Spending time in nature does immense good to me. It thrills me,
it is a feast to my eyes, it brings about immense happiness and peace. Being
from a city, a concrete jungle, engulfed in polluted air, daylong noise, unruly
traffic, a stinking lake in the centre of the city, with very few trees, no
sign of birds, butterflies, squirrels but for pigeons.
The nature I love is any place where there are many trees, a
lake, a river, a sea, hills, valleys, a clear starry night, and beautiful
scenery all around with very few people and few buildings and of course resorts
that offer such a lovely scenario.
With COVID-19 life is almost paralyzed. Forget travelling out of
the city, stepping out of the house for anything has become so fearsome. It is
a year since I closed my Consultancy business. Life is like house arrest but
with the best of foods, happy family time especially with grandchildren, TV
entertainment, happy browsing on the internet, reading books (Kindle) and ample
rest any time of the day. My only outings are few car trips in the heart of the
city with all windows rolled up and no halts to keep in touch with my
surroundings and mostly to keep my car in running condition.
However, a few days ago I and my wife dared to be with nature,
by going to a place in the Nallamala forest area, a distance of 200 km from our
house. A very small place called Somasila where there is a Telangana State
Government’s - Resort, overlooking Krishna River, Srisailam Dam’s reservoir
area, surrounded by hills and trees. It was a 3D 2N trip which brought about a
nice feeling of great relief from the lockdown situation in our city.
Nature, as we approach Somasila and at Somasila itself is very
beautiful but being summer the greenery was not at its best. And the Krishna
River water which reaches the foundation of our resort’s cottages has receded
but still, the trip was quite enjoyable.
I drove a total distance of 430 km for this lovely experience
and every moment was quite enjoyable.
Here is a video and some photographs from the trip.
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