About

Everything on this website is personal – experiences, fears, excitement, learning…for most parts, learning has been from my own experiences and some from that of the other, more experienced traveler.

I have done my own bits of traveling – trekking (Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea), climbing (Mt Kilimanjaro) or simply backpacking with no particular destination, enjoying whatever I saw and not fretting over what I didn’t see…every experience has been enlightening, educative and fun. Every moment on the unfamiliar roads I am thankful for giving in to the temptation of traveling all by myself. I love the surprises I find, the solace of my own company, the chance to interact with strangers and generally (and literally) go with no strings attached!

Unfortunately wherever I went, I never met Asian women backpackers (I am not even speaking of the single ones!) – I want to believe they exist, probably I haven’t crossed paths with them just yet, but I am also hoping to find more of them and more often.

This website is not about backpackers versus tourists related arguments, it is only about traveling. The why’s and wherefore’s of traveling alone - in the best and most convenient way of traveling for oneself.

About me: After finishing law school, I joined a leading Indian Newspaper as a sub-editor, worked for a bit before one day I had enough! So I packed up and left- when I returned (the job was there!), I was changed, all I could think was travel and write about it! Eventually that’s what I became. A traveller and a writer. Law forgotten (and about time), now I work as online editor, travel, trek, hike, backpack, climb…and write about all that for magazines and papers and now on this website…

(This site is evolving – at times it may appear all botched up and incomplete, but please be patient, refresh or simply drop me a line! I am on anjalytn@gmail.com )