Travelling is a life changing experience.

Travelling is not just the way of seeing or experiencing the things around you, its actually experiencing and feeling the way of life around you and being outside your comfort zone and seeing new people and new faces around you that teaches you how travelling can change your lifes. 

It is a mind-opening experience that makes you a truly global citizen and enriches your knowledge of other cultures, languages, history, and geography. It is crucial to get out of your comfort zone and allow yourself to enter unknown lands in order to build your confidence. Prove to yourself that you are strong enough to defeat any challenge and survive any obstacle you may face along the way. The more you travel and experience life, the more inspiration and knowledge you will bring to your workplace or to your studies. Being in an environment across the world, far away from home, you benefit from meeting people different from you. By meeting the locals, you have a unique chance to develop skills and abilities that you will not be able to otherwise:  , that even though a person lives far away from you and you think you might have nothing in common, you come to realise that he is just like you, has the same dreams, same desires, and is aiming for happiness. There is so much beauty in this world that we need to discover, so many mountains to climb, and oceans to dive into. It is not possible to see each and every one of them, but we should try to experience as much as we possibly can.

Travelling taught me to conquer my fears to go and meet new people, experience new things like going on a crazy trip to Manali all alone with my friends without telling my family actually was difficult to manage but I did that, also when doing things like river rafting and skiing in the snow helped me to conquer my fears and do things outside the box, also seeing Arabian sea in Diu and experiencing the wonderful sunrise and sunset taught me the true nature around me,  the calmness in the sea and in the mountains taught me to see myself and for few hours leave everything and just try to enjoy and feel things around me the nature around me. 

I self evolved very much by travelling either it was my travel to mountains or to sea or even the smallest place I travel it taught me something, made me a greater person, enhanced my way of living, way of respecting people around me, and sometimes seeing those things which I couldn't see earlier or feel earlier.   

An adventurous trip to Manali.

Life is a long road we travel, from experiencing the beauty of path filled with flowers to continue the journey with hard rocks beneath our legs. Many a times there is an uncertainty in our way which has either sweet or bitter taste.

Well, in my case the roads turned out to be thrilling one, there was a great rush of my adrenaline with every moment my chartered bus traveled along its way to Manali. There was a mixed feeling of excitement and guilt as the dream of going on a trip to Manali with my friends was finally coming true with the fact that my family still supposed that I was doing my college in Jaipur.

The bus continued on his way taking sharp turns every other minute and a saw a beautiful yet scary face of nature which was welcoming me and at the same time challenging with narrow roads and deep valleys. The long boredom of my college phase was finally been broken and I felt wondered at how the 'untouched songs' from the playlist of my phone were making me amazed as if revealing there beauty to which I finally slept.

             

When I got off the bus and saw the glazing sun on me with all over the range of mountains covered with snow shouting on me that you have come to the right place. It was mesmerizing to see the wind blowing , the sun in top and the snow which was reflecting so much because of the rays of sun , everything was just perfect and I was standing with bunch of my friends smiling and thinking that we did a great job coming here and imagining the trip and actually standing here was way different as the vibe coming from the atmosphere was just anything else . It was magic in that air as the air was so pure to breathe and from a longtime the sun was not hurting the eyes but giving a compliment to the snow we were able to see on the mountains.

Finding yourself on the seashore when sunrises.

Honestly from the last few years my enthusiasm towards the mountains were so high that i ignored that I might like the beaches also.. So to find out I just got off to the trip to Daman & Diu to actually find what's so much in the beach than a mountain ????

But when I did find out what it is I was thrilled from inside , As lately I am into waking up early and seeing the sunrise it gave me so much of peace and calmness that I was waiting to see that sun rising from above the sea. The feeling of calmness, joy and feeling that the void inside of you is filled again which was empty for so long..

Nagoa beach, Diu, India

To observe how slowly sun is rising and the light fills the city, how the darkness becomes weaker and everything wakes up. This feeling was just unimaginable, Some people would already make their morning run routine, some would meditate on the beach, and all this – in complete silence,

only the sound of waves breaking against the sand and the rays of sun filling the whole area from darkness to light.

