I would love to hear from Kuttan about his Maine trip. Good luck on your Maine trip…September is perfect.

I have to say that was a great travelogue. Beats Sunil of Balancing life.

I guess I will be headed to Maine this Sept :)

I take a bit of umbrage with your comment that the “state literally shuts down in the winter months as white powder envelopes everything as far as eye can see,” as I live here permanently and, much to my chagrin, and forced to work from Columbus Day through Memorial Day (i.e. “The Winter Months”).

I jest.

Anyway, I live at the head of one of the peninsulas (or is it peninsulae? I digress …) and am honored that you enjoyed it to the degree you did.

I have very few photos posted at my site but you’ve inspired me to go flickr and post a few on my blog as well.

It’s ironic but sometimes it takes an outsider’s lens to see what is right in front of me every day. Thanks.

Jinal, thanks…I loved that image as soon as I saw it…had it capture it for posterity.

reminds me of my backpacking trip through New Zealand.

We were almost broke, I cant even remember what we ate…..and we walked most of the way…..but it was sooooo much fun.

sigh. good times.

Megapixels dont count? Serious? I paid so much freaking money for it…:(

Now, I cant find afford to buy a SLR. Let me see if I can do something useful with this one.

Your dad sounds cool. Heck, even my dad was cool enough to trek through the Himalayas although I don’t hear many stories from that time…causes me to wonder why. Megapixels don’t make for a better camera; it just means that you can blow up your pictures to billboard size. Try getting an SLR and fiddling around with it…even accidental results are cool. Looking forward to your comments on the pictures.

Many people might take offense at that so please keep your trap shut :)

Wows, you guys had a lovely trip, there is so much fun in doing these close-to nature-low on-budget trips…my Dad once backpacked(or rather truck hopped) through Europe and that is a trip which he says hr enjoyed more compared to other more ”comfortable” trips.

Plus, you already have stories to tell your kids!

I just bought a 8 mega pixel camera on the principle that if the photgrapher is bad, maybe the camera can do the trick!:)

Now let me see the pictures.

Bongo, I dunno why are you keeping your travelogues from us…doesn’t hurt to share :) Frommers is a good guide; quite different from other travel guides. We tried exploring other places not mentioned in the guide but were disappointed so we stuck to their recommendations.

Cometes, I can imagine having the pleasure to go up there whenever you want to…something that I don’t have. At least you could do it while you were up there.

I agree about the advantages of non-seasonal travel - nothing will spoil your vacation more than a bunch of squealing kids and their overindulgent parents. Not to mention the budgetary considerations.

Hopefully, I will be inspired to write about my own Outer Banks trip now - although it was nothing in terms of experience as your trip.