Dream Destinations!

These days I am hardly traveling, so have to make do with day dreaming. I think all of us have some places that we consider as dream destination. Remember Amitabh Bachchan and Doo lafzon ki hai ye kahani (this is a Hindi movie song filmed in Venice)? I was in school when this movie came and since then Venice had been my dream destination. Then in 2003 (there is a loooong gap between my schooling and 2003) I went to Modena, Italy to attend a conference and of course I stole a few hours in Venice. But unfortunately I managed to misplace all my pictures from Venice except for what I have scanned for an old blog post. Maybe, I will go there someday again.

I saw the Doo lafzon ki video again today after many many years and I was wondering what did I see there to fall in love with Venice? I mean they didn't even show the Rialto Bridge in it! And no at 100 Euro I found a Gondola ride way too expensive, so I didn't try it.

The destination I still dream about- Everest Base Camp. Have to head there in the next few years.

Dreams!

I got tagged by my sis, Alka and I need to share three of my dreams. When I thought more about it, it seems I get mild nightmares more than pleasant dreams! But how can I ignore a tag by my sis, so here I go.

3. This is probably the worst of the lot. Sometimes, I dream that I am getting chased by gun totting man/men. What makes it even worse is that many times, I see both Alka and I being chased together. Rarely do I dream that I am hiding/running alone. And this one never ends. I just wake up in the middle, after what seems like ages of running around. And the relief when I realize that it was only a dream is enormous.

2. This one is mildly related to travel. I dream that Sesha and I are going somewhere together. Sometimes, it is a bus and sometimes it is a train. He gets down somewhere and I am left alone. The vehicle starts moving and he is unable to board it in time. There was a time when I used to get this one frequently but now the frequency has gone down.

Yumthang Valley, Sikkim

1. These are the mildest but the most irritating set of dreams. Look at the picture above. Can you ever imagine such a landscape inducing nightmares, even the mild ones? This time when I was in Sikkim, for two days I dreamed that I have to take a class and I knew not what to teach.

And there are various variations to this one, and they come with vengeance when I am in the hills. While I was doing the Kuari Pass trek for two days I was dreaming that I was still a Ph.D. student and I have to submit my thesis and it is just not happening. Then for the next few days the dream was some exam I was taking and I was doing badly. I really hate the fact that these dreams come to me when I am in most beautiful surroundings and really do not have a care in this world. And I hate the 'not able to submit the Ph.D.' one most.

Now that I have been teaching for a few years, I guess it is about time I started dreaming about grading copies rather than writing exams and submitting the Ph.D.

Now it is time to tag five more people. OK, here it goes.

Arun and VJ, it would be interesting to see what fellow travelers dream about.

Teri, for I have interacted with her through the blog for a long time and I am curious.

And finally two people who do not blog but leave comments here, once again I am curious and I wonder if they would be kind enough to do the tag in my comment section.

Nilesh and Manu.