The best way to learn how to swim is to be thrown into the deep end. Similarly, the best way to learn how to travel alone is to be abandoned by your travel buddy after you reach the destination!
A very close friend of mine once told me, “Being alone is the ultimate truth of life”, and rightly so. But being alone has also always been my ultimate fear, alone-ness is my spider, my closed space, my vertigo, my drowning, all rolled into one.
The trip to Turkey, my first solo-trip made me confront this fear. I am not going to bore you with the long process of how it happened, but just know that I actively sought company in strangers and ventured out alone. The result – a whole lot of memories and loads of photos. I have shortlisted the following photos to give you a glimpse into the trip (mind you its only a glimpse), because if I were to write about it, the story would turn into a book. They say ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’, I hope this one conveys volumes to you.
Zahra Hussain blogs at www.zahrasays.com