As a year winds up, it leaves behind some impressions. On a personal point of view this year would be that year which brought the maximum changes to my life. Each Experience whether good or bad no matter what left some memories to be lived forever.
Looking back 2013, it is the year which shifted my focus towards ” What i want to do further with my life ” when almost what i wanted to study is over. This year gave me the gift of turning myself into a proper photographer from the one who just clicked when it came to some occasion only , now camera was like an organ of my body only finding it in every shadow of mine.
Month of May gave me the next opportunity , when i decided to launch my travel blog “My Greedy Backpack” thanks to all those friends who came up with their suggestion in choosing a name and atlast the jumbled up words came with an identity , which has become a nick name of Tarun Gaur , myself.
A new chapter of life starting from Manali , its still fresh in mind when i was in air in the hands of a stranger doing Paragliding for first time in life , killing my fear of river rafting in bone chilling water of River Ravi , tasting the best of food of mountain.
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Second tour went to the dream destination on any Indian or foreign tourist coming to India , Rajasthan. A 12 days tour covering around 3000 Km , mostly by my Mahindra Quanto or the newly bought Toyota Innova.
Every kilometer going through the heritage tour, going deep into the gone era living monuments of Rajasthan, visiting the one of the most well maintained fort of India ” Junagadh Fort ” or the 12 storey Mehrangarh fort of Jodhpur. A place where a bike is worshipped and even eaten the food which had already been quality checked by a rat.
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Taking my passion for photography to next level joined the very famous Delhi Photography Club in one of their Heritage photowalks and brought the very famous Qutub Minar complex with a different perspective.
Parrot sitting in a yoga position , or an eagle adding charm to the click , this day was all dedicated to the theme of Learning by Doing it , which leaped forward my skill in photography to a next level.
Bhangarh Fort trip , a sudden entry into the tour plan came with the biggest and most memorable memory of the year. A trip i would never forget , a place of which i had heard thousands of time and watched on news channel was in front of me , living a moment in the most haunted place in India. But yes i would accept this thing today , the only pic of bhangarh fort brought maximum clicks on facebook page.
A trip i would remember whole life for ups and downs , best hospitality i could ever find infact i can challenge anybody to find the better hospitality which i got in Madikeri.
Staring with a dream of visiting Mysore Palace , the most well maintained palace of India , but had to cover on the last day of trip , something which i learned in this trip ” How well you prepare your Itenerary , still some things are not in your hand “.
Trip is yet to come alive on my blog , wait for it.
2013 was the year which enveloped me in a single idea and in a constant thinking mode , of finding something new and exploring more and more.
This exploring thing took me to the Mandawa town of Rajathan , that gave me an opportunity see my name on Yahoo Lifestyle : Can you Open this unopenable Lock , it was a dream come true and the day which i would like to relive again and again in my life.
This year made me more romantic , who has not loved the beauty of Sunrise and Sunset and this year gave me the opportunity to grab these moments in my greedy camera. Whether fog ruined the scenes but every time sun was out or was going back home , i am sure he would have found me standing in front of him everyday.
Talking of Romance and being Romantic how could i forget the beautiful flowers which came to welcome me everytime i visited a new place , from Qutub minar to Madikeri to Ooty , they brought colours to my life and left their beauty in my life.
2013 is ending , only some hours are left to enter into a new year . Things go and new comes , but remembering the gone times has also got some meaning into it. This year inspired me to go places and i tried my best to convey this same to others who has supported me in any means.
Wishing all the readers Happy New Year , and a warm welcome to 2014 , hope this coming year brings happiness and success to all.
