In my travel forum (virtualtourist) I have described my mantra as "I live from one trip to the next" and that truly describes me well... So as expected being pregnant and having a baby has slowed the travel in my life tremendously! I spent the first three months of 2014 without realizing I was pregnant ! A good part of Jan was spent completing a trek in the Himalayas, followed by a vacation in North Bengal and Bhutan. Then we went to Aj's native place for pongal.. An amazing trip where we stayed at his uncle's pretty much palatial house! Then I made a visit to Bangalore on work and stayed the weekend there - we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary with my lovely eldest sister - she treated us at The Leela Bangalore.. And then came the discovery of being pregnant!!! With all my complications this in itself was fantastic news! But it did mean a complete clamp down on travel!! :-( so I spent the next few months waiting to deliver hoping atleast after that I can travel... However we did do a small stint away in Valparai with our dear friends Shyam and Hamsa!! But still- this is the longest travel drought I have had in probably the last twenty years!!! :-/
August -while I delivered Tu- her precarious health condition didn't allow Us to even think of an outing.. So it wasn't untilNovember this year that a vacation came to fruition..less a vacation and more a staycation ... ;-) It was just a one night, two day stay at Mahabs.. But boy o boy,was i thrilled or what!!!!?
The fun thing for us was Tu seemed to enjoy the getaway just as much as we did. Wondrous eyed she observed everything around her, she made herself comfortable in the room and stuck to her feed/sleep routines. The one memorable event was taking her to the sea.. She struggled to open her eyes to see the early morn glistening sea, but once she did her eyes were transfixed! Afternoon in the balcony she witnessed rain and welcomed it with a wonderful smile that lit up her face and ours! This was the moment I knew I had nothing to fear.. I always panicked thinking what after kids.. Can I sustain my passion - travel- after having a child?? But now I know it's going to be wonderful .. Different yes, but wonderful! As tu takes in all the new sights and coos in wonderment I am going to learn to cherish anew discoveries and realizations that she has! Going forward I am sure we will have more trips together and at some point we will graduate into trekking together and traveling alone. But as I look ahead I just can't wait for it all to unfold and happen!! For now, let me cherish the fact that together we are one vacation old, and yes it feels amazing to start counting again! :-)
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