A Languid Getaway

I have had holidays that were relaxing but the holidays were not relaxed.

I plan each vacation meticulously and squeeze as many experience in a day as appear feasible. I have stayed at some exotic locales in these vacations: in a sprawling house on a hill overlooking the cerulean Mediterranean, in a house, every window of which opened to mesmerizing views of Hauraki gulf on  Waiheke Island, in an apartment that faced Pacific in Wellington. But I did not sit amid this surreal scenery drinking its beauty unhurriedly - I would leave soon after breakfast chasing my itinerary and drive back in the late evening; to begin another schedule of touring the next day.

I know people who go on holidays only to relax. They drive to the destination in a hired cab, stay put in the place for weeks, and hire another cab on return. I envy their poise, their equanimity, and their single-minded pursuit of a goal. But I am unable to follow their example. Perhaps, it is a restless nature. More prosaically stated, it must be my greed - a longing to extract maximum joys from the scanty holidays that I steal in a job.

I might just have had a short holiday last week, that revitalized; but languorously and unselfconsciously.

Here is the link to some pictures and a short write-up.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/inzD6C6nvw92fAZV7

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  1. Devidutta PandaJanuary 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM

    Very well written piece with beautiful photographs. I could feel the fresh mountain air while reading the narrative.

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    1. n sethiJanuary 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM

      Idyllic surroundings brought to life!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM

    Rajiv, Each of your travelogues makes the reader long to travel to that place. I think, that’s the strength of your description. Clearly marking out the joy that describes a holiday - reading a book in the sun, taking catnaps as you read the book and attention to details such as the kind of trees present in the forest, while wilfully omitting unnecessary details. Marvellous my friend!

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