Till some time back, I was one of
those people who was travelling almost every month. No, this was not corporate
travel. On the contrary, my travel has almost come down to zero, since I
entered the corporate life. I used to travel and that too a lot when I was in
college. There would always be some or the other travel tickets in my wallet –
either from the last travel, upcoming travel or travel details waiting to be
converted into tickets. And these were travels which I used to look forward to
– visit to home from hostel or back, visit to friends living in a nearby city
or weekend trips with friends. Travel itself would also be of all kinds – 4-5
hour bus journeys, extremely long (more than 28 hours) train journeys, flight
travels or a combination of these. Quite
a good percentage of the travel journeys were alone. And since then, I have
been a fan of travelling….
So, what’s so great about all
this to and fro between cities. Just before you embark on a journey, life is
extremely hectic. Well, it surely is for me. There are those more than hundred
tasks which you have to finish before the journey – packing all your stuff very
carefully, else be sure to miss out on that one thing which you just can’t do
without, arranging food for the journey (ask any hostel student how important a
task this is), ensuring your bookings are in place, and the list goes on and
on. So, I am generally seen hopping around looking extremely busy just before a
trip, hoping that the entire checklist of tasks would be completed successfully
and everything would go perfectly.
In spite of all the preparations
you do, be assured that Mr. Murphy would surely strike. After I have fought Mr.
Murphy and thanked God, the moment arrives. The moment you are seated in your
mode of transport and everything from getting the seat to arranging the luggage
has been taken care of. The moment when you take a deep breath and a sigh of
relief comes out. This instance is like a moment of truth for me. This moment
you realize that for some time (the duration of your journey) at least, you can
just sit back, relax and comprehend the things around you. You can just sit and
spend time with your own thoughts because pretty much that’s all you can do. Spend
time watching people around you, and one realizes that there couldn’t be a
better way to pass time.
Read a book if you want to or
don’t if you don’t want to. Call someone if you want to or don’t if you don’t
want to – Use the age old excuse of no network during travel and no one will
hold it against you for not calling ;). This is also probably the reason, that
I don’t want phone and internet facilities to ever come to air travel because
that will just push us to work on flight too and not experience these moments
of truths.
These were just old memories which came flooding back to my mind when I travelled again today alone and
experienced the moment of truth once more and I chose to write this blog post
because I wanted to. :)
7 comments:
May be its not travel, but a way to spend time with yourself. I am sure you can do it whenever you want to........
Travelling alone and travelling with frndz are like north n south pole. Its hard define.
I LOVE TRAVELLING
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