Trekking Plan for June 2011

Planning to do a Trekking trip in June 2011. Tentative Dates are 20th - 30th June 2011. Possible itineraries are:

Itinerary 1: June 21st 2011:
21 Day 0 From Lko to Rishikesh by Train
22 Day 1 Rishikesh To Uttarkashi by Road
23 Day 2 Uttarkashi To Gangotri by Road
24 Day 3 Gangotri to Bhojbasa Trek
25 Day 4 Bhojbasa to Gaumukh Trek
26 Day 5 Gaumukh to Tapoban Trek
27 Day 6 Tapoban to Nandanavan Trek
28 Day 7 Nandanavan - Bhojbasa Trek
29 Day 8 Bhojbasa - Gangothri Trek
30 Day 9 To Gangothri - Haridwar Road
1 Day 10 Haridwar - Lucknow Train

Some nice info links:

For Trek Map - http://www.flickr.com/photos/riyazk/4709622322/
A nice Writeup - http://riyazzk.blogspot.com/2010/06/adventure-trip-to-gangotri-glacier.html 
Another writeup - http://ankurbal.blogspot.com/2009/10/tryst-with-gods.html

Finally got my Macbook Pro

Here I am posting from my new Macbook Pro 15.4" i7 which I got 2 weeks ago. I have always been impressed with Apple designs. This is the second Apple product for me after iPad. Quick comments:

Pros:

1. As I had anticipated, 15.4" is a good size for photo editing. I use Adobe LR3 and with its side panels and photo preview panel, this screen size is most suitable i feel. A 13" would have been a bit lacking in screen real estate.
2. As I have written above, design and feel is superb. No clutter, clean lines, solid feel of the aluminum body, no nonsense look.
3. Trackpad is larger than windows machines which is good and multi-touch features are very useful.
4. backlit keyboard is a very useful feature, especially when I use it in my couch at night
   
5. Speakers are good and produce sufficiently loud sound if required in noisy surroundings.

Cons:

1. This is my first mac, therefore getting used to mac environment is taking little effort.
2. Glossy screen is not the most convenient to look at as it produces uncomfortable and distracting reflections.
3. Although mine is reasonably high end machine with i7 processor and 4 GB RAM, the general speed does not seem extraordinary. I am talking of opening time for Firefox, LR3 etc.
4. I am not sure about the camera resolution, but it does not feel any superior to windows based machines' cams I have seen.

Overall:
I like the machine. No regrets. Have yet to feel the legendary Apple "advantages" and "superiority" over equivalent high end windows laptops that are at 40% of Macbook price.