Archive for April, 2009
Zice Takes Learning to the Next Level
Day 6 & 7
Playing it safe
Games are good, but what happens when things turn bad? CIRS students learn about first aid and improvised survival tactics
Roopak’s Army stories are keeping CIRS students spellbound. They realise that the dangers they have heard about in the past week can be very real. Roopak, Retired Army Officer, who is [...]
Angels in the Outfield
Day 4 and 5:
Flying high, lying low…
Learning takes on new meaning as CIRS students do tasks needed for wilderness survival
Chinmaya International Residential School is buzzing, but not with the regular chatter of students. Zice has converted the campus into hotspots of activity that requires physical and mental agility, and that all-important thing needed to win [...]
IDBI witness the realm of nature
Himalayas, as we hear the name, our mind flashes with great mountains, lush blue sky belt, panoramic scenes, tranquilizing ambiences, to put in “A Living Paradise on the Earth”. The best way to experience and explore the heaven is to camp in Himalayas. Camp Redstone is the best live example. Camping in the hearts of [...]
Kodaikanal Trek for Shubhsahas 2009 : Wilderness Survival Camp : Series II
How wild!
CIRS students from Classes IX(now X) and XI(now XII) enjoy the buzz of hanging out with friends, while testing their endurance in the forest and hills of Kodaikanal
“Goodbye solar panels! Goodbye hostel! Goodbye temple!” There was clearly no sorrow in the goodbyes shouted out from the buses filing out of the CIRS campus in convoy. [...]
‘JUMP’ at Zice Rafting Camp
On reaching the Zice Rafting Camp, the first trek is a leisurely amble- you admire at the trees bearded with moss, you spot rare birds and at the rivulets that punctuate this route till you hear a ‘crashing sound’ in the distance and a waterfall is announced. In summer, the waterfall is a ghost of its monsoon self, [...]
Five Stranger Groups Unite At Zice Rafting Camp
The adventure began right from the time we crossed the main city of Rishikesh driving towards Shivpuri Finally reached Kaudiyala (Mahadev Chetti) after going through the tortuous path then we had to trek down for 2kms to reach Zice rafting camp where the real adventure awaited us.
Then we pounced on the food which was [...]
Shubhsahas 2009 : Wilderness Survival Camp( Adventure and Outdoor Learning Program for 350 Kids
350 students from Chinmaya International Residential School of ages 8 to 16 years will participate in an outbound adventure training program - Shubhsahas 2009 : Wilderness Survival Camp) organized by Zice Holidays. Classes IX to XII will trek to Kodaikanal. All these students would be coming from Coimbatore to get introduced to adventure sports like Rock climbing, [...]
