One…two…three…SPLASH!!!
I hold my mouthpiece like my life depends on it; take a leap from the edge of the boat and jump into the deep sea! A few seconds seem like eternity when I feel like I am going to drown; but I come up and take a breath of relief! Now I deflate my BCD to go deeper and meet Ariel’s world.
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The world is full of beautiful places and there are travelers who want to explore it all. There are many ways to explore this beautiful world. And the major part of this journey are the people. The people we meet along the way and also the people who travel with us.
I spent my last weekend at Visakapatnam and decided to go for scuba diving at a ship wreck recently explored by Livein Adventures. The ship wreck is located at Chintapalli village in Vizianagram district and is nearly 70 kms from Vizag. The training session for first time divers would happen the day before in a swimming pool.
I come from a middle class family for which even the simple luxuries of life come at a later stage and when they come we cherish that moment forever. I still remember the excitement when I boarded my first flight five years ago or when I bought my first DSLR or when I first traveled on my own and visited Ladakh and even better when I did my first scuba diving in Andaman! They were all life changing experiences.
“To me, being spiritual means…whispering to trees, laughing with flowers, falling in love with sunsets, consulting water and worshipping the stars. One hand to my heart. One hand to the Earth.” – Tanya Markul
The increasing stress of today’s life makes people seek ways to refresh and rejuvenate themselves. Some travel, some meditate, some listen music, some head to the sacred places and some go into seclusion while some take the path of yogic life. And for me getting away from the mad rat race of the normal life and going back to the roots is a way to refresh my soul. Experiential holidays are a wonderful way of rejuvenating our energies and also to just lay down for a while away from the targets and the societal pressures. So I spent a few days just doing ‘nothing in particular’ at a quiet village in Mayabunder tehsil of North and Middle Andaman district.
The Pink Lotus 