I recently went to my first girls' trip. And I want to share my experience due to multiple reasons. I left my ancestral home 3 years ago, since then I have been living in the mountains in different places wherever I like. I go most places alone, or my dog, or with the male friends I have had. This was the first time when two of my college roommates came to visit me and e decided on go on a trek and explored a valley together. I have seen way more beautiful places thn this one but this was a more peaceful and liberating trip. There was nobody who was trying to overpower me in my decisions of where I will stay or where I will go or whom and how I will talk. Because that happens when you travel with most men. I have experienced men have this entitlement of thinking they know better in everything. Even though I as a solo woman traveller in India who left her home at 23 and has handled everything all by herself everywhere I go, men always doubted me. But with my women friends I noticed, they had opinions but they were not trying to dominate me rather they tried to share responsibilities in everything and we planned accordingly. There was also an incident where we were staying. One of the homestays we stayed, there were some men in adjacent cottage who were absolutely drunk and tried to unnecessary talk to us and kept asking us to drink during the bonfire. The owner of the homestay came and suggested us women to leave and have our dinner inside because those men were drunk. We stood up, and said, "Bhaiya! We are not the ones who are creating any nuisance, why should we go. We came here to experience the valley and we also spotted the wild fox just now. We will not go. Please ask them to go inside and have their dinner there. He agreed and scolded those men and asked them to leave." That girl inside us felt relieved knowing we won't have to be in cages just because someone else don't understand boundaries. Because as teenagers, all of us women are told to be cautious and stay inside home. I well, I won't! One more thing happened, during the trekk we got lost in the jungle by the riverside and it took us 3 hours to find the right path. All three of us were the only humans around and not even locals there. But we found our way back and none of us panicked. It made me realise that that scared, self doubting and frustrated girl has come a long way and has become a person who is not afraid of taking risks and know how to handle a situation. This post of mine was not for hating men or not about my trip. It was actually about how when you beat the ego and push the boundaries of fear, the beautiful things start happening in your life and when you will look back you will see all that pain was worth it. I have attached a few favourite pictures taken by me of the trip to Rajgundha Valley. I hope it inspires you, too.
I recently went to my first girls' trip. And I want to share my experience due to…
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MANSEE SHARMA
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Mansee, the line that stands out is the homestay owner asking you to leave, not the drunk men. You stood your ground there, named exactly who was creating the nuisance, and made him correct the actual problem instead of managing you out of sight. That is a clean, complete thing, no second thought needed on it. The river and the three lost hours are a different kind of proof than the trek photos, because nobody was watching and nothing was performed. You keep writing about the girl who used to doubt herself as someone you've left behind, but notice what you called her just now, scared, self doubting, frustrated, like a chapter closed. See if she still shows up anywhere, maybe in smaller rooms than a jungle, before deciding she's fully gone.
Jayanti biswas
nice 🙂
Kranti yadav
बहुत ही प्रेरणा मिली आपकी बातों से
Tek Singh Yadav
बहुत ही प्रेरणादायक है आपकी बायोग्राफी
Priyanka Chauhan
vakae bahut sundar hai
Pooja
🫶
Tanuja Mahor
आजादी का सही मतलब हम जानतीं हैं।आपकी फोटो देख कर बहुत अच्छा लगा।
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MANSEE SHARMA
One more picture because those were not enough 🥰
