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Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day, at Mothakkara Village

Sreejith Nair

It’s really hard to believe that I was away for five long months from this wonderful community.

And, finally the silence is broken and here I am, among you all great people…

I couldn’t stand any longer from sharing images and experiences from my beautiful Kerala.

A guided ‘day walk’ in one of the most scenic villages at the foothills of ‘Banasura Hills’ is the immediate trigger.

Please have a look at this image from, Mothakkara village as part of the ‘Weekly Photo Challenge‘.

Mothakkara

Published by Sreejith Nair

I am from the south indian state of kerala, and now living in Bangalore. My passion is travelling and photography.

57 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day, at Mothakkara Village”

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words 🙂

      Hope you are doing great 🙂

      Frankly, this image couldn’t do justice to the real ambiance, but this is what I could capture with the limitation of our gadgets 🙂

      I really missed this space for all these months.

      But one good thing is, I made a career move which is certain to help me with my travels and photography 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much, Dear Gerrit 🙂

      Hope you are doing great 🙂

      I had to take an unexpectedly long break to make a career move.

      Now I am in a better position to travel more and share images from this beautiful land 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much, Indah 🙂

      Frankly, I feel, I am back home 🙂

      It’s really been hard, away from this wonderful community for this long.

      But, I have made an interesting career switch which is sure to help my travels and photography 🙂

      So nice to see that you are doing great 🙂 Have a beautiful day…

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  4. This is such a lovely shot of a village in Kerala. Clouds behind the rolling mountains look spectacular, and the villagers look like they are hard at work. Welcome back, Sreejith. Missed seeing your photos from India. Hope all has been well with you (hope the studies were going well) and looking forward to more beautiful photos and meaningful tales of India to come 🙂

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    1. I just feel at home now, Mabel 🙂

      The exams were really good indeed, thanks a lot for your well wishes 🙂

      The best thing that happened to me during this break was, I managed to make a really interesting career switch from, IT to ‘Sustainable Tourism’.

      Now I am working with a reputed company in this domain and some wonderful people.

      I could certainly assure you of many more interesting tales and images from this beautiful land 🙂

      Hope you are doing great, Mabel 🙂

      Have a beautiful day ahead …

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  5. Welcome back, my friend! We miss you and your beautiful photos of Kerala. I have read your comment to another reader that you made a career move which now enables you to travel more…wonderful! Looking forward to your posts 🙂

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    1. Dear Ken, Thank you so much for your message, it really means a lot to me 🙂

      Yea, the rather long hiatus was totally unplanned.

      I was preparing for a competitive exam and found it really hard to share some quality time for blogging during studies.

      But quite interestingly, as soon as the exams were over, I got a great opportunity to try my hand in a totally different domain, ‘sustainable tourism’.

      Now after almost two months into the new job, which is really exciting, I feel settled.

      I am so happy to be back and feel at home, among you all, in this wonderful community 🙂

      Have a beautiful day 🙂

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        1. Thank you so much, Ken 🙂

          ‘Responsible/Sustainable’ tourism aims to benefit the local community more than mainstream tourism.

          It’s for people who would like to live with the local people in homastays and experience the place and culture in person.

          The villages selected for this programme are off the beaten track.

          We could directly see the positive impact in the lives of local people while working in this domain 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much, Amy, for your kind words 🙂

      Now, I work in a really interesting place and in a better position to explore and share the unseen beauty of this land 🙂

      Hope you are doing great 🙂 Have a beautiful day ahead ….

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    1. Thank you so much, Sue 🙂

      Yea, I am doing great 🙂

      After working in Information Technology domain for around 10 years, I took an interesting career switch, to ‘Responsible Tourism’.

      Now I am working with some wonderful people and the work is really exciting 🙂

      Hope, I will be able to share even more interesting images and tales from the unexplored part of India …

      Have a beautiful day ahead 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much for your appreciative comment 🙂

      I think in your place, the mountains are of different scale, right?

      Hope, things have come back to normalcy after the earthquakes…

      I need to really do quite a lot of catching up in your blog for updates 🙂

      Have a beautiful day 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much, sir, for your kind words, I really mean it 🙂

      Your inspiring posts really helped me during times of great confusion w.r.t to career choices recently…

      Hope to read many more thoughtful posts…

      Have a beautiful day 🙂

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    1. Dear Amy, thank you so much for your kind words…

      It was really hard to be away from here for this long.

      But, the good part is, I managed to make a career switch to a very interesting domain, ‘Responsible Tourism’.

      I will surely be sharing many more interesting images and stories from my native 🙂

      Hope you are doing great 🙂

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      1. Sometimes Life takes priority, Sreejith. I know myself how challenging it is to be on WP when my Life is just so full and busy. I am happy for you that you have been able to get into a career that you really want. Good for you!!! I look forward in hearing more about this. I am doing great, a wee weary around the edges due to having a very hectic summer, but other then that, really good. I am so happy to see you back on WP!!! ❤

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  14. Is this really possible?!? Has Sreejith returned?!? 🙂
    With this beautiful photo of nature and its people working together, yes indeed welcome back!!! I hope you’ve enjoyed the summer so far and wish you the best moving forward. Cheers to the best last month of summer!

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    1. Yes, Dear Dalo, I am back 🙂

      It was quite an unplanned break and unexpectedly long.

      Though I really missed this wonderful community for all these months, I feel so lucky to make a long cherished career switch.

      Now I am working in the field of ‘Sustainable tourism’ in some really beautiful and unexplored areas of the country.

      Hope, this really will help me to come up with interesting tales and images 🙂

      Have a beautiful day, Dalo 🙂

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      1. It is good to have you back and I hope all is well. A career shift is brave and brilliant, especially into sustainable-tourism as that sounds exciting being able to see some unexplored areas of India…let me know if you need an assistant 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much, Noortje 🙂

      It’s quite hard to be away from this community for long 🙂

      I really missed all you wonderful people and your work …

      Needs to do quite some catching up 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much for stopping by and following my blog 🙂

      Yes, Sustainable tourism is really an interesting area and we are trying our best to promote it, as the local community is the direct beneficiary and the environmental impact is minimal.

      Have a great time 🙂

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  21. ശ്രീജിത്തേ, വയലാറിന്റെ വരികൾ ഓർക്കാതിരിക്കാൻ കഴിയുന്നില്ല. “ഈ മനോഹര തീരത്ത് തരുമോ ഇനിയൊരു ജന്മം കൂടി” . Super photo, your snaps are marvellous.

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    1. Wayanad truly reminds us about these lines…

      It’s blessed with natural beauty, but the flow of tourists and construction activities all around has started showing it’s negative impacts …

      So nice to see that you liked this image 🙂

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