Have you ever felt that there is a secret identity waiting inside of you to reveal itself? No - I don't mean the psychotic split personality type identity - I mean an identity which longs to pursue all the passions which enliven you but which you can't have enough of due to your jobs, lack of resources, family, and well...life in general!? Well I do have that person inside me, and the symptoms and behaviours that this other identity exhibits on a consistent basis makes me believe that well...I am afflicted with the same malaise,bitten by the same bug, carrying the same virus as scores of other people around the world. Yes, I am a casualty of the life-enriching travel bug.
Everyday I get up with the desire to see new places. I would like to use every opportunity and all my free time traveling. I read all that I can on travel and of places far and wide. I watch travel shows that give me the vicarious pleasure of visiting a foreign land. I plan extensive trips and itineraries in my head every week - whether or not I get to go on those trips is another question altogether! I research destinations extensively. Chances are if you ask me about a certain place, I will be able to tell you a considerable amount of travel trivia about that destination, and most of it will be credible.
My friends come to me to ask me about places they can go to...hotels they can stay at. Some even ask me to design their itineraries, and I willingly take it up. It gives me immense joy when my friends go to a place I have suggested and they come back to tell me tales of how much they loved it! Its a feeling similar to that of a cook, when he watches people eat and relish a delicacy he has so painstakingly prepared. My friends even suggest that I should make this my line of work...since I have an obvious flair for it!
I would love nothing better than to do that. I love traveling - and I have traveled a fair bit (albeit within the country), and I love to write - those are two of my primary passions, and I have always dreamt of being a travel writer. Tough chance of doing that with my day job!! So I thought let me just start a blog where I can express my love for travel...and here I am. This is my first post as a budding travel blogger...hope you will like what I put down here!
