Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Beware Quicksands in Order to Save your Trip from Quickly Becoming a Nightmare!

I was out with my friends to the marshes behind my home the other day. all was going well when suddenly one of my friends was half buried in the marsh. Hell, a quicksand! was my immediate reaction. We were five of us, so my half burried friend was rescued, quite easily I must say. The marsh surrendered him up to us with an angry gulping sound. But when I first caught my friend in that quicksand, I couldn't supress a laugh. Get a grip you sadist! I jeered myself. But not soon enough. Later on my rescued friend, hit me back, " I hope you get your ass stuck in that mess!" He promptly noticed my cruel smile.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Ever Thought Of The Industry Going By The Name Of Travel!

Hello folks, you must have thought, long time no see, I mean no hear. Well, it is quite possible for a person to get engaged in some other things for some time isn’t it? Even I got busy with something more worth while to do. You see even I have a life other than collecting material for this so called blog of mine. Coming back to the topic of the blog however, you see there are so many aspects related to the travel field, and all of them are so very varied and interesting that a travel obsessed person like me, feels like devoting some time on most of these aspects as much as possible.

Travel is more of an industry today. Today there are practically institutes that train people on this field. Earlier never could one imagine that one can find a source of income even in the field of travel. But the scenario is in front of you to take note of. Starting from travel agents, travel processes in the multinational companies, or the travel sites today everyone is keen on making the most out of this booming and colorful field of travel. I hope the travel gurus don’t come out hunting for me when I say that it is comparatively easier to get into the field of travel, and take it as a career. I know it is really difficult to completely master a skill but then it takes a bit less of effort when it comes to mastering or at least knowing the field. Travel is so paying that today we have even channels and magazines on it: “Travel and Living” to site an example!

Travel in itself is so interesting that on trying it becomes really easy to grasp the essence of the field and make it a career. But then everything is not like the icing on the cake. I have got friends working in certain travel processes that can actually get you boiling with anger, exasperation, and frustration. There are travel processes like the baggage process which is a calling process. You need to be extra worried and concerned about a person’s luggage who has got his luggage misplaced, courtesy the airlines’ irresponsibility, and assure him that come what may you will get him united with his luggage! This, after you have smilingly and patiently borne his angry outpourings.

So working in a travel line is not all that fun but then it is paying, so the people don’t mind getting thrashed and bored for a while at least! Well I personally feel that the people who have the time of their lives in the travel field are the travel journalists or the anchors of the travel programs. What can be better than babbling out a written script in the best costumes and the best locales!