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Originally Posted by Andrea_Rossini
Wonderful, I'd really like swim in there no matter the frost-bite!!!
This is just what anyone / everyone who sees this lake thinks... Till (s)he steps in it. :eek: :D
Seriously though, I did see one person swim and am all praises to his mental stamina and his taste in inflicting self-torture. :D
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Originally Posted by exterminator
Really cool one that Sid.. the one with the lake in the back-ground... between the hills..
Thanks, Abhishek... :)
Though, honestly speaking - the photos do poor justice to the place itself!
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Originally Posted by Siddhartha
The lake you see in the background (in the photos above and below) is The Koenigsee (literally translated: King's Lake). The water here is so clean and clear that it is said to be of drinking-water quality!
Initially I had planned taking a swim in this lake what with the day time temperatures being a pleasant 28°C. But, my mind quickly changed when I dipped my feet in the water. It took some serious rubbing to bring them out of my closest experiences with frost-bite. :D
This lake is created by the valley as you would see below...
Thats realy a great place. :thumb:
You are lucky man. :)
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Really nice photos, Sid. :thumb:
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Though, honestly speaking - the photos do poor justice to the place itself!
How do you manage to visit so many places? These people here don't even allow us enough leaves? I hate them so much for bringing such work culture in India.. it is ruining lives.. There is so much in life beyond work! I have always wanted to visit mountains with rivers fighting their way through and the sound of their run-ins. Trees bowing their heads in respect to the winds... birds conversing in a language that I would never understand... Aahh... it hurts!
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Nice pics, Sid. :thumb: Keep posting...
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Thanks again guys... Bringing these beautiful places to you all is my pleasure too.
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How do you manage to visit so many places? These people here don't even allow us enough leaves?
Good question.
If I told you that I drove 5500 kms in the last 25 days - and 90% of those in the weekends - would you believe me? :)
I didn't use a single day's leave... Not that I haven't enough, or didn't want to - but, project's deadlines at this moment don't let me take workdays off.
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Originally Posted by Krishnaa
You are lucky man.
Perhaps, you are right...
But, as you may have noticed above - even enjoying a good vacation takes a reasonable amount of effort. An effort that photos don't convey...
(Koenigsee for instance is 600 kms from home - no kidding!)
Nevertheless, lucky I may be - very lucky perhaps - to want to make that effort. :) ;)
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Originally Posted by Siddhartha
Thanks again guys... Bringing these beautiful places to you all is my pleasure too. Good question.
If I told you that I drove 5500 kms in the last 25 days - and 90% of those in the weekends - would you believe me? :)
(Koenigsee for instance is 600 kms from home - no kidding!)
I didn't use a single day's leave... Not that I haven't enough, or didn't want to - but, project's deadlines at this moment don't let me take workdays off. Perhaps, you are right...
But, as you may have noticed above - even enjoying a good vacation takes a reasonable amount of effort.
(An effort that photos don't convey... )
Nevertheless, lucky I may be - very lucky perhaps - to want to make that effort. :) ;)
Yes, efforts are very much required :)
Previously GremlinSA's South Africa trek realy inspired me to do something, now your pictures create urge in my brain to get up and go on vacation somewhere real good place. :D
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Yes, efforts are very much required :)
Previously GremlinSA's South Africa trek realy inspired me to do something, now your pictures create urge in my brain to get up and go on vacation somewhere real good place. :D
:) :D :thumb:
...And very often - beautiful places are less than 6 hours of travel away. One just needs to get the hell out on a friday evening, and return on Sunday night, or a Monday morning!
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How do you manage to visit so many places? These people here don't even allow us enough leaves? I hate them so much for bringing such work culture in India.. it is ruining lives.. There is so much in life beyond work! I have always wanted to visit mountains with rivers fighting their way through and the sound of their run-ins. Trees bowing their heads in respect to the winds... birds conversing in a language that I would never understand... Aahh... it hurts!
hm... as Sid said you can find lotta cool places nearby. When I was at Mumbai / Pune, we office guys would team up and head on weekend treks to nearby places. It needn't be a big one, but even a nearby visit to a new place can rejuvenate you and help reduce the stress at work. Am not sure where you are located, but there ought to be getaway places anywhere. It's just that you have to find the time for it. And if you really want to do it, you will always find the time for it :)
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hm... as Sid said you can find lotta cool places nearby. When I was at Mumbai / Pune, we office guys would team up and head on weekend treks to nearby places. It needn't be a big one, but even a nearby visit to a new place can rejuvenate you and help reduce the stress at work. Am not sure where you are located, but there ought to be getaway places anywhere. It's just that you have to find the time for it. And if you really want to do it, you will always find the time for it :)
Yeah.. I know.. You are right.. but it's not my fault.. I want to do it.. its the lazy one inside me who is the culprit.. I need to corner him once in a while.. :D
//By the way - it is delhi.. and yeah again.. I know there are zillions of places to go by in abt 200-300 kms radius.. : :) ;)
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good !! Ok, so we all expect no posts from exterminator on weekends. Howzatt ? :D
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good !! Ok, so we all expect no posts from exterminator on weekends. Howzatt ? :D
Who is exterminator.. ?? You should not be posting on the weekends dude!! :D
//i will try but i cannot commit.. i will definitely try... ;)
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Ovi, your head misses your hair...and so do we :)
I didn't know you were working for a construction company :D ;)
Unfortunately not. I didn't pass the interview.
They asked me: "how many bricks you need to build a house?".
I confused bricks with lines of code and answered: "between one and half of million". :D ;)
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Unfortunately not. I didn't pass the interview.
They asked me: "how many bricks you need to build a house?".
I confused bricks with lines of code and answered: "between one and half of million". :D ;)
May be they were wrong... ;)
How many bricks did Nicolae Ceaucescu's home take? :D
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May be they were wrong... ;)
How many bricks did Nicolae Ceaucescu's home take? :D
:D :thumb:
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/By the way - it is delhi.. and yeah again.. I know there are zillions of places to go by in abt 200-300 kms radius..
Have you been to Ninital, yar. I've been there recently and is really cool. (Both in the place and the temperature) Up among the himalayan ranges...in the lake....aaahhhh...:cool: