There’s a bunch of seasoned Lingerers who not only “get” what we mean when we say “do nothing” on your vacations, but practically have defined it for us! But we do have a lot of queries around this from those who’ve just come across Linger, or gotten a reference from a friend or family.
“What will we do there?”
“Will the kids get bored?”
“Can you tell us the activities around there?”
Of course there’s lots and lots of things to “do”. We’ll take you through some things here, but the real meaning of this is …… where’s the rush – just linger on this page right upto the end 🙂
A passionate set of birders has discovered the wealth of avian treasures and put us on the eBird map .
There’s walks and hikes to do, of course.
Of course, there’s stuff to do and explore around the farms.
And of course, the food! This is a highlight. We’re adding some “try your hand at it” soon too.
And then, people have come written books, had small destination weddings, helped with farming, painted the landscape, just watched movies, planned their next 6 months of content at work, gone for village festivals, and lots more.
But all this just happens. The best things are not what we plan, but what we find.
Our idea of doing nothing is really to create a blank space where you explore, discover, let things happen and observe life around you. There’s just so much magic and serendipity in the world around us, that we each have unique experiences as we flow with it. Insects we can’t imagine, a dance of a pair of a racket tailed drongos, the cacophony of the cicadas as the rains approach, hundreds of sheep as the shepherds start their journey to the higher passes before the monsoon, personal challenges against a glacial stream you learn to stay in and enjoy over a few days, the getting used to the monsoon rain and the comfort with using trees as umbrellas, foraging for the greens and wilds in the right season, finding a flush of mushrooms after a night of thunder and lightning, a nice long conversation with neighbours who offer coffee but share no language but friendliness and smiles with you, coming across a huge monitor lizard on a little detour through the forest as you drive to the place.
All of these, and more, have happened with our guests. None of it is stuff we planned. And that’s exactly the idea of doing nothing. To clear out schedules, plans, itineraries, preset notions of what you want to see and experience, and let the place, the pace of life and life itself in these amazing places open up to you.
So, yes, there’s much “to do”. But we don’t really know what 🙂 What we can tell you for sure is, if you come with an open mind and heart, and slow down the pace enough to pause, observe, enjoy what comes your way, not only is boredom not a possibility, but entire worlds will open up and you’ll want to come back for more.
Come over and Linger!