Tag: Travel

• Day 1: Arriving at Sikkim

  

  When you need a real break, then you must uproot yourself completely from everything and everybody you know or are accustomed to and challenge yourself by going to the unknown. The unknown teaches…in more ways than you think. P.C. TrekEarth As the car swerved down the winding road, a 1000 meters above sea-level, all I…

  Smitha V

  January 1, 2019

  Experiences, Travel

  #army, #Bagdogra, #beautifulindia, #gangtok, #holiday, #Holidaywithkids, #India, #inspiration, #life, #loveyourself, #mountains, #nature, #planyourholidays, #sikkim, #takeabreak, #travelogue, #vacation, #winters, #woodberry, Experiences, Travel

• Send the Kids on Those School Trips Please.

  

  I have never gone on a school trip for reasons best known to my parents. For many years, I thought we were ‘poor’ and that the school trip must have been an unnecessary financial burden on my parents but then when I had some financial sense and understood the expenses incurred on my wardrobe were…

  Smitha V

  September 9, 2018

  Experiences

  #adventure, #believe, #children, #education, #faith, #holiday, #ladakh, #learning, #leh, #letgo, #life, #lifeateacher, #parenting, #schooltrips, Creative Writing, Experiences, Travel

• India Diaries 5: India’s 71st Independence Day and our First in the country and Nag Panchami- 15/8/2018

  

  Its India’s 71st Independence Day and our first in the country.  As expected there is a lot of excitement at home as both the girls wake up in the morning to don the Indian attire white salwar kameez, complete with jhumkas, bindis and bangles for the Independence Day celebrations at school.  Outside on the streets, shops,…

  Smitha V

  August 15, 2018

  Creative Writing, Experiences, Travel

  #belief, #faith, #goingbackhome, #India, #indiadiaries, #Indiaindependenceday, #mumbaidiaries, #mumbaikars, #mydiary, #nagpanchami, #patriotism, #roots, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary, Travel

• Blessed! Rising to a New Dawn (In the countryside)

  

  A steady, soothing zephyr… lulls the quiet night, In our blankets we lay huddled; eyes shut tight, Breaks the still silence, the sound of the temple gong, One, Two, Three…Awaken the Gods; before daybreak comes along… Stir the crows and the mynas; the woodpeckers in the trees, The hum of the cicadas, the crickets, the…

  Smitha V

  June 30, 2018

  Experiences, Poetry

  #believe, #countryside, #dawn, #home, #India, #kerala, #nature, #nellayi, #Thrissur, Creative Writing, Experiences, Poetry, Travel

• NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 12- The City of Dreams

  

  Today’s (optional) prompt is to write a haibun that takes in the natural landscape of the place you live. It may be the high sierra, dusty plains, lush rainforest, or a suburbia of tiny, identical houses – but wherever you live, here’s your chance to bring it to life through the charming mix-and-match methodology of…

  Smitha V

  April 12, 2018

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #cityofdreams, #day122018, #GloPoWriMo2018, #haibun, #loveDubai, #mylife, #NaPoWriMo2018, #UAE, Experiences, Poetry, Travel