What is it about travelling that i really enjoy?
To be very frank, even i don't know.
Its not the architecture, the museums, the parks or for that matter any tourist place that attract me. I mean, they are all amazing to look at, and I do appreciate them all. But somehow, its not about them that i like going to places.
Its the people and only people. Every face in the crowd seems to be telling a story. Every person has something interesting to share. And my hunger to meet them takes me all around.
"Jaisalmer? yaar bahut duur hai. kahin paas ka plan bana na."
"Jaisalmer? hahahahahaha."
"Jaisalmer? abe 20 ghante ka rasta hai. kaise jayega? Aadha time to travel karega."
"Jaisalmer? hahahahahaha."
"Jaisalmer? bahut thand hogi be. raat mein mar legi."
"Jaisalmer? hahahahahaha."
"Jaisalmer? Tu pagal ho gaya hai."
"Jaisalmer? hahahahahaha."
Some of the responses i got when i asked people for the trip. And I am glad, none of them accompanied me. :).
Jaisalmer? Amazing place to be.
Jaisalmer? Amazing place to meet new people.
Jaisalmer? Amazing place for the foodies like me. You get food from all around the world.
What exactly did i do?
The people i met,
Karthik (works in the same bulding as me)
Shuk Sin Won
Park Chun Su
Abu Bhai
Ghazi Khan
Faqruddin
Uli Khan
Ali Mohammad
Ghazi Khan (the singer)
Deepak and 4 of his other friends. (I am sorry guys, i forgot your names)
Amit (security waala)
Ashish
Ashish's dad
Ashish's mom
Ashish's sister
Bhawani Singh Rathore
Raju
James
James's girlfriend
5 of Karthik's colleagues (The names i don't want to remember)
An English girl, I borrowed pen from.
A Group of three people in the restaurant,( the lady teaches in jaipur.)
And about 30-40 more.
And I can write a small collections of stories that i learnt from them. Every face has a story to tell, you just have to be ready to listen. And you get so enriched by the memories.
"I have three dreams for myself, Travel as much as i can, taste as many kinds of cuisines as i can and read as many books as i can." And i still stick by it.
And by the way, for the people who missed, 20 hours in a good company seems like 20 minutes and you are left wanting for more.
Signing off,
Aneyonghikhaseyo
(In Korean it means, be safe)
Good bye.
7 comments:
reading your blog just refreshes my life
this one was another one of those tinctures of liveliness that i so try to keep adding to my life, keep showing the way :)
hmmm.....travel, food and books. yes yes and yes!
but there is more to the travel...just the feeling of movement, endless roads, or tracks and the mirage like destination. somehow every time the destination u reach seems to be different from the destination u imagined, but tats why its a worthwhile experience i guess!
hmmm... surely good one!
wud like to know the stories associated wid the people mentioned... :)
I have always though that it's not the place you visit that makes the journey worth while, but the experiences you make. many people can visit the same place, and all have totally different experiences. If you know how to shape your experiences. most places are worth visiting.
Sounds like you have some interesting stories...waiting to hear them. :)
good one
next time ask me
That's how an adventurous soul travels... that's how a free soul remains free...that's how it should be....[:-)]
ok follow up comments...loved tat comment. cutting and pasting the lines i really liked and could identify with:
"somehow somewhere we know what we want, but find ourselves running after a complete different object, to possess it"
"But cocoon i never felt was an answer. I want to be out there and feel the pain, feel how wrong it can be, and den shout back, "THAT'S IT?" "
yeah cocoon not preferable and many times not possible either. and if tat were to be our approach to pain, it would be quite nice to handle it..."tats the worst tat can be?? oh come on!" :)
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