One lakh islands - Lakshadweep

I can still feel the gush of winds and hear the waves of green-blue Ocean. There are no words to complete anybody’s imagination. After this little gyan let me present to you the subject of talk here- “Lakshadweep” which means a one lakh islands, OMG! What a place.. I have not travelled abroad to say this is the best that is in the world, but I can definitely say this place is the best that I have seen be it from my eyes, pictures, movies or anything.

Let me describe you about this heaven, it was a dream come true for me as I had been thinking of this place from 4 years now. And finally I get the chance to actually be there. First of all its not a commercial tourist place so there are no much travel options from Bangalore except through air, so me and my hubby set off from Bangalore to Agatti – which is the only island in Lakshadweep with airport and when we landed we saw a thin strip of land which is one end of the island and we saw both ends of water.

The scenic view from airplane is the most exotic piece of picture I have ever seen. The green blue waters like you have found a piece of jewel in the middle of an ocean, like you are stranded and find this piece of land to breath.

You must have seen a lot of movies where people get lost and land up in an uninhibited island- I got the same feeling. We stayed in a small cottage with the wind pushing in my face 24/7 like it was reminding its presence every second, like it’s the messenger to inform beforehand about the mighty ocean.

As I stood at the walkway bridge towards the sea, I saw eternity. The waters had its language to speak; the silver fishes swam against the green water, a dozen big and beautiful turtles would float on the surface with their yellow neck popping up for air, the jelly fishes innocently float away, the fishermen would try hard on their luck from the infinite waters, the sunsets so tranquil, the underwater had a billion creatures living thinking it was still like the beginning of the world.

As the night set its tent pitch dark, the quick crabs would play around like it’s their world now. Its darkness, invisible waves, nocturnal world and peace at my heart.

People living her would smile at no matter who you are, their eyes so innocent like human, like purity, like truth. I believe some angels guard this treasure island.

I wish I belong here - to the creation, the nature, the truth, the sand and water, the beginning and the end.

Favourite travel destination

What comes to your mind when you think of a travel destination during a holiday?
I will analyze few attributes that can possibly come to your mind – comfort, independence, happiness, beauty, nature, adventure, freedom, and so on. Will all these be satisfied at the cost of your one year’s savings? Well, now that sounds depressing. If you consider your work’s stress and a year’s hard work and the wonderful thought of going out on a holiday, your hard work weighs more(in my opinion). And now the thought of going on a holiday will rest somewhere backside of your brain.
The point I am trying to make is the imagination and satisfaction of going on a holiday does not necessarily come from the bucks that are shed, if you can go back to your childhood and recall the most adventurous and exciting event with friends outside home, even now it will bring back the enthusiasm and excitement. So, the point is not where you go and how far you go but, with whom you go and with what mind you go.
It need not necessarily be a far away destination, out of the state or out of the country, it can be in your own city where there are many places unexplored and unseen. So bring back your childhood into your mind search for the numbers of your friends who still have the excitement alive in them and remember, your wife/husband can be your best friend too. Form a gang and set out for a trip to experience the new you, the child in you whom you had long forgotten, the adventure in you which is in deep sleep, the hunger for freedom and excitement, the beautiful side of you which you had bid adieu, the life in you which you had never seen.
The fast life, growing responsibilities, work-life balance, stress, work load and monotenous work life can all be changed to a night’s bad dream so that you wake up to live a life at least once in a month as you desired. And off course the fact remains that you have to go back to your night’s bad dream and the end of the adventure but you can still smile at work remembering how your buddy had pushed you into water when you were trying to catch a picture of a beautiful girl in your camera, or when you trekked to catch a beautiful picture of nature when the wind was running on your face, that was never visible at the office cubicle you were working.
Life can always be made beautiful by simple things like bringing a smile on someone’s face, looking at how beautiful the nature has been created, and this need not be attained by spending huge bucks but can be as simple as taking your local bus or train to a remote place where there is more of nature and less of people, it can even be a small hill at the outskirts of the city, an open space, running green fields, or a little pond, lake or anything you can sit to think about it and I am sure your imagination will fill a paper. Plan it up in innovative ways and explore the earth because a man was not born to belong to a single place, do not be a frog in the well be a bird free and independent but can still can come back to the land in search of food.
At the very thought of a holiday plan one would look out for the possibilities of going to far places like different parts of a country or different countries, but have you ever tried to know how much do you enjoy there after spending a lot of your savings, have you ever thought if you are going on a holiday to a fashionable place just to show your neighbors, friends and colleagues that you are well off.
And if this is the case then you have not defined in your mind the idea of a holiday, it is important to know that you go out to spend your precious time and money to be happy and feel the independence and freedom of traveling for a while at least but not to name a famous place that you have visited just to enhance your status, which does not bring any contention to your life and mind.
So, a favorite holiday destination is not in the world map or the amount of your savings, but in your mind which loves life.