DON'T MISS: Readers share their summer travel pics

We invited you, our readers, to share your summer travel photographs with us. Here's the first set of responses!

Summer is the time to chill out and relax, catch up on everything you've missed and head out on that well-deserved break. It's the time to travel and explore and we are asking you to share your most memorable snapshot of Summer 2013 with us.

It could be anything -- your toddler venturing into the ocean for the first time, a summer landscape captured from a moving train, a stray dog tucking into an icecream treat from a kind stranger... Photographs from anywhere across India or the world are welcome, but they have to be original.

First up we have this photograph from Vikram Seth of Tarkarli in the Konkan area of Maharashtra. Known for its pristine beaches and amazing food, Tarkarli is also home to one of the best government resorts in the state. An absolute must-visit.

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.

Next, we have this photograph sent in by PSuryanarayana who writes: "This summer we sought refuge from the oppressive heat by travelling to Wayanad Backwaters in Kerala.The tree house in the resort where we stayed was really cool!"

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.

Rajesh Pai sends in this photograph of the setting sun at Kodachadri Hills in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. "Kodachadri is really beautiful trekking spot and worth a trek. It is trekkers' paradise." he writes.

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.

Abhishek Mohan from Varanasi sends in this photograph of the Ganga. For more stunning images of the Great River, click here!

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.

The amazing Rohtang Pass shot by Vinay Kumar.

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.

Yet another photograph by Vinay Kumar of a traffic jam at Marhi in Himachal Pradesh. "About 500 tourist vehicles wanting to see the Rohtang Pass were stuck at Marhi because the Border Roads Organisation did not allow a single vehicle through."

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'Memorable summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.