In December 2013, I quit my corporate job, withdrew all the savings I had, bought a rucksack, a pair of walking-running shoes, set up a travel blog, and told my mother I wanted to travel – Solo! In India, not many are in acceptable terms with this concept, especially if it comes to women. Of course, we have women travelers and bloggers, but you won’t find too many of them doing it alone. I think they wouldn’t be allowed even if they wanted to. I consider myself extremely lucky that my family had no problems agreeing to such a dream however outrageous it may feel.

I have travelled quite a bit in India and wrote about one part of my journey in my previous post about my time in [...]