Travel- suppression of the beast..

“I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.” 

The beautiful lines by Jon from the movie 'Into the Wild' is a classic example of how human feelings are exhausted in the course of time and how the rage and ambush of mind and soul can be suppressed by serenity of travel..

Often people travel to take a break from their exhausting work schedules and explore their real potentials but they do not realize that each time they complete a journey, they take a part of it with themselves.. Imbibing each turn of roads, the salinity of water and the calmness of woods, and everything the nature has taught them.. and they move on to live on that Experience- unknowingly, but they survive!!

“The trip of life was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.” 

The sea and the nature- the existence within!!

“The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.” 

This is the beauty of Travel.. I strongly feel, nothing can make a man alive than being on his own, a backpack and a pair of shoes.. packed and lost in the wild beauty of nature  and exploring every tits and bits of it..

The life and the adventure that awaits you, once you are out , nothing to save you and help you survive.. The wild nature and the exotic kiss of harsh blowing winds and the seas, ready to engulf you.. You are out there, alone and ready to live or die!!
If you die, YOU DIE ALONE and if you live.. you live for ETERNITY!!

The beauty of adventure

 Some people have the guts to live the life, while others are courageous enough to TRAVEL and explore the life

“make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.” 

By Jon Krakeur

from movie-Into The Wild

The first thing that hit my mind that I relate to travel is the craziness and essence that it holds. To discover humanity is to travel, and to unleash the beauty behind nature and perhaps, the only way to DISCOVER oneself !