Sunday, January 9, 2011

Detroit International Auto Show, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Auto show is one of the worlds most renouned event in the Automotive Industry Circles. North America is one of the largest users of Automotive Products and major companies in and around the globe use this event as the launch pad for promoting their products and announcing the newer arsenals to compete in the market.

Usually this takes place during the first quarter of the year. Ford had a major presence.

I will post some snaps from the event soon

Princeton, New Jersey

It was a short trip to Princeton , NJ. We spent new year along with one of my relatives. We spent most of the time indoor, snow was all around so it was not a good time to go out and explore.

We were a little tired driving from Pittsburgh, but the journey gave an insight to the terrain of the north eastern US. We spent time on several spots on the journey towards and back from New Jersey. We got into trouble while driving thru a toll road at New Jersey. We were not carrying enough bills and we were having only credit cards with us. But the toll authorities noted down my license number and asked to pay online.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

We were on the route towards New Jersey, and we stayed overnight at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Towards the journey we spent time at Desquene Incline where we could get a full view of the Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. There was a small tram sliding thru the incline down and then up. The entire trip was very short. On return journey we visited the Hindu temple of Pittsburgh.

Holland, Grand Rapids, MI to Princeton, New Jersey

The entire journey was 14+ hours by car. Ours was a break journey and we took break at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We took the trip thru the I-92 till Ann Arbor, near Detroit.



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We took the i-82 towards Toledo. Then most of our journey was near thru the Lake Superior. We crossed the Ohio state and entered Pennsylvania where we stayed overnight. Next day we took the journey from Pennsylvania to Princeton , New Jersey. The entire route is looked like a straight route till Princeton. Most of the terrain was a vast unoccupied land. Most of the area we saw was not even having trees or other plants. It was simply plain, with some towns here and there between the routes.

Gerald Ford International Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Although I had traveled across several airports this one was one is among the most liked ones. Its not a major international airport, but still it is big compared to the crowd we see there. It seemed like airport is very spacious for the crowd it had. Good facility for long term car parking (9$ per day). There is convenient to and fro shuttle arranged to the terminal so its hassle free , you can conveniently park the car at the parking lot and take the shuttle to and fro towards the terminal . Even they note down the location where you had parked the car and leave you near by that on return. The staff is very courteous and as soon as you get down from the car or shuttle they help you to bring down your luggage. Airport looks like a newly built structure.