सोमवार, 9 जून 2014

No I am not a Tourist, I am a Traveler

As a well-traveled individual I love to see and experience beyond the norm and the obvious. Anything which is in its originally unique and authentic form excites me and anything which is specially modified to attract tourist and lacking its character is not excites me.

In most of the cases I primarily travel for business meetings and extend the motive to see and feel something which is unknown to me, something which is spatiality of that particular area no matter if it is famous or not.  

In my opinion travelling is easy and gives more opportunities to get happiness, one just need to check Wikipedia for city features detail else talk to the local peoples like your auto driver / rickshaw puller hotel staff or anyone which is comfortable to talk about their city. I had lots of good travelling experiences with this kind of discussion, like visited Somarama Shiv Temple in Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh, Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur Kerala, meeting with Shri Dabral Baba in Ujjain Madhya Pradesh, tasted Specialty food of different places.


The main difference in traveler and tourist I guess tourist like to spend time doing what everyone commonly does. They visit the most common places, and eat what they love to eat and easily get even in their hometown. Travel in the most familiar vehicle and finally back to home with the experiences which they planned while planning the trip.