Beginning ...

Life has never been the same since the first time I had gone to a college excursion ... all on my own. It was a conducted tour with hardly any opportunity of exploring places/ things of my interest, but it was enough to provide me with a glimpse of the wonders that were hitherto unknown to me. That was the beginning of the wanderlust that has been growing stronger with time, and I have made a pact with myself to take at least one vacation every year to place(s) unknown.

"Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us."

- Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

My never-ending (or at least I hope so) quest to experience places that I had read about or seen pictures of, have also led to a trove of photographs taken over the years. I love travel, and I love photography. To me, it is like loving the world through the lenses.

So, in this ongoing tale, there will be many pictures scattered in and around, which permanently frame those moments that have brought so much pleasure to me.

"Sometimes we will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."