A true trip often implies getting lost to find yourself on the way. Modern technologies bring us gadgets and maps to constantly spot where we are, but in the mean time we forget to look through the window, admire the landscape and listen to the guide inside. Duality, yin and yang in full battle and which side you're on is your own business.
Maybe the locals mislead you, kindly signing you the longest way – "straight ahead, straight ahead, then right, then left ..." - with smiles and laughters that confort, amuse and make you feel the tourist of tourists … in the end their sense of orientation is not based on google maps but in peasant knowledge ... And believe me: i'd never trade the shortest, safest way for a path through a mountain, the silence of a sunset, the bursts of nervous laughters, endless bumps and adrenaline. Let yourself go and enjoy the journey.
I totally agree with you. The most important part is the travel itself. Destinations are just an excuse for the experience of so many things that we have felt together. Letting them think that you are being misled by locals is just part of the game.
ReplyDeleteLots of love. I hope to read more of you in this blog or elsewhere. You write so well, even in English