Our journey into travel began with a simple need that quickly evolved into a profound passion: our desire to be immersed in natural settings rather than urban environments. As a couple, our shared love for the natural world is what truly bonds us. While we appreciate architecture, music, and technology, our passion for nature far outweighs these interests. Living in a city presents numerous challenges and limitations for this passion, with pollution and concrete dominating the landscape. Thus, traveling isn’t just an option for us—it’s a necessity.
Our travels are guided by ecological zones rather than geographic boundaries. For us, places like Sikkim, Nepal, and Bhutan all fall within the Central Himalayas. Similarly, internationally, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore are part of the Indo-Malayan ecological realm. This approach maximizes our chances of encountering diverse species, which is the driving force behind our travels. We choose destinations based on their biodiversity, always seeking places where nature still holds significant splendor.
So where we travel is always answered by simple question “which place ranks high in biodiversity”.
This calling has taken us to different terrains of the world and given us the viewing pleasure of majestic landscapes of the world and some of our magnificent natural world neighbors.
One more criteria for travel location is population density. In a country of 140+ crore people, It is always a nice feeling to be alone. So remote locations are always a priority. Further, biological diversity is always high as you move away from people. Once in a while we get into a city just for the heck of it. Indulge in roaming the streets , try different types of food etc but to be frank all these only adds to our urge to be with the natural world.
Just because someone asks ” have you not seen it? ” will not drive us. Just because someone says “you should see this atleast once in a lifetime ” will not push us. Just to be clear on what we do , we spent a day in Agra but we have not seen the Taj Mahal and we do not hope to see it at all. We were happy to see an Egyptian vulture near the railway station than a glorified cemetery.
