My first solo trip
"I'll see mountains this year. I'll go on my first solo trip this year." I wrote these words on my vision board not just because they were a hope, but because I wanted them to become a memory. After exploring Delhi NCR for more than a year, I wanted to take my travel journey beyond the city. You know when you write something down and keep asking the universe for it? You don't have to worry about when it will happen, because eventually, it does. For almost two months, I planned and wondered when I'd finally visit the mountains. It didn't matter whether it was Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, or Jammu, I just wanted to see them. I longed for that experience. Slowly, I started noticing mountains everywhere. Billboards about hill stations, advertisements in movie theatre, and people posting their mountain trips on social media. It felt as if the universe was constantly reminding me of the dream I had written down. After cancelling one plan after another, I final...