Jyoti-da, I am not forming my opinions about anything -just relating me experience. I'm sure many more would like to visit Vancouver and it is really a nice place. Though no place is perfect and there is no heaven on earth -if you really want a ga-ga picture about anyplace in the world.
About your remarks: 1. I needed to be at 11pm atthe airport at night becos I cannot afford to stay in a nearby hotel or take a taxi from my house 30 miles away. 2. It was a non stop flight and we did reach an hour earlier . 3. A Sikh girl with a turban - I have seen quite a few in Los Angeles -if you want I can show some photos also. And there ws one who interviewed me initially -she did have turban. 4. Vancouver downtown is really good -very British like -like buildings in Mumbai downtown. 5. I do not mind taking off clothes for the inpection --but as a visitor one must have all the documents in hand - i didnn't -so faced some music - others may do so . SO I shared my experience. 6. I would love to travel around but I lack themoney and I plan to devote my time to revise my study material. Best Wishes and thaks for your remarks. Its a nice place. Umesh --- Jyoti Kumar Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Umesh, > > Welcome to Canada. I do follow some of the > discussions that go on in assam.org and don't really > get passionately involved. I am not sure how I got > into the mailing list of this forum. I must remark, > that not all the discussion strings are interesting. > Obviously there is a lot of spare time to indulge in > this forum. Thats very good, I have nothing against > it. > > I see you were very quick to firm up your opinions > about your trip & Vancouver. I cannot help > mentioning some of your comments which are kind of > weird, > > 1. Why do you need to sleep of at the airport in > Washington D.C @ 11.0 pm the previous day tho catch > a flight at 8.0 am in the morning? I am sure there > are hotels nearby. I may be wrong. > > > 2. I have not heard of flights landing one hour > ahead of schedule. Either the time table is wrong or > there could be a unimaginable high tail wind to > achieve this. I am not sure if you have considered > the time difference. > > 3. A sikh girl with a turban is unheard of or was > she wearing scarf on her head? > > 4. I am not sure if you have been through US > customs and security check from outside US or for > that matter within US as well. Because, that is some > experience as well. I was almost ready to take of my > jeans, on one of my visits to the US, because these > guys were not sure what was setting the frisking > beeper on. I am sure they know that a pair of jeans > has a metal zip in front. > > 5. You are very eager to form an opinion without > even been in the country. British Columbia is the > name of the province and it is a very beautiful > place to be in. Glad you chose to visit Vancouver. > Please reserve your comments till the end of your > stay. You mentioned "green" and thats what it is. > > 6. Have you seen or been to Sion and Dharavi in > Mumbai? Some neighbourhoods in the US look like > that, but we choose to ignore, because we stay in US > of A. > > Enjoy your stay in Vancouver. Try and visit > Jasper, Whistler, Victoria Island and Kolowna, where > the vineyards are plenty. Try and vist the Shuswap > Lake if you have the time. See the Rocky Mountains. > You are little early for the Salmon run in around > October - November. Drive to Hell's Gate, you'll > enjoy every bit of it. Go and see the air-show at > Scottsford. Heard about Red-Arrows, they are > spectacular site. Do some whale watching if you can. > Take a cruise to Alaska from Vancouver. Have you > seen a Rodeo show or a Chuckwagon Racing or Steer > wrestling, or bareback bull riding? come to Alberta. > > Cheers > Jyoti > > > > > umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Today morning I was sitiing in Washington DC's > Dulles > airport -since 11pm the night before and caught the > early morning flight at 8am to Vancouver , Canada > -diaginally across the North American continent > -just > below Alaska. We reached here in 4 hours - one hour > before we were due. At the customs -they had lots of > questions for me -- since I am visiting here -an > Indian, young, single ,male (so might be a terrorist > as well!) -and demanded to see my return flight to > DC > ticket -which I did not have but did show my letter > from US consuate foe my coming visa interview (for > H-1B work visa) for Sep14th. It was tough but one of > the immigration offiials was a Sikh girl wearing a > truban so it did not seem so bad. I changed three > buses to get to my Harvard classmate's house. ALL > thebus drivers were Indians -with Indian accent. The > city is laidback but chilly weather -about 15 degree > celcius (64F) . Now I am getting toknow how to live > with am American family - I will be staying with > them > for a month and go back to DC to work after I am > allowed to. > > Vancouver, does not have much snow due to some warm > water sea current which goes all the way to Alaska. > It > is a very green and lush place. For years it has > been > voted the world's best city to live in - by United > Nation's survey. Looks a bit like Mumbai downtown - > like Nariman Point area etc but less rush and more > chilly and green. > > Any comments? > Umesh > > Umesh Sharma > 5121 Lackawanna ST > College Park, MD 20740 USA > > Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, > Canada > > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] > Canada # (607) 221-9433 > > Ed.M. - International Education Policy > Harvard Graduate School of Education, > Harvard University, > Class of 2005 > > weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? 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