Me and my life-partner Ruchi, who’s a designer by profession, had worked together in my startup WOW Design. Never had an idea that while discussing the design sketches, we would decide to sketch our future together. But one thing that strongly bound us since start was our passion for travel. We both had our own list of “Places to visit before I die” and we eventually realized that there was much in common on the list. So we decided to tread together.
Our trips are not like any regular tourists. Sometimes, especially if its an international trip, it’s a planned affair but at other times it can be as spontaneous as – one moment we were sipping tea and the next moment we are at the station catching the train to our next destination. We don’t bother if we have the best modes to travel, reservations or the best of seats; we love the uncertainty and the thrill. We love to break all traditional rules of traveling with a plan and just get on our bike and escape to a place without a clue.
The reason we travel is to just explore! We might never know what lies ahead. We don’t primarily seek relaxation but deep dive into the history of a particular place or engage with different cultures. We learn a lot from each trip that we make. Its adds a story to our book.
By now we have our quick checklists for our impromptu trips and one thing which tops the list is our DSLRs. Its known that two things we save money for are namely – our international trips and our beloved DSLRs and their lenses. Photography is a costly hobby indeed!
We also heavily use technology for our trips. Right from booking the OYO room to being an avid TripAdvisor user in terms of sharing opinions and reviews. On trips, our mobile phones become the repertoire of info about the place – from travel guides to maps. We infact rely on our own audio tours while we go around seeing places.
Since we love to interact with the local population, we usually prefer the public transport over the private AC luxury cars. We also tend to stop by at any location to taste the local street food or may be just a photo stop.
Each trip that we make, we bring back small mementos that add to our Wanderlust Wall of Fame. We believe, our hunger to explore simply cannot be quenched, no matter how many vacations we take. Some day we plan to take a full one month’s break and go and explore an unknown world altogether.