That was a perfect beginning of the day, as it was giving me the feeling of fulfillment, of energy flowing through my body and it was just beginning of the day – so many things can be done! Without knowing that, I was not thinking about anything, just observing my surroundings. And it was so beautiful….

Right at that moment I really can't remember what unhappy feels like. I was so caught up by the beauty of nature and sunrise that i didn't even felt I was sitting over there for so long.

And from that day I decided I would never miss a sunrise either of a range of mountains it comes from or either it's filling the whole sea with light.

Adventure story - River rafting experience in kullu

When you talk about travelling , you always think it will be adventurous or not ? Adventure is not just doing the zipline, bungee jumping, skydiving, paragliding, etc. Though, I do believe that one should try these adventure activities at least once to test the physical strength and the mental ability to perform it. Going to unexplored places, meeting strangers, landing up at an unknown place at a strange hour or even trying an absolutely bizarre cuisine can also be adventurous. Traveling itself is a great affair with adventure.

From Paragliding, river rafting, zip line, Burma Bridge, and Commando walk, I have tried it all. But what took my adrenal rush to another level was when I did River rafting in kullu(manali). Being water so cold in himachal, it was a brave call for me to decide to put myself amidst water for rafting.

It was during the  second year of my college , when i got thinking to go on a trip like this , So i took bunch of my great friends to a trek to manali where i didn't thought i might be doing river rafting at the end. It was so challenging that feeling that way just felt so good to me that now also when i think of it i got goosebumps all over my body as that was the month of september when the water was really chilling and becoming ice and pulling such a thread out there was just awesome for me.

As you come close to the rapid and the moment it engulfs you within, was epic. I went blank for a second. The giant leap of water is simply thrashing you with full power and when you take full control of yourself in the raft and let it pass on you, it is a surreal experience. After experiencing the first rapid, it kind of broke the shell of fear and I started enjoying rapids one after another. 

I was fully drenched. The cold breeze just passed through my body, leaving me wondering about God’s creation. While rowing our boat, singing loud in groups, shouting with excitement, plucking out wild berries, feeding on them with joy, competing with other boats, somehow I felt that I discovered something new about myself. As if I had conquered my fear.

When you found peace in the MOUNTAINS......

I’m a mountain guy/mountain lover/ mountain climber. Except that here’s the thing: I don’t even live in the mountains – not even close!

Few months ago I traded in my mountain lifestyle as i love to travel to places – and I wouldn’t change that decision for the world! But I must confess what I can’t shake…the mountains stole my heart. Here’s why:

        The mountains are good for the soul

I have never in my life claimed to be an adventurer – until I started hiking in the mountains. With the lovely, lush green forests and foothills, the tantalizing teal lakes hidden away like a secret prize waiting to be found, and those stunning sky-high jagged peaks, it was love at first sight. But more than that, hiking in the mountains became an immediate passion because of the way it made me feel. I was able to just be the real me and connect with the version of myself that felt the most authentic and true. As i was doing some soul searching, I found my peace in the mountains.

The mountains in Himachal pradesh were so incredible that i just found peace there and that's the main reason I got to those mountains thrice in 2 years.Somehow without trying, you are able to confront your demons, re-evaluate your problems or your goals or you desires - you are able to widen your perspective and reflect om 'the big picture'.

   They have healing powers

You can call me crazy but really there is something in the air or in the water or the trees but there is something that always drive you towards a betterment of yourself. It’s as if there is an energy source in those summits that you can tap into and feed off of.Getting out there literally fuels you and rebalances you; you will notably feel more calm and happy, and less irritable or anxious. There was never a time that I left the mountains without feeling refreshed, happy and inspired – ready to take on anything that came my way.

They serve as an opportunity for personal growth

Through challenging yourself, both physically and mentally, you grow. Through pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone and getting out there, you flourish. Through completing something you started and seeing it through to the end, you make progress. Through getting lost or falling down or failing to summit a climb, you learn to not only be kind to yourself knowing you TRIED your best, but you blossom into a more humble person! Through interacting with nature and wildlife, you develop respect for the earth and empathy for the well being of the environment and of the animals.

Can you relate? Let me know in the comments below!