A traveller’s thoughts during this lockdown
With Covid19 crippling countries all over the world, life has come to a standstill.
Staying at home, practising social distancing, wearing a mask and gloves when you’re heading out is the new normal.
In the past few months, people have developed new skills and new hobbies that they didn’t know that they will like it.
Well, my hobby and passion have gone for a toss during this lockdown. My love for travel has hit rock bottom. There is this constant anxiousness whether I will be able to check the bucket list of the places that I wanted to travel to this year.
Being a full-time content specialist and a part-time traveller was not accessible before but, now, it has become worse.
Since a year, I have been taking breaks from my work, to unwind in the mountains, to saunter on the beaches, or to have a chill weekend. I was sure that this year was going to be no different until the coronavirus pandemic hit us really bad.
I still remember the day when I had my planner laid out in front of me with the checklist of places that I was going to travel this year when the countrywide lockdown was announced by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. At first, I thought the lockdown would be over in a month, and everything will be back to normal. But, as the days passed, the situation got worse, and I am stuck with my checklist and nowhere to go. The traveller in me keeps on convincing me to keep up my hopes high with all the flight deals that pop up then and now on my phone.
In this situation, I am afraid to step out of my house here in Bengaluru, but my subconscious mind always keeps on poking me to go out. What a dilemma! Or should I call myself crazy? Sadly, there is no answer to that, but, hopefully, the world will change one day for sure, and we will be able to go out as before.
Lucky are those people who got to travel before this pandemic started. I am just sitting at home and waiting for all this to get over and checking out places that I can visit.
So, this is my story of how I am coping with the pain of not being able to travel.
By:
Pranati Sinha, India
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