Passing through the mountains of the Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands are a rugged area of Scotland, famous for its mountains and lakes (Lochs). Some of the places are now well settled, so they can hardly be called rugged, but there are large chunks of area that are rugged, and beautiful. Many of these places are easy to visit, with highways passing through them; you just need to step off the highway when you are near a Loch or a mountain and you can see the full beauty of nature in the Highlands. In the following photos, you are actually seeing nature close to the highway which passes through, although if you were not seeing the highway, you would not be easily able to make out that this place is connected to civilization. The presence of lakes also provides a place to enjoy water sports, which can also be seen.

Multiple hills in the Scottish Highlands with wires in front (More photos)

Hills in the Scottish Highlands. These seem sufficiently rugged, with almost no habitation on the hills. The dark clouds overhead complete the notion that this is an outdoors place, as nature intended. However, then you have wires passing in front of the view, which provides proof of the presence of civilization all around you along with the highway on which you are traveling on.

Hill in the Scottish Highlands with scrub and other vegetation (More photos)

This is a view of a hill in the Scottish Highlands. Even though these hills are not very high, they do not have thick vegetation. The vegetation in this region of the Scottish Highlands is mostly scrub, and on this mountain you can see scrub and exposed rock.

On a highway passing through the Scottish Highlands (More photos / Prints)

Who would not want to travel on such a road ? A lovely road passing through the Scottish Highlands, with trees, greenery and mountains on one side, and a stream on the other side (this point is actually a bridge). One can keep on driving easily on such a highway (as long as one does not run into any emergency, in which case it could take some time to get help).

Boats in a Loch in the Scottish Highlands (More photos / Prints)

With so many lakes in the Scottish Highlands, recreational facilities are also available in plenty. I don't know which Loch is this, but there are many boats here. On the other side of the loch are houses and other such buildings, and a lot of greenery above the buildings.

Water fountain and small pond in front of the Egyptian Museum

Right in front of the gates of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, there is a small concrete structure where there is a small pond, some plants, and a small fountain. The edge of the structure is used for sitting by the large number of tourists who frequent the museum.

Chairs set outside cottages in the Club Mahindra resort in Corbett National Park in North India

This is a photo of the area of the Club Mahindra resort at Corbett National park that is close to the river. The chairs set outside make it very comfortable to catch the sun.

The greenery to the side of the canal in Kerala, near the town of Alleppey

While we were roaming around in a speedboat through the waterways of the town of Alleppey, we could only watch and admire the view around us. To the side of the waterway, there was a lot of greenery, with trees to the side and a lot of green plants.

A very weed covered stretch of the waterways in Alleppey

This section of the waterways seems very weed infested, but if you look closely, this is actually close to a large habitation of people. The canal is bounded by cement and stone banks, and the trees on either side are specifically grown for cultivation. And you can see boats (multiple ones) in the water straight ahead.