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Sunday, April 10 2022 Dive In |
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![]() But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses. ![]() |
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This quote by Bill Bryson from his book ‘Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe’ is apt for our first weekend splainer newsletter. For one, it’s Bill Bryson; and second, here in India, we have the good fortune of being ignorant of so many places that exist right here in our own country! We mean this in an entirely positive way. Name another country where you can travel a few kilometres across a state border, and find yourself trying to read store names in an entirely different language and script? There are very few countries in the world where you can be in the depths of winter—surrounded by snow-clad mountains—but escape to tropical warmth just a short flight away—without having to cross national borders. We are truly so many ‘countries’ in one—that the discovery is endless.
Editor’s note: There is so much travel content everywhere—websites, blogs, reviews… and yet it is almost impossible to find trustworthy recommendations except from friends or fam. We partnered with Urbanaut—founded and run by the amazing Samyukta Ranganathan—precisely to help you rediscover India. You’ll get their travel recommendation once a month. We love the integrity and passion that Samyukta and her team bring to everything they do. And no, we’re not making a dime out of this. As with all our weekend newsletters, this is about supporting the work of talented, committed founders and journalists. That’s the splainer way:) |
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