My First Ever Independent Travel

by Tejal Jagtap (India)

A leap into the unknown China

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As From the title can be said that yes it was my first ever Independent Travel. Now why do i say that? Is it because I travelled alone? Or is it because i managed everything Independently? Well that is just very little portion to say for... Travelling is not just my only passion but it has always been my deam since the early childhood. Coming from a poor background family just could'nt help me with my dreams. Not that i got to travel so much in my life but I still always found my way to explore into new places whethe it was the neighbourhood,the nearby jungle,river or out of the town. I still enjoyed seeing new places or sometimes visiting the same places wasn't bad idea, as I used to find the calmness and a sense of peace there. Travelling is something that just doesn't bring joy but also creates peace of mind and take out all my problems away even if it is for a little time. I believe every place has it's own story and we all need to learn about it, no matter it is about some famous place or just a park next door. meeting to meet new people, getting to know their stories is a bit lesson to learn for. Knowing about the lives and especially their travel stories will definitely blow your mind and make you more motivated towards your passion. As I said earlier It was very diffiult for me to manage th travels as i could'nt afford but I made a decision earlier of last year and i worked at few placed and gathered up enough money to support my travel.And I used my money to travel China. Although it was not very easy but as we all know "The had work always pay" and i managed it all from getting a visa to planning the Itinerary. Now why China? Because we are neighbors haha just kidding. It has always been in my wish list for some reason. Importantly their culture is something that i am fascinated about. Lucky me.. I visited my friend in China as she wanted to host me at her place and show around. She showed me around her neighbourhood, made me see her family,introduced me to their traditional food. Well when you are Vegan it is very difficult to find the Vegan food here but not really impossible. As her family came to know I am uncomfortable with eating meat they used to make the vegetaian food for me, that is so kind. Even though we had language barrier, we managed to use our gestures and body movements to understand and explain something to each other. Something that felt funny was one day her gandmother was unable to explain me what she meant and she took me to the wash basin and washed my hands only then came to know she wanted me to was hands because the dinner was ready. Later few days I got to travel to a bit away from her city where i got to see few more ancient monuments,temples and made some new friends on the way. I did not just got to travel a new place but i came across new people,their lifestyle and the way treat you.I stayed there for almost a month and and I fell in Love with how the lifestyle there seemed like。Even though I was away from home and away from the comfort I had back there, that still did not make me feel uneasy. Travel is something that definitely not just let you see new places but also fill your mind with knowledge and beings a new concept about every place you see. It is just that every place has it's own story aha! not just place also the people living there has lot to teach you about their culture. Also we get to taste the new food, uhm as per ur taste.And who doesn't like to taste new food that to along with doing a whole new adventure. Will definitely get back to China and ofcourse see more ountries in future as that's what my pssion for travel is all about.