The other amazing learning about traveling I think is in knowing yourself, your
limits, comfort zones, adaptability be it a seat or a bed given to sleep or
the food you get on road or the weather. I said other because you already appreciate
new people you see on the way, culture, the history, geography and etc of the
places you are covering on the way. And how beneficial such travels are to understand
behaviors, people with whom you are traveling, to know their real side,
sometimes when they touch your heart or even when their acts deviate from what they
always proclaim or through their talks they hurt you and they don’t realize that
others are noticing and writing.
I thought I should I write down behavior or personalities I saw in such official
group travels. Your list may be long or
different but below is what I have observed.
The Kid:
Someone who losses his car’s insurance
paper and driving license just before the day of travel, and so making him unable to bring
car and puts other car less beggars in limbo. :) Stupidest excuse you see.
The Parasite:
They are like head lice, which
infest a creature’s hair and suck blood from the scalp. They don’t bring their
tooth paste, deodorant, face wash, sometimes soaps and even towels too. They
know that others will.
The Preacher: he will be someone senior in your office, the one who
preaches all the time about morality, collaboration, diversity and traveling
whole world and art of giving. He will decide and prepare the sitting chart for
everyone’s car and will shamelessly put himself in the most comfortable car,
rest is diversity. During travel he complaints for AC all the time and
ironically shares survival stories he read in various books.
The Looser: The looser is the one who doesn’t own a car, doesn’t have
a voice to his choice, adjustable, and sits in the middle seat or at the back
seat always. Choosers cannot be beggars.
The Paris Hilton: this applies to girls who think they are extremely beautiful ,so come in their hot party wear and bring tantrums in dusty , long and sweaty travels. I might be a little rude here
but who cares and this was important.
The Shopaholic: these are specially the women who say they are earning only to
live happy, specially to buy new dresses and stupid materialistic accessories every
next weekend. They don’t think buying and wearing new clothes is done for
men but it's just for their inner satisfaction. They
buy a lot even on travel and can change dresses in filthy pub’s
restroom.
The Royal kids: They are the men/women who always like others to
wait for them. When everyone is ready and waiting outside to leave, these royal
kids are still in their rooms, showers who knows where and they will come at
least 30 minutes late. They take time even if they dress in a short, t-shirt
and slippers. And they do repeat it almost always, shamelessly forgetting the
past. Keep it up.
The best calendar models: They
are the real travelers I believe. The moment you try to click
any photograph using your personal camera, these models will jump into your frame. And then will force you to take their solo pictures, for face book. Later as a courtesy
they will never even ask if you want your photograph too. The moment
they get clicked in one camera they will look at someone else camera and jump into their
frames.They never bring their own camera, because it’s difficult to take care
and bear the pain of holding a camera all the time. And interestingly when you ask them
they say, because they already knew others will bring their camera.
The hungry lot: Wherever you
go whatever you order to eat these people who you know little will eat a lot from
your plate, their will sip from your soup without asking as if you are childhood
friends. They think this is cool and this is real bonding. They eat veg and
non-veg both types of food , they are simply your manner less friends. Only after their bellies
gets filled they will pass you anything, if left in serving plates if you are sitting at
the other side of the table, unfortunately.
At the end: I don’t want to put
everything in this blog, I have so many things to write, how people behave in
such travels. I am sure you too would have observed such things , behaviors in your travels. And I've enjoyed traveling with such great personalities ;).
~thanks
~thanks
