Who doesn't like vacationing?
Hiking with friends? Hills, forests, rivers, valleys, snow peaks and the like?
Travelling with family? New places? Wildlife Parks?
Or, a bit of adventure? Snorkeling? SCUBA diving? Bungee jumping?
The pandemic has put a temporary halt to outdoor vacationing. But families had more time together. Covid travel restrictions are easing out in many countries. When will we be able to say hello to a Tigress again? See the picture shot in Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra India, before the pandemic hit us all.
For more pictures of the Tigers shot by us, you may browse the story Follow Me said the Tigress - and we obeyed!
In India, outstation vacationing is yet to resume after the pandemic. But we could go on a nature trail one morning. We are sharing few pictures to convey the spirit of outdoors and the freshness that it brings into our Covid-impacted life! The first set of pictures is of a wild creeper which has Corona like berries and a beautiful white flower which attracts the bees. The scientific name courtesy Dr Chitra Shanker, is Passiflora foetida. It is also called Bush Passion fruit which is toxic to the cattle.
Same morning, we also saw hectic nest building activity by Baya Weavers.
Talking of vacationing for the seniors, grandchildren add glitter to our life. Sharing the links to some of our earlier stories written by our grandchildren themselves!
Grandkids Are Spontaneous - how a five-year old paints her nails and responds to 'live' questions?
Here is another story by our two grandchildren aged 14 and 11 then, on a vacation together in Kodaikanal.
Why Kodaikanal - don't miss the video clips in the story!
Sl. |
Name |
Caption
for KBG-59 Contest |
1 |
Geeta
Bhargava |
Be
silly, Be weird. More, the merrier. |
2 |
Veeky
Baths |
Summer
is here! Time to rejoin with your classmates from school |
3 |
Nidhi
Bhargava |
कूदें ,फांदे,भागें, फिरें अपनी लगन में, आज हम आजाद हैं दुनिया के चमन में |
4 |
KV
Ramachandran |
On
cloud five |
5 |
Rohini
Tiwari |
Harsh
ki challang Akanksha ki Oonchai!!😁👍🏻 |
6 |
Seema
Jain |
Childhood
is best . No worry full Masti |
7 |
Rashmi
Bhargava |
Jump
and you will know how to unfold your wings when you fall |
8 |
Rekha
Bhargava |
पंछी बनु उड़ती फिरुं मस्त गगन में । |
9 |
Deepak
K Jena |
No
homework = Perfect Holiday😊 |
10 |
Ramanand
Baliga |
Air
borne fun squadron |
11 |
JVR
Moorty |
आसमान से आये फ़रिश्ते |
12 |
Shereen
Sultana |
Good
times coming soon! 😇 |
13 |
CR
Raghuram |
Stars
in the horizon |
14 |
Anon |
Hi-five
in the air |
15 |
Atul
Mulkar |
बादलों सी मस्ती हम में भी है |
16 |
Manju
Khetan |
V for
victory |
17 |
Bharat
Ladha |
आसमां अब दूर नहीं। |
18 |
Vinod
K Agarwal |
Flying
with clouds |
19 |
Parag
Sharma |
We
will spread our wings , and learn to fly ; we will do what it takes till we
touch the sky !!! |
20 |
Anon |
Spirit
unlocked! |
21 |
Peter
Padua |
Unbridled
Glee and totally free. |
22 |
Amandeep
kaur |
Sukoon
ki udaan 😁 |
23 |
Peter
Padua |
Footloose
and fancy free |
24 |
Rajesh
Jain |
“Today
is the first day of rest of your life”. |
25 |
Peter
Padua |
We're
happy |
26 |
P
Ravi Rao |
Touch the sky with Glory |
27 |
Peter
Padua |
5 jumping 4 Joy. |
28 |
Ajai
Bhumri |
आ लौट के आजा मेरे मीत तुझे बीते हुए दिन याद दिलाते हैं |
29 |
Ajai
Bhumri |
खुशियाँ ही खुशियाँ, देर से आए पर दुरुस्त आए . |
30 |
Rekha
Bhargava |
नींद खुली तो सपना पूरा हुआ |
31 |
Vaibhav
Lokare |
Summer
time madness !! |
32 |
Kausalya
Govindan |
Reach
upto the sky |
33 |
Kausalya
Govindan |
Touching
the clouds! |
34 |
Ranajit
Sen |
Azadi! |
35 |
Rajendra
Singh |
Teamwork
at it's best. We achieve together in joyful abundance ! |
36 |
Ritu
Bhargava |
Jump
high and hard with intentions and heart |
37 |
Poonam
Bhargava |
Hurrah!
Freedom regained! |
38 |
Poonam
Bhargava |
बचपन की मस्ती! |
39 |
Sharad
Sharma |
Rising...over
the pandemic |
40 |
LS
Bhargava |
Holiday
to fly high. |
We also thank both the Jury members Manik Srivastava and Neeta Bhargava for their continued support to KBG Contests.
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