+16 | 72 Srilanka; 73 Kazakhstan; 74 Kirgistan; 75 Uzbekistan; 76 Tajikistan-today 22-6-2024!
While embarking by land on the soil of Tajikistan, 🇹🇯, I am on 76th country. It was a long journey on the planet. I never dreamt for this kind of odd thing to happen with me. But it happened so gradually, without my realization. After few tours, I found that world is very different than we perceive. It’s more challenging, interesting, innovative etc. More important is that people are different but alike. All people in the world are good - this was my assumption initially. But later, I realized that people are really good. They help me a lot on my way. I call them as god, in my personal terminology. Following good and enriching experiences, I started doing more. And by doing it perpetually, I gathered the honey from 76 countries.
Do I have plan to visit another 24 countries? - people often ask. Frankly speaking, I have no intention to strive and strike 100 mark. If it happens just like that , it’s ok. But I will not take extra ordinary efforts to do so. Remember, backpacking is easy, till you face turmoil. One has to be vary careful while planning. In spite of best planning, there could be catastrophic encounters. We don’t know. So from now on I will be doing backpacking on Slow Mode. This current Central Asia Tour is in slow mode and mood. No hurry please - kind of attitude. So I am spending 30 days for four countries. And this slowness, we are all enjoying.
May be in future, I will revisit the countries I had already visited. May be I will visit Arab countries and East Africa where I was working to become nostalgic - the best time I had. Visiting countries again, for me, is like checking my own evolution. From where to where ? I suppose this kind of backpacking is completely different.
After visiting 76 countries, nothing is new to me. Eg Central Asia’s four countries are by and large same - difference is marginal. So is the case with Europe. While roaming in Europe, monotony set sooner than later.
I also realized that age is catching me. Very little time, physical fitness, is left with me. So from now on, I have to be very careful about my choices. I shall be asking, am I going to be rich by this ensuing backpacking tour ? If answer is ‘ niyet ‘ .. then hold the tour.
For me it’s time to write. Twenty years of backpacking has provided me lot of stuff to write. I wish evolve by writing. The books will be certainly ebooks as I don’t wish to ask someone ‘ please buy my book ‘. My deep desire behind writing is to motivate young folks to endeavor backpacking.
I also wish to develop ‘ Backpacks Community ‘ in Nasik to share the experiences of each other. Let’s see ‘ how destiny shapes my future’.
Today I was one of the most beautiful drive I had after entering in to Tajikistan. Kindly enjoy my ride.
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