In a Journey, the companion is as important as the destination. In my travels, I have been fortunate enough to have the company of some wonderful people, who made the journey seem more worth while and today I want to write about someone who has been my most special travel companion ever.
I first met Ekta when I was going to Chennai to buy my first DSLR. We again came together on our trip to Pondicherry and from there, a wonderful friendship started. By the time we started Shadows Galore, she was already more than my friend (though very few knew about it) and together we set out to fulfill our common dream – see the world.
When we finally got married, we could not go on a honeymoon because we were out of both money and leaves. However I promised her that she would not be getting married to someone who takes her on a vacation just once a year, but every month. In last one year, we have been to Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and of course, all over Maharashtra and life has never been more rewarding.
Ekta is a wonderful partner – always eager to go out, never gets tired of long treks and has an insatiable appetite for adventure. Though she has never been interested in History, she went out of her way to familiarize herself in history and become interested in all the ruined forts and castles I always drag her out to. Her biggest demands are: 1. The food should be ‘interesting’ and 2. There should be good photos of us together. I am still learning to get photographed 🙂
7th Dec 2013 is the first anniversary of our marriage and we have some beautiful plans to celebrate this occasion. At this moment, I just want to say thanks to my partner, companion and dear wife for being with me.. Without her, everything seems so meaningless. And a promise that 2014 will be much more eventful and adventurous than 2013 ever was .. Set sail !
Lovely… Congratulations for ur first anniversery and all d best..
Thanks a lot Nasreen 🙂
Beautiful..was just waiting to read a post similar to mine, and thanks to you – my search paid off soon.
First of all happy anniversary to both of u.
Glad u ppl managed to make so many adventures trips, may the same continue thru 2014…
Its been 1 year since I m married, moved to Chennai from Mumbai. Your story is quite similar to ours. Me & my better half love travelling. Work did not allow us to travel as extensively as u both, yet we managed to 4 -5 outings in 1 year.
My latest post 2013, wud give u a glimpse of all tht we did in 1 year…
Happy Anniversary once again n have a great 2014
Thank You Viyoma. I am going through your Recap 2013 now… This part from your bio : “I find Indian Cricket Over-rated, Indian Politics interesting and Indian Cinema evolving.”
I can identify with it totally 🙂
Beautiful Puru! Wish you many more travels together!
Thanks Siva 🙂
Happy Anniversary to both you … I must say 7th December has some thing in it for Travel Bloggers … I share the date with you guys … My first Anniversary as well .. Infact i am also in the process of writing an year of togetherness and a wife’s experience with a Travel freak guy and how it changed her life… I have given a whole bunch of questions to wife and she is busy in answering them … Happy Anniversary to both you again…
Thanks Tarun and Congratulations to you too .. Hope you are having a great day 🙂
congrats guys! its amazing to see the 2 of u together! keep the fire burning! party next weekend my 0lace?
Thanks Rahul. Sure, whenever Ekta is back.
Oh that’s so heartening to hear! Congrats to both of you! Have a great, great journey ahead! 🙂
Thanks Renuka 🙂
Congratulations! It is wonderful to read about your beautiful story of togetherness. God bless.
Thanks Abhra 🙂
Happy Anniversary to both you 🙂
Thanks Renu
Happy Anniversary Puru !!
Thanks Thiru
Nice write up…enjoy your next year…and years ahead too…
Thanks Ila fai
Heartiest congratulations, Puru and Ekta! 🙂 Both of you make an AWESOME team together. My best wishes are always with you, may you cross many many shores with a lot of smiles (and even more photos) for all the years to come!
Thanks Arti. Many more stories coming soon from different shores
Belated Anniversary wishes to the couple.. bt I hv 1 doubt.. Itna Ghoomne ke liye leaves kaha se late ho yaar? 🙂
Belated Anniversary wishes to the couple.. bt I hv 1 doubt.. Itna Ghoomne ke liye leaves kaha se late ho yaar? 🙂
Write more abt the planning u hv done for d trips..
Thanks Shubha. Thodi si leaves, thoda sa leave without pay.. kaam chal jata hai 😀 ..about planning, yes thanks for the idea .. will write a post about that 🙂