{"id":105,"date":"2006-10-07T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-07T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indiatravelblogarun.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/07\/the-end-of-a-journey\/"},"modified":"2010-03-20T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T09:14:27","slug":"end-of-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/end-of-journey.html","title":{"rendered":"The End of a Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auli<\/a> -> Rishikesh<\/a> -> Corbett National Park<\/a> -> Varanasi<\/a> -> Agra<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

+Previous: Touts at Agra<\/a><\/em>
\n+Go to beginning <\/a>of the series<\/em><\/p>\n

After the visit to Taj, I packed my bags, checked out and took a bus to Delhi. There were plenty of trains from Agra to Delhi that were convenient as well as safe, but there were none with an empty seat at the hour I was leaving. I reached Delhi in the evening at Sarai Kale Khan inter state bus terminus and checked into whatever accommodation was available nearby.<\/p>\n

In the evening, I headed to Connaught Place to indulge in the goodness of the city. It is there that I realized that, despite having immensely enjoyed my month long journey, I still missed some things that the big cities offered. Summer was just beginning in North India and I was longing for the good weathers in which I had spent my entire lifetime. And a south Indian restaurant in Connaught Place offered me all that I wanted – the food of home that I missed during the journey – chitranna, dosa, butter milk and much more, which I decided to choose against many other exotic offerings of food. And the air conditioning in the restaurant isolated me from the mild heat of early summer. Suddenly I felt secure to be in the city. I did not have the constant worry of loosing my backpack or my photography gear. I did not have to worry about how much cash I had and where is the next ATM. Money was just a short visit away at the nearby ATM and everyone accepted credit cards anyway. It seemed good to be in a city. It seemed good to be on the way back. But I knew that the city came with its caveats. I knew inside me that city is not where I belonged to, and city is not where I would feel at home.<\/p>\n

I flew back to Bangalore next morning. My mind was empty as the plane landed. I neither felt happy to be back, nor did I feel sad that the excitement of travelling was coming to an end, albeit temporarily. But I was content with the way the last one month passed by. And I knew I had another long journey to look only in a few weeks to come. It was my first long journey, and I was glad at the way it turned out.<\/p>\n

– The End –<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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