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Landscapes : Still Yet Stirring

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“Of all the paths you take in life,
make sure a few of them are dirt” – John Muir

Have you sat still in some place and listened to the silence ?
Does your stillness stir you ?

Here are some random landscapes from the places I have been fortunate to reach so far. Hope these remind you of some places you have been to.

  • The Ngoro Ngoro Crater, Tanzania
  • Inside The Ngoro Ngoro
  • “Serengiti” – the Endless Plains, Tanzania
  • A river starts to flow – its summer time, somewhere in Northern India
  • Kaikoura : A place to go Whale watching in New Zealand
  • High reaches of Himalayas : Altitude 15000′
  • Can you see the camel ! Far outback Rajasthan, India
  • Somewhere deep in the deserts, Rajasthan, India
  • A Buddhist Monastery Ladakh, India
  • Queenstown, New Zealand
  • The only boat allowed into Doubtful Sound (it is the name of a special area), New Zealand
  • The mystical Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
  • The Indus River, Ladakh, India
  • As I sat admiring the scene, this herder walked in and changed the perspective
  • Wonder how many years has this river worked on this canvas !!
  • Now I understand a Mountain Range !!
  • Wonder if there is a Yeti down there : A part of Himalayas
  • Lyttleton Bay in New Zealand
  • The Pygong Tso (Lake), Ladakh, India
  • The Pygong Tso (Lake), Ladakh, India
  • Revered Hanle Monastery, Ladakh, India
  • Picton Harbour, New Zealand
  • Somewhere beyond yonder !!
  • Rainbows everywhere I go !
  • Is that an alien ship from Starwars. Queenstown, New Zealand.
  • Rann of Kutch, India
  • Which one is the actual Land Cruiser ? Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
  • I was hoping that Mowgli would appear too. A Popular Water Hole – Tarangire, Tanzania
  • Mighty River Nile – at Itanda Falls, Near its Origin from Lake Victoria at Jinja, Uganda

Landscapes

My search is through time and space,
To moments they don’t belong;
Each search has threads
To new ways, like a never ending song.

Thoughts wander to clouds I see,
Drifting off from fields of view;
I have landscapes within me,
That I’m sending out to you.

– Peter S. Quinn

CONTINUE THE JOURNEY

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Comments

  1. Jo

    Thank you Avinash ! Keep your dreams alive.

  2. Avinash Kour

    Lucky you! Have a few on my bucket list too, hopefully soon. Keep sharing.

  3. Jo

    Thanks Nats !

  4. Nats

    Rainbows everywhere you go .. apt sir.

  5. Jo

    Sir, Am glad that you were stirred too !!
    Thank you for taking out time.

  6. Rohit Gupta

    I like the Rann of Kutch… Ebbing into infinity. Catches the pulse of the area.
    Very vivid memories of Hanle… My Yashika refused to click inside in 1988… The Monk told me not to do so… Then stood aside with a small smile when I insisted. It clicked outside.

  7. Jo

    Dear Mankawaljeet,
    Wow ! Thank you for such a striking review and generous praise.
    I am glad that it resonated well with you.
    Happy landings !!

  8. Mankawaljeet

    Each picture captured is a canvas out of the fourth dimension (The One after L, B & W – i.e. T as revealed by Einstein ‘long ago..!’) …. If not viewed ‘as such’, it is difficult to comprehend the surreal beauty, that the author saw, before he took the final call to ‘take away these and store them in the attic of his heart….
    Thanks ‘Jo’ … You are being ‘Good’ as you ‘Break Free’ and decide to reveal each one back to the world, in a way that, one can stop and admire, feel and absorb, awe and wonder….

    This surely has stirred the ‘Fourth’ in me… “I Remember. Vividly….. That Moment of Awe…..

    Keep It Going, …. ?️ ingJo…

  9. Jo

    Thank you @Anjna ! Glad some places resonate with you / stir you 🙂

  10. Anjna Anand

    Sublime !
    .Couldn’t take my eyes off..Queesntown, NZ…

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