Travelling

This is one of the things I am very fond of doing beside making bad jokes as frequently as possible - depending on the money I have in my pocket. I really do like to travel a lot, and the more I am able to do it, the better I feel. Never felt that travelling is an expense, it always has been an investment to me. Going to places never visited before, seeing different people from the regular ones, eating altogether different cuisines, living and sleeping in places and rising to a different view, is all amazing. Among the natural wonders like mountains, river, desert, snow, and sea. I have seen snow, where I was stuck up to knee, desert and waterfall. The most I like are mountains, and second to that would be sea. I cannot describe the joy of waiting for the day, when I get off from the office and the trip begins. The moment the clock hits 5:30, the trip begins. Ironically, I haven’t stepped out of the office building but subsconsiouslily I am on the trip. That’s the level of excitement I have.

The planning begins a month in advance from choosing the places never visited before, then booking the hotel, looking at travel time on google maps, deciding when to leave all these add up to a big picture of fun that I have in mind. The image of being on the highway, with steering in hand, music playing at a pace, where I could talk to people in the car and enjoy music too. The frequent halts add up to the whole journey experience just like the toppings over pizza, be it for a tea break or someone feeling hungry or having to go to the washroom - the experience is amazing (obviously of not going to the bathroom). 

As the night climbs, the music goes down to the minimum level and all I am left with; is the long highway, and the car. Those are the times when I sometimes talk to myself like to stop the time, how not to make this trip never ending, how to freeze everything, how to make this experience never ending. But, sometimes we don’t have control over things we want to have control over, and time is among one of them.

I have been to trips and have realized that the best part of the trip is a journey, when you are travelling. I obviously look forward to completing the journey and reaching my destination but I enjoy the journey part more than reaching the end point. There are people I have met, who don’t like to travel a lot or if given a chance they would prefer to travel sleeping. To me the longer the distance the more will be the journey part. Seeing nature up close adds up to another level of experience. It feels to stay there forever but we value things more we get less of. So, I think the arrangement suits fine. A quarterly visit to mountains is good enough to revive self.

Someone somewhere has said, travelling should be frequent not long. Travel as much as you can and as frequently as you can. You can work hard to make your money come back to you but with that you can’t buy time. Travelling is not just travelling, it is more than that if you experience it.