The gentle sound of the ocean, the waves lapping my feet and a book. All it need to be in paradise.
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With everything that is happening the world over, I can’t help but think about the places I have visited, and whether I will be able to revisit them ever again.
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Maldives - Paradise.
Unfortunately, it is also one of the most affected places due to global warming and the rising ocean level. A few of the 1000+ islands have already submerged under water. It is estimated in the next couple of years, Maldives would be completely submerged. The govt is finding a way to sustain. They have also appealed to nearby countries, including India, to accept their citizens as refugee in a worst case scenario.
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Though I urge everyone to visit Maldives before it submerges, I also feel all of us should do our part in controlling global warming in every way possible and leave our paradise for our future generations.
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For more pictures visit
https://tuggingmyluggage.com/2014/07/19/maldives-a-photo-essay/
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GO FORWARD! Faster, faster, faster aaaand stop.
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February was a roller coaster ride. Birthday month began with hectic work commitments. I got food poisoning and it took me more than a week to recover fully. We also came to know about Nash’s condition shortly after. But in between all this, Jayesh and I managed to take a quick 2-day trip to Rishikesh on my birthday. The only plan was to white water raft on the Ganga.
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I had been dreaming of this since a long long time and was ecstatic when we made it to Shivpuri, our starting point. (Un) Fortunately, it was only Jayesh and me in the raft along with 2 guides. Usually, one raft holds 8 people. I was petrified at the thought of just us being in there. Though I have white water rafted before in Dandeli, Kundalika and Trishuli in Nepal, the rush of going down in the Ganga, in an almost empty raft, was out of this world.
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The river, calm at times, and raging whenever she felt like, held her authority over us the entire time. She tested our strength and agility, she brought out our weaknesses. She made us feel slow, gushing around us at break-neck speed, taunting us to catch up with her. And when we did manage to catch up, she embraced us, calmly, almost in a loving, motherly manner. A few minutes later, she was back to her old self, making us lose our breath, and relishing in our humanness. We were, and are, nothing in front of her might.
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We did make it to our final destination a few hours later with a lot of ups and downs, (literally!) hoping we have washed away our sins in the process.
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