Solo time , solo travel, bonding with unknown people, traveling with a hurried backpack - my time for all that is coming to a close. I really don't know when I shall do it again or if at all I shall do it again, cos my knees are reminding me of father time and the pain is becoming chronically nagging at times. Bhaskar exclaimed at my Munnar trip - for braving the hairpin bends on a mountain road on my own just to be there .... Of course Kerala is always the balm to my city-stressed soul in more ways than one. It gives me the freedom to explore and delve within, something I never do when I am back home. I am always on the run with life , work , people, dust , Facebook, Whatsapp that I forget to stop for a while. I woke up early today to catch the sky breaking into hues of orange amid the rows of the coconut trees. Two woodpeckers screeching apart the tranquil morning and the squirrels somersaulting on the pole wires. Idyllic !!! Last year around this time I traveled b