Reliving past vacations!

 

Fear of COVID-19 and travel restrictions are preventing us from going on a vacation to even nearby places. In the last one year, yielding to the desire to travel we did dare to go to a few nearby places on very short trips, by taking a lot of precautions but not to any far off places, of which we had plans. The trips were happy, but on our return, we had to take precautions like resorting to the routine of steam inhalation and drinking hot water for few days.

Until good times return and travel becomes fearless we are resorting to relive our past vacations whenever the urge for travel crops up.

Fortunately in my journal that is my blog – Raghu’s column! there are details of almost all my vacations with photographs, and all my photo collection and video collection are well organised and easy to reach any time. On YouTube too there are videos of our vacations. And I have detailed information on most places visited by me in the form of spiral-bound booklets, prepared by me before the vacation as a travel guide containing particulars/copies of our travel itinerary, tickets, hotel particulars and detailed information about the place/places being visited and sightseeing details. So once we decide to recall a vacation, it is very easy to do so in depth. And it is quite refreshing and amusing. 

Here is one photographic illustration of how we are reliving our past vacations. It is all about one day at one place, of a five-day vacation, to three different local places. Looking at these pictures, bring back to life happy memories of the vacation. Perhaps this is the only way to overcome travel dreams and craving until the world becomes safe, for fearless travel.