I wonder how many of my city born and brought up friends have had the good fortune of watching a moonlit landscape on a full moon night. I'll tell you, it's absolutely beautiful!!!
One of the advantages of an otherwise tiring sales job is the travel. My job has taken me to or through many remote villages and some really beautiful terrain through the majestic Sahyadris.
Travelling once from one such place in the rickety State Transport bus, I saw a dry mountain valley with a few small huts and a small serene lake lit by nothing but the soft moonlight.
The soft, gentle light wrapping everything in its cool glow, the whole scene, so perfectly lit, not too bright and yet bright enough to let you walk without requiring a torch. So enchanted was I, looking at it, that the headlights of vehicles passing by seemed an ugly intrusion into the peaceful picture.
I felt like getting down the bus and walk to the top of the mountain and sit and just watch till the first ray of dawn ushers in a new day.
Although I couldn't do it then, I'll recommend it to everyone who ever gets the chance.
One of the advantages of an otherwise tiring sales job is the travel. My job has taken me to or through many remote villages and some really beautiful terrain through the majestic Sahyadris.
Travelling once from one such place in the rickety State Transport bus, I saw a dry mountain valley with a few small huts and a small serene lake lit by nothing but the soft moonlight.
The soft, gentle light wrapping everything in its cool glow, the whole scene, so perfectly lit, not too bright and yet bright enough to let you walk without requiring a torch. So enchanted was I, looking at it, that the headlights of vehicles passing by seemed an ugly intrusion into the peaceful picture.
I felt like getting down the bus and walk to the top of the mountain and sit and just watch till the first ray of dawn ushers in a new day.
Although I couldn't do it then, I'll recommend it to everyone who ever gets the chance.
Remembering the night at Malvan jetty, with my buddies - you were there too, I guess.
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A perfect setting for a mind to slip into a pensive mood, conversing with itself, and eventually connecting with the greater entity.
Even thinking about it is an instant vacation.