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America Diary V

My stay in US has been extended by one more month and on last week I shifted from Riverside to San Bernardino, staying at Hilton Garden Inn hotel on Waterman avenue. Whether Riverside or San Bernardino, its the same wide roads, palm trees and the unbearable heat. During weekends it was impossible for me to sit in the hotel room and at the same time it was difficult to go out in the heat. But on last Sunday, finally I went out  to get rid of my loneliness in the temperature of 39 degree Celsius to only found that loneliness, my companion from past few days is following me. I found those huge wide roads nearly empty, occasionally, I got to see few cars going with a speed of not less than 80 kilometers per hour and then silence till next bunch of cars come in the picture. This was something I had never expected to experience, how the roads, bus stops and pedestrian paths can be empty, almost for all the times? First time in my life I was searching for people on the roads and I could not find them. Then I took the snaps of the empty roads, empty bus stops, the palm trees, the shops, the sunset, the surrounding mountains, the cars but not the people....

 


                                              
                                   
                                              
                                      
                                     
                                 
                                  
                                      
                                  
                                  
                                
                                   
                                
                                
                               
                                 
                                  
                                 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                                
                                
                               
                               
                                
                               
                               
                               
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