Simply Travel

The last time I really did want to travel was way back in 2001. I strongly believed that way forward was to buy a fiat palio 1.6 gtx (100 bhp) and drive all the way to hampi. Any guy who liked watching F-1 back then, would have wanted to buy a palio; it was endorsed by the almightly - Michael Schumacher - himself. I didn't buy a palio, and I never went to hampi.

I like to travel at my own terms. By this I mean, I am not fond of using public transport. I always believed that you should not sit in a mode of transportation that you cannot control in an emergency. Therefore, trains and air planes were out of the question, buses were not comfortable, and petrol cars are not economically viable especially when you have just started earning. As a result of my logic, I desisted travel of any sort and by any means by the time my wife asked me go visit places. Since then, I have failed miserably in trying to make my wife understand the logic behind keeping my traveler's bone in hibernation. I have now decided that the time has come for me to explore the world. I will visit all weekend destinations in and around Bangalore. Thus decided, I shared similar feelings as any normal guy would have, i.e., "hey now I will travel, so things should be super cool at home." Surprisingly, my simple solution to travel did not go down well at home.

Just think of it, all I am saying is that lets go buy a new car, and start visiting places. My logic is we have a petrol car, lets sell it, go buy a diesel car, which is pretty "swift" and gives a 21 kmpl. (I am not trying to endorse any car here, I am not getting paid... Please keep in mind when you buy it). My logic further argues with my wife's common sense that if three people go out in this "swift" diesel car... it would work out much cheaper than a bus. And hey... The car is under my control and ... so on and so forth. Sadly, there is no sanity left in the world today - what with terrorists targeting the one place I wanted to visit for their sleeper cells, and President Obama's pep talk to the American youth to go to colleges. This bug has infiltrated my home too.. My wife does not believe buying a new car is right way to travel. She however, has halfheartedly agreed to go for the car.

Before I end this post... I would like to make things clear, I really did a lot of introspection, and even had a very mature conversation with her. I told her that we will go for alloy wheels of "her choice," DVD player with a LCD screen, let her pick the right leather (my apologies to you Maneka) for the Car. Nothing worked. So I concluded that no matter how much I to make the her life as simple as mine...