6th August,2013
My Dear Kush ,
My Dear Kush ,
This Saturday , we planned to visit tourist places of Boston just like any other tourist . Indian tourists come to this place through international tourist agents, while local Americans ,who are residing in near by places, also come to visit Boston and enjoy touring as we Indians enjoy touring Indian tourist places .
After taking heavy breakfast, we started our journey at about 12 o clock and reached Boston in half an hour . There,we have to search parking place (not free but on payment basis ) for our car in down town (the name given to interiors of any city in America) , and ultimately ventured into a multistory building , as revealed in the photo. This whole family consisting of five members moved on foot to nearby place where different counters are installed to sell tickets for Boston visit and I was imaging the tour like that of Delhi or Bangalore .
In India
As you are aware that our big cities like Delhi, Bangalore ,Hyderabad etc also arrange a 'day tour' by touring bus services, generally charging 100 Rs ( less than 2 dollars) per person. The bus tour takes whole day , about 8 hours (starting from 9 AM and lasting up-to 6 PM), to visit different historical places of the city. The conductor of the bus ,after reaching to a historical place, gives you 20-30 minutes to get inside the monument and you may hire a local guide, particularly in places like Kutub Minar or "Jantar Mantar" on a very nominal charges to have full story about the place and then the bus will take you to a different destination ; in the evening it will reach to 'starting point' to say good bye to all the tourists.
At Boston
Here , the ticket per person was 30 dollars ( or Rs 1800/) and the carrier is called Trolley hence its a Trolley Tour . It is 'Hop-on" ,"Hop off" tour that means if you are interested to watch any monument from inside, you may dis- embark from the present trolley, take your own time and then may catch any other trolley of same agency
In place of this trolley tour there is also a duck tour . Here the carriers ply both on the road as well as in the water hence give a visit to sea water, directly , without taking a cruise.
After half an hour waiting ,we could load ourselves in a "City View Trolley" This is a bus but the sides are open ,without any glass so that you may have a full view of the sites. Moreover, its height was also less than our ordinary buses ,with tourist capacity of about 30 members. Surprisingly, there was only one man on the trolley who was performing all actions- driver, conductor and guide. He took us from different roads of the city and there were nine points ,where he stopped for 3-4 minutes, explained the point and moved further .The points were - new England aquarium, Paul revere house, old north church , old ironsides, TD banknorth garden or sports museum, old state house, public garden, state house or Beacon hill, and Boston tea party ship and museum south station . And you know how much time , he took for this round trip- not more than two hours .As per your mausajee version, here labor is quite costly hence they can't have the luxury of having a conductor or guide or extend the tour for four hours or so .Since Ruhan was with us and more over we also feel tired hence we did not dare to get down any spot and than to get another trolley to complete our journey.
I was saddened to note that this Trolley tour does not include the site of Museum of Science in Boston which I have already visited and in my opinion , a must see ,though will take 4-5 hours, by all the tourists. It also missed to show us the site of Museum of Fine Arts- perhaps thinking that the general tourists have no interest in such matters.
I was saddened to note that this Trolley tour does not include the site of Museum of Science in Boston which I have already visited and in my opinion , a must see ,though will take 4-5 hours, by all the tourists. It also missed to show us the site of Museum of Fine Arts- perhaps thinking that the general tourists have no interest in such matters.
However, this trolley tour entitled us to board on a big cruise who took us to a round visit of the sea. I could see the seagulls in the sky -they are white in color with grayish wings; these we have also observed during our visit to Wangaersheek beach otherwise we fail to see any big bird in the sky . After this cruise journey, we visited a harbor and noticed the spot where Columbus landed in America- As I have told you earlier ,this is the Boston sea port which was used by the British persons to in-habitat first time this new geography . In memory of this, there is a statute of Columbus and we enjoyed photography at that place. The harbor was installed with telescopes also which help you to watch distant things - you may also enjoy these movements by watching the enclosed photos .
About other spots , I have mentioned while dealing social life in Sharon , Boston,USA
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