Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Why did I start Travelling ALONE ?



Ask Few of my Co-Earthians , What a “Chocolate” means to them .Response might be like this… - “ I love Chocos” , “ I was adviced not to eat any more” , “ah!I like giving them to Children” , “ I hate Chocos” , “I eat only Foreign Chocos” , “…mmm ,Delicious One”. While for me, it’s a “ World beyond Heavenly Feelings – An Inexplicable derivation of Exponential Joy” . In my Kinder’s when someone gifts me Chocos , I would kiss them ,as I would kiss my Mother , as a token of my kiddy thanx ….. Bcoz I kissed them with my tender Lips , they would fetch me more & more ..This continued like the Evapouration cycle of water. I Once read in my Moral Science book , the story of Sudamma to whom Krishna came in the form of a Potter(not Harry potter )to give the Nectar .This deeply got registered in my mind that God won’t come straight to you , but will come in the guise of Human Beings..For a long time ,I thought these people are those gods …
I would take those choccos to a Lonely Place , Unveil the Wrapper Carefully , lick the choco thrice or fours , give a sound like Bommarilu’s “Kani Ippudu …mmmmmmmmmmmmm”,put it into my tongue, close my eyes..I won’t be on the earth for the next ten – fifteen Minutes, till the Choco melts completely like the Ice berg that gets submerged over the Atlantics/Pacifics ..



A stage came where in I had tasted chocos of almost all varieties .Whichever so Proclaimed as the New ,Untasted variety and entered the Choco Market , seemed to me like a Re-Mix song , with a small change in the minor ingredients .Not more than that ..I got boredom with Chocos. I stopped kissing those gods too ..I thought Is there any chocos that can be tasted any no of times, without a sulk. The question pervaded , wherever I went , whichever I saw, and one day it stopped all of a sudden when I entered my 10th Std .Till 2 years , it didn’t disturb me or rather I had shifted my significance towards Studies. When I entered my college , I didn’t bother it either till my second year Engineering , as I was still pursuing my studies , seriously .When I entered my third year Hostel , the Question multiplied its dimensions, showed its geeky teeth. My Third year hostel was in Hillock .The distance between my Hostel & College was 50 m. One day, fortunately , I noticed an another route , that provided a view point to Scenic Mountain .I dropped the short Route ,and took this Route for my daily college classes. I became so craze that , even I walked through those on Saturdays & Sundays too. I was a Lonely Traveler in the Road not Taken. Co-incidentally, I came across the Sangameshwar Temple located on the Banks of Bhavani River.The Beautiful Courtyard, Spacious Gardens; Serene Atmosphere enthralled me so much that I made it a regular practice to visit The Temple every Sunday Evenings. The Temple now joined the list of “favorites” along with the Scenic Mountain.

Finally when I finished my college Life, a sense of Loneliness & Completeness Surmounted me. Loneliness Bcoz , I won’t be able to see the Mountain & Temple . I also Understood that I got addicted to them , without knowing that I had been …That revealed me “ Nature is the Choco , which will never bore me ,no matter how many times so ever I taste it.”..I felt like a Complete man – like raymonds..I suppose God is the M/f of these Chocos. i decided to travel widely and record the Nature’s Beauty , as beautiful as possible, and share the Beauty with others too…I bought a camera in Hyderabad (Nikon).My first journey ,outside Hyderabad was to Vijayawada. Then visited various places like Badrachalam , Srisailam, Nizamabad,Basar,Vizag. With my wide journey Experience with various Co-passengers , I observed how my co-earthians taste the God’s Chocos. One Variety , see the god’s Choco Wrapper and say “Wow ! Excellent” without even smelling it. These are those who don’t venture for Travelling but Speak lots& lots about it and finally say “See…Actually I don’t travel much. I read in Hindu – Magazine / Saw in Tourism Website / My Friend told me / Saw in Travel Channel” …. The second Variety open the Wrapper , put the chocco into mouth .They eat but never taste. Some of these People , run through the Scenic Spots in a speed greater than a jet Airlines , click a photo in Nano Second , look Perturbed stating “Its Time ,Already ..Come Lets go to Next Place “, urging the Family Members gaze the tip of the graze. Also, they take a resolution to visit the same place next time for certain , very leisurely. While Bible of my heart speaks that ,” Certainly , there is nothing called Certainity “..There are also few people in these Variety , who keep chat & keep cracking Jokes, laugh like a Blarring of an Elephant , without noticing the gentle smile of Nature through their Windows. Suddenly they would notice me. Ask me with no hesitation “ Came Alone ? .Don’t U feel Bored ? “ I used to reply “ I am used to that “

….Deep in my heart circulates the Question in my arteries as well as in Veins , “ How will ever a Person enjoy , when he travels with a Group .” but dared not to ask anyone as I pretty well know that if I had uttered those that would have been my last Journey in Earth …