More flyovers/bridges collapse

After listening to the collapse of the flyover in Hyderabad, a cause of poor engineering and planning, there is another one to go hand in hand, perhaps the causes were oceans apart.

Critics and other corporals conveniently blamed the construction companies for poor planning and engineering failures, but if asked for an opinion, the construction was going well planned with as less traffic congestions as could be controlled. The planning was efficient, and it was backed by big names! Perhaps, there could be insider news with the Quality of materials.

An appreciated piece of construction would be that of the Big Dig! Some news channel once aired a documentary which showed glimpses of the ordeals, planning, construction and much more during the Big Dig contruction times!

Drive through the wild

The weekend of the September 22nd was a very exciting one. Snippets... Driving for the first time in the UK... driving 420 miles... Visiting friends... planning a trip to Longleat... Zipping back on the Motorway.

Driving in the UK was alien till last week, it still enervates me for some reasons. I generally adore driving but there are so many rules adhering to which gives me initial shivers. Perhaps, time healers apply!

The Longleat Safari park, a well approved lunch time suggestion, is a wonderful place to visit. Short of a complete zoo, you could see wild animals in the natural habitats. The place in itself is amazingly huge and serene. Wouldn't say it's a jungle in a whole, but it cool! The pictures you'd see will give you a closer idea. Zoom on the camera was 4x(that was to assist in imagining distance). The rhino, tigers, lions and the foxes were my personal favorites. Caring just about for nobody, and quite cool, wouldn't have been cooler had they started pouncing around.
The Longleat house was another attraction, something that was well graphed in the hindi movie Mohabattein! Serenity again well maintained.

Drove to Bristol to walk the Clifton suspension bridge, a site of unchallenged engineering. Weather just gave up our side, and so quickened it quicklier(I know that's not dictionaried, yhikes!!).

Gave the weekend an end, driving the motorway, home dropping pals!

Wasn't very adventurous, but joyful indeed! Pleasing and Refreshing as well.

Trivial: Hired a Skoda Octavia. That's a car considered rich in India! Initial WOOW kinds.

Photos albums here

Another walk past Thames

Thames, the bridge London lives on! Walked another talk by one of its subsidaries - Avon... Railed to Reading. On the upcommance of converting nouns to verbs based on convenience, railed is not bad after all!

Nice and calm, slightly more conjusted than Swindon! but its gifted with the Avon. The riverlock was a sumptous scene with people sporting a rowing session! Good fun, good food, good weekend!

Jus read - The Prince of Fire

A thriller indeed, more for the facts! But I'm gonna impatient until I verify at least a couple of them!

They're definitely an eye-opener to the continuous melee between Palestine and Israel, the amount of hatred and misery! Gabriel was brilliant indeed...