions.
Related Post : Narayana Murthy in Mangalore - Inauguration Program
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September 10th, 2005 at 08:40pm
Update (Nov 11, 2005): Check out the Real Design of the Proposed Infy Campus at Mangalore.
I work for Infosys, mangalore and this mail recently bumped into my mail box about the design of new Infosys campus in mangalore, with some really cool snapshots of the desgin.
All i can say is, the above pics are kind of fake and the mail is a pure HOAX. The snaps have nothing to do with Infosys or Infy Mangalore campus! :)
I am not sure who send out that mail, but that mail is making round all around the net !. Lot of people are googling for information on this, and they end up on my blog ! :).
Thats why this post!
Ok. So, for the real one : Check this link : http://www.voyager-ent.com/flash_index.asp. This something that is proposed in UAE!
Also, check this previous post of mine!
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June 9th, 2005 at 02:43pm
