About Me
I am an avid traveller. It runs in my blood. Credit goes to my father who also was a wanderer. So much so that with a few friends in suburb of Khar he established what they called ‘Wanderer’s Club’.
I remember his showing me a Letter head of their club with their motto printed in Sanskrit. It roughly translates as follows
- Better to stand than walk around
- Better to sit than stand
- Better to lie down than sit
My Wanderlust
Paul Theroux - Heard about him as a travel writer. Collected a few of his books but never got around to read them seriously.
Today I read his book - ‘ To the ends of the Earth ’.
I have also enjoyed wandering anywhere and everywhere around the world. There was a time when I used to say I have roller skates on my feet.
Two Gujarati poems well describe my urge to travel “
1. “ Pela, pela pankhine joi mane thai, mane thai, bus udya karoo.”
Translated into English it means
“ When I see a bird flying in the sky, I feel like flying all the time “
2. This poem I learned in my secondary school and it describes the amount of freedom i wanted in my travels.
“ Bhomiya vina mare bhamavata Doongara
Jungle ni kunj kunj jovi hati
Jovi hati kotaro ne jovi hati kandara
Rota jharanani ankh lohvi hati ”
This describes the amount of freedom I wanted in my travels.
Also there is a saying in Japanese that I heard in Japan when I travelled there - If you love your son give him an opportunity to travel. I fully endorse the same. Many a places I visited, I learned more about its importance after visiting there. It aroused my curiosity about things I had not known. I my self learned a lot after going to these unusual destinations - esp. visit to see Cranes and Swans in Japan, Brown Bears and Salmon. It also improved my understanding formation of our Earth like - separations of continents by movement of plates. Travelling is a celebration of life. This world is amazing with diverse Geography and cultures. Motivation and curiosity allows understanding our universe. We should get to know the places we visit by, understanding, learning and experiencing their culture, so we can take away an experience we won’t forget. As for me both motivation and curiosity are still there but now my energy is sapping. So I have decided to become an armchair traveller. I enjoy reading about other’s journeys and reminisce about my travel.
