"Money Talks and Bullshit Walks"

One of the best things about travel is all the interesting people you meet. I have been lucky to have my share of them and I think a good number of posts will be about the people experiences. Let me start with my first experience.

Balajee and I were about to board a bus to Dehradun from Delhi. We decided to have a cup of chai (again) and it is there that I had one of my best experience of the trip. An Anglo(dad)-Nepali(mom)-India (living) started speaking to us. He asked us about out travel plans, where we were form etc. and informed us about his home town, work, etc.

"I live alone, that gives me the freedom to lead life on my terms. Money is not important in life but I see how my relatives cling to me just because of the money I have. None of them will care about me if it weren't for my money. Experiences are important in life", he said. He spoke so much about Life, Money, Relationships, his travels, his younger days and they all made so much sense because he was speaking from his heart and from his experiences.

He endorsed our plan to quit our jobs and travel. In a society where most people advise to play it safe and secure the future, where travelling is considered 'waste' of time and money, any approval of our travelling is welcome. "Like they say", he signed off, "Money Talks and Bullshit Walks".

The randomness of the incident struck me. This is incidents we read about in Lonely Planet books, not things that happen to us. It touches me that an absolute stranger can be kind and open enough to share his deep thoughts. I guess we need to open up antennas of our mind and be receptive to people. And then random things like this will randomly keep happening.

A guy at the chai shop, the Anglo-Nepali-Indian's friend (don't know his name), was rolling up a nice and special Ciggie, some unknown Mary Jane brand. He was kind enough to let me take a couple of puffs.