The love for travel grew onto me at a very young age. Though opportunities were limited but just the idea of outdoors excited me. Picnics, a small visit to grandparents' home always made me smile. Train journeys became more and more about stories , food , meeting people and less and less about reaching a destination. This bug that bit me at a very young age has followed me well into my adulthood and I found a partner in life who loves it more than I do. My love for travel led me to the modern day Panchtantra of travel - Bruised Passports. Quite a weird comparison, but a perfect name. For me articles on this blog are fables of travels, stories in motion that take you around the world, dive into their local cuisines, give insight into the culture that is so intrinsic to every country. These are not just articles but your virtual guide to planning holidays or should I say the most exciting road trips. What's exciting about them ? There are hundreds of travel sites that do just the same, give you reviews, places to visit etc etc. This is not your regular, boring travel site. This is a virtual story book that inspires you to travel, to dream, to be able to make choices, to let go.
This story unfolded in 2013 with Bruised Passports coming into existence, though the travels had begun much earlier. Its interesting how the blog got its name. The contributors both Indian nationals now reside in London, where they have their regular jobs. Their love for travel brought to realisation the fact that travelling on an Indian passport is not easy. A visa is needed to travel to most countries and they are now on their sixth booklet, courtesy extensive travels and hence the name.
A first look at their page and you'd think that they travel for a living, but no they do not. They have their full fledged jobs in London, while Savi is an academic , Vid is a business analyst. It was a conscious decision by both to take up relatively less stressful jobs so that they could travel as much as they wanted to. Being in London gives them quite a cushion to venture out. (140 holidays a year including weekends and other public holidays in enough for a travel enthusiast.) They pay for every single vacation of theirs and occasionally when they have been given a complimentary stay of a night or two, they have been gracious to give the hosts due credit for the same.
The fact that its not a paid travel show or blog makes it authentic and more appealing. If reading about their travel experiences wasn't a treat enough, Savi also blogs about the latest in fashion. Clothes that will perfectly compliment your holiday, things to buy, clothes suited to the weather of a particular place, shoes, bare essentials, name it and she has it covered. If you think, you have a question even after the exhaustive detailing, shoot them an email or a message on Facebook and they will reply.
A story book has never been more interesting than this one. A story book that not only gives me stories to read but also the vision to travel, to dream, to have fun and while doing that having someone who has done exactly the same things, been to those places and is willing to answer every query. They are not a regular run off the mill travel website and do not confuse them with one. But if you love travels and you love stories, this blog will surely inspire you to write your own guiding you as you prepare to fly. They did inspire me.
One look at the page and you will never turn back.
http://www.bruisedpassports.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BruisedPassports
Safe travels and happy story writing!!
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