A Lesson in Solo Travel
Since childhood I have travelled a lot. I come from a family who adore exploring new places. So as a part of family trips, I have visited new places at least twice a year every year. It is a fun experience – the novelty of a new place, the travel, spending time with family while forgetting all about studies, exams & tensions, learning the mesmerizing history of a place, trying different cuisines & basically living a life of “wanderlust” for a few days. But mostly it was the company – of parents, my cousins – that made the whole experience a delight! Travel alone? Why? How? So boring! So scary! This was my mental reaction whenever it was suggested. Until I was forced to for the first time during my MBA internship. I spent more than a month in Indore – in a hotel, all alone – in a city with no friends, no relatives, no one to explore the city with or eat out. How does one overcome the first new awkwardness of solo travel? In my case it was my boredom that drove me to explore the ...