Constant Traveller first caught the travel bug when he was not yet a teenager. When a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus took him up to the heights of Ooty, he was transfixed by the rolling hillside and the gradual ascent until the plains were distant specks. Upon completing his studies, he began working as a journalist with papers like DNA and The Times of India. Then, in 2009, Priyanko decided to pursue his passion for travel with greater zest. All the reading about various great places and the monotony of his existence led him to take his first solo travel across the suicide districts of Vidarbha in North Maharashtra for an entire month. He went looking for tigers in the many reserves around Nagpur and the wonders of Ajanta and Ellora. Instead, he found an abandoned Maoist camp at Navegaon and the resilience of the populace.
Changed, informed and safely back home from his journey, Priyanko undertook various other trips, some with friends but mostly alone. He went to Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, Western Gujarat, Rajasthan, North Madhya Pradesh, Konkan coast and places around Mumbai. He even attended a Vipassana course at Igatpuri. His visits culminated with another epic month-long trip spanning the East Coast from Visakhapatnam to Kolkata.
In 2011, it was time to amp things up. With money saved over half a year, the decision to visit Vietnam was made. Priyanko did not meet anyone who had ever been there or even a solo traveller for guidance despite looking very hard for such a person. With a Lonely Planet guidebook and a rough idea of my travel route, he boarded his first international flight and was gone. There he met people who widened his horizons and contact base.
Convinced he had found his calling, Priyanko set off to Hong Kong as soon as he could arrange the money. It was another journey that showed another facet of travelling to him. Priyanko’s life ambition is to be able to undertake an epic five year journey across the world. This website is set up to be a repository of his experiences so far and acts as a reminder of his goal.
You, dear reader, are encouraged to be a part of this journey and take away the nomadic spirit that superseded our settled existence. Please direct all your bouquets and brickbats to [email protected].
