There are things we do for living and there are things we live for.Throughout the world there are many people who loves to nurture their wanderlust and adventure seeking heart through traveling. They dream of new places, travel the places with their eyes of imagination when either they are busy in their 9 to 5 desk job or reading a travel journal or a guide book. Perhaps, they live their lives amidst travelling and it is the fuel in their hectic schedule. Nowadays the whole world is suffering from pandemic & its people are locked in their own homes to keep themselves safe and secure but what about their wanderlust? What about the people who planned their tour to see the unseen and to know the unknown in these months? Most probably, they are depressed now and keep hoping that one day their dreams must be true!
Here, I can suggest them some creative and helpful tips to nurture their wanderlust when they are in quarantine in this time period.
Here, the tips are-
1. Blog Your Past Travel Experiences :-
If you look back a few years ago when you started to travel the world to feed your hunger for travel, you will be surprised to see the long journey you have crossed. There are so many memories you have gathered from that tours & witnessed a variety of cultures, traditions, fundamental ways of living, struggles of people for living, nature and many more. You spent times to arrange the tours, met new people on your route of journeys, collected many souvenirs or something like that but have you ever recollected those memories after the tour is over? In most of the cases, the answer is- “No”.
This is the perfect time when you can document your past travel experiences and recollect your memories to soothe your wanderlust & in this way perhaps you are motivating someone to take travelling seriously & passionately.
Tip:-
Try to write in such a way that helps your readers to see the place in front of their eyes immediately with their imagination power. Thus, you can help a lot of people to nurture their wanderlust at home while you are busy with your own passion.
Also read :- https://arghadipachakraborty.travel.blog/2019/06/29/my-experience-in-the-himalayan-kingdom-sikkim/
2. Read about Travel :-
There are a lot of articles, story books, guide books, travel journals, blogs related to travelling and by reading these you can be attached to travelling indirectly and in an inexpensive way. Reading will help you to know more and more about the new places and the best one will let you know about their cultures, traditions, landscapes & something exceptional about that place. Blog posts written by the other bloggers will let you know about their unique experiences & feelings which will make you thoughtful about the places.
Also read :- https://arghadipachakraborty.travel.blog/2019/07/12/a-trip-to-aurangabadthe-witness-of-art-in-ancient-india/
3. Cook the Unique Recipes :-
Every single state or country has unique recipes to taste & sometimes the dishes make the place special for tourists. If you ever tasted such unique dishes when you were on the respective places & found that dishes really interesting, you can try to make them in your own sweet home to make your memories lively.
Manali has red rice which is served with Saag (a green leafy vegetable dish) as a special dish whereas Gangtok has Gundruk and Sinki (vegetarian dishes) & Dhindo(traditional Nepalese food of Sikkim) to be mentioned as special foods.
4. Spend Time with the Travel Remembrance:-
At times, travellers collect some memoirs such as pebbles, showpieces, cuisine items, clothes as the remembrance of their travel memory. It gradually becomes their hobby & they decorate the rooms with these memoirs & make it a part of their daily life.
Now, they can spend some time with the memoirs they collected from the tourist spots. It will give them a nostalgic feeling & happiness undoubtedly.
5. Watch Travel Related Shows & Movies :-
Watching travel related TV shows is one of the best options to nourish your wanderlust in this lock down period. Planet Earth (or any BBC Nature series) is your cup of tea if you are a nature lover. This show evokes interest in nature & wildlife, transporting viewers from Kashmir to Kanyakumari & everywhere in between.
If movies are your concern, check out various Bollywood movies in which nature is kept as backdrop in a splendid way.
Here is the list of movies & their shooting spots which will inspire you to travel India more & more-
- Highway (the remote Sangla valley in Himachal Pradesh, Aru valley & Chandanwari near Pahalgam, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab & Rajasthan).
- Three Idiots (Chail Palace in Shimla, Bangalore & Pangong Lake, Ladakh)
- Fanaa (Delhi, Kashmir)
- Kaal (Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand)
- Rang de Basanti (Amritsar)
- Jab We Met (Mumbai, Shimla, Manali, Bhatinda)
- Barfi (Darjeeling, West Bengal)
- Chennai Express (Dudhsagar Falls in Goa & Munnar in Kerala)
- Piku (Delhi & Kolkata)
- Satellite Shankar (Kashmir & South India)
There are many more movies in which travelling has been taken an important part, be it either in India or in foreign countries. These movies can soothe your thirst to explore.
6. Learn a New Language :-
If you are dreaming about your next trip to any foreign country or to such a place which has a local language and its people are more comfortable and flexible in their mother tongue than in any other language, you can try to learn their language in this lock down period in order to know about their culture, heritage and many more.
There are plenty of free apps which will help you to learn a new language such as Duolingo. You can involve yourself in taking online language with a native speaker as it is a safe way to connect with others.
7. Dream about Your Next Trip :-
While you are confined in your own home for a long period and get bored,you can dream of your next trip and google about it. The entire travel industry is running through a great loss anyway and that’s why your one click on the links of their blogs and sharing the articles with others will genuinely help them and you can also find it useful.
8. Listen to the Travel Podcasts :-
When you are busy in doing mindless tasks such as cleaning or laundry, you can listen to the uplifting travel podcasts which will bring excitement in your current monotonous life. I can name some podcasts which will boost your wanderlust and they are –
- Zero to Travel
- The Budget Minded Traveller
- Girls Talk Travel
- The reDiscovery Podcast
So, why are you in dilemma? Start to apply the effective & helpful tips to nurture your wanderlust while you are in self isolation. Hope, all will be okay very soon and we will go to explore the world. After all-
” Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times “
Arghadipa Chakraborty 
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