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Does Every Holiday Need To Be Full of Adventure?
No matter what you do, every holiday leaves an impact
What kind of a holiday do you prefer?
One filled with action and adventure (hopefully planned ones) or one that offers you time to chill and relax?
I have been on both types of holidays, not including the ones involving pilgrimages to religious places that my parents dragged me to when I was little. As a child, travel involved getting on hot, dusty trains, sleeping on hard benches in crowded compartments and sleepily rubbing my eyes in a brand new location the next morning.
Travel in India meant days filled with unexpected surprises, eating new foods in each state, meeting long lost relatives and experiencing life in smaller towns very different from our life back in the city of Bombay where we lived.
More variety, greater comfort
When I first left India, the adventure of travel meant the sheer magic of setting foot in a different country where everything was different. Not just the food but also the people and of course, the weather. The ubiquitous heat and humidity of India was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there was gentle spring, colorful autumn and in many places, snow!
