it’s better to travel/learn to travel this way. otherwise you would find you assume too much and things are always different than what you assume them to be in India.
I don’t see these two things as totally antithetical to one another. Well, I don’t know about the term “micromanage,” but you can certainly make plans before you go, as long as you’re willing to adapt, because as Monika says, things are always different than what you assume.
I think researching and planning a new adventure is part of the fun. And then throwing away that plan is even more fun. 🙂
Same! I’m a hugely dorky planner, it’s part of what I love about travel — that you are planning all this stuff yourself vs going on a 1-click and done excursion or something. It makes me anticipate my next trip.
I also love that feeling of being able to change my mind, throw away my plan, and do something else. Like “I thought I might want to go to a museum today, but turns out I found a lovely bakery and stumbled into a random conversation, and now I’m going to go to the other side of town, and wander about.”
one Indian man named Deepack Ch. once preached to me: Plan in Nothing. But Planning is everything ;-))) i cannot disagree:) to change plans is a joy. so you need to have them in the first place.
I read, research, plan, and re-plan my solo trips. Then when I’m where I want to be: I talk, I visit, I walk, I discover, and add plans to the plans. Since I don’t find pre-planning laborious I make small folios of places to see, ideas of activities and then have the joy of discovery when I’m there. And the joy is in the doing of what I planned, and the un-doing.
As I get older I’m understanding that time does have meaning and value, and yes it is finite. I’m a frugal person and so I don’t like to waste anything. Every day of a trip, vacation or journey may not be a “peak” experience, but they’re all precious treasures to carry home.
it’s better to travel/learn to travel this way. otherwise you would find you assume too much and things are always different than what you assume them to be in India.
I don’t see these two things as totally antithetical to one another. Well, I don’t know about the term “micromanage,” but you can certainly make plans before you go, as long as you’re willing to adapt, because as Monika says, things are always different than what you assume.
I think researching and planning a new adventure is part of the fun. And then throwing away that plan is even more fun. 🙂
Same! I’m a hugely dorky planner, it’s part of what I love about travel — that you are planning all this stuff yourself vs going on a 1-click and done excursion or something. It makes me anticipate my next trip.
I also love that feeling of being able to change my mind, throw away my plan, and do something else. Like “I thought I might want to go to a museum today, but turns out I found a lovely bakery and stumbled into a random conversation, and now I’m going to go to the other side of town, and wander about.”
one Indian man named Deepack Ch. once preached to me: Plan in Nothing. But Planning is everything ;-))) i cannot disagree:) to change plans is a joy. so you need to have them in the first place.
I read, research, plan, and re-plan my solo trips. Then when I’m where I want to be: I talk, I visit, I walk, I discover, and add plans to the plans. Since I don’t find pre-planning laborious I make small folios of places to see, ideas of activities and then have the joy of discovery when I’m there. And the joy is in the doing of what I planned, and the un-doing.
As I get older I’m understanding that time does have meaning and value, and yes it is finite. I’m a frugal person and so I don’t like to waste anything. Every day of a trip, vacation or journey may not be a “peak” experience, but they’re all precious treasures to carry home.
Gotta plan to establish the foundation of the trip. But the best memories will be the things you didn’t plan!