Anita Bhattacharya

About Anita Bhattacharya

Anita, a graduate in Education and Library Sciences with a Masters degree in English is a travel freak. She had been associated with academic industry for ten long years, both in India and later at Dubai. Her passions lies in Travel, Art, Music, Movies, and international cuisines. Married to Samit for twenty years, they have a teen daughter Aishani and have been living in Dubai for close to ten years now.
After our sojourn in Page, Arizona and an unimaginable experience of visiting Antelope Canyon we headed for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The drive again from Page to the South Rim was as beautiful as the one from Las Vegas to the North Rim. This time the changing scenario […]

Grand Canyon, USA, Part 5 : South Rim

The history of how the Grand Canyon came to be among us is in itself fascinating. Here, in this article I will  explain The Secret behind its Creation in Arizona, USA. Way before the Grand Canyon existed ancient mountains as high as the Himalayas stood in its place. Soon that turned […]

Grand Canyon, USA, Part 4 :The Secret behind its Creation

Titir at Meteor Crater
 Enticing sign, Meteor Crater,Arizona  Visiting the Meteor Crater in Arizona was part of our Road trip through the states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. The first leg of our journey started  from San Francisco and ended at Las Vegas, via Yosemite National Park and Anaheim, Los Angeles . The second leg […]

A Short Detour to Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA

The night before we had taken accommodation at Jacob Lake Inn, about 25 kilometers to the North Rim of Grand Canyon.  We were on a family vacation and it was a Road trip along the west coast of US , covering the states of California, Utah , Nevada and Arizona . Majestic North Rim – Grand […]

Grand Canyon, USA, Part 3 :The Majestic North Rim

THE NIGHT HALT :  GRAND CANYON Part 2 of our Road Trip across California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona We were on our Road trip across US – west coast, the second leg of which started from Las Vegas that morning. Our destination for the night was Jacob Lake Inn – one of […]

Grand Canyon, USA, Part 2 : Jacob Lake Inn- close ...

South Face of Grand Canyon,
Visiting the Grand Canyon, USA was one of the HIGHLIGHTS of our Road Trip for 2013 covering the main destinations of the West Coast of USA, through the states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. The first leg of our Vacation was from San Francisco to  Las Vegas via Yosemite National Park […]

Grand Canyon, USA Part 1 : Grandeur in its Essence

the window meteor crater arizona
 THE ROCKS THAT MADE THE DAY: Our guide then went on explaining the types of rock formations found in the crater. On the outer rim one could find Coconino Sandstone (sandstone formed 265 million years ago); Toroweap Formation (limestone formed 255 million years ago); Kaibab Formation (dolomite formed 250 million […]

Meteor Crater, Arizona – 8

Titir at Meteor Crater
THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE STORY : A Family Road Trip This time our guide turned out to be better than the previous person. The guide Samit had gone with was a grumpy, unapproachable sort but the second guide was a tall, reedy fellow with a pleasant twang and had […]

Meteor Crater, Arizona – 7

at the brink Meteor Crater,Arizona
ENLIGHTENING MYSELF about the Meteor Crater: A family Road trip. Since the guided tour was still going on I thought I would enlighten myself a little more by reading the plaques. They had quite a lot of interesting tidbits related to the crater which helped in quality time -pass. During […]

ENLIGHTENING MYSELF : Meteor Crater, Arizona – 6