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My Five Pet Travel Peeves

Posted on June 11, 2005May 4, 2021

For me travel is a form of escape, from my daily routine and from my job. If I am trekking then I do not carry a mirror, it is an escape from my own image in the mirror. Here are the five pet travel peeves I have when I travel in India.

5. People who approach scenic places in their over speeding cars with blaring music. Have some mercy on me, I have been trying exactly to escape it by coming to such a far away place. OK, the car is required but can’t I be spared the latest bhangra 

4. People who organize parties with loud music till wee hours of night in peaceful places otherwise devoid of any night life. I wish they would stay away from sleepy towns. All I want is sleep at a reasonable hour and I am denied because of the stupid loud music they were playing. And it has happened to me more than I would like to remember.

3. People who shout their lungs out in restaurants in India, mostly telling everyone how good their last European vacation was. Do us a favor and go to Europe again instead of coming to below your dignity Indian holiday. I love Europe but then I also love my Indian holidays. It is not fair to mix the two and others around you may not be interested in knowing about your European holiday!

2. People who assume I am getting bored because I am sitting quietly and gazing at nothing in particular. Then they offer me to join their musical chair or some such stupid game. Someone once even said “poor girl, how morose she looks,” when in fact I was enjoying the sight of a river and listening to so many birds chirping.

1. People who throw cans, plastic, rappers and tin foils all over the place. They completely freak me out and leave me seething with rage.

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8 thoughts on “My Five Pet Travel Peeves”

  1. charu says:
    June 16, 2005 at 3:48 pm

    completely agree – the plastic-litterbugs are worst. they and those who let their children run amok in otherwisw peaceful and neat places.

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  2. Mridula says:
    July 1, 2005 at 3:15 pm

    This time I was passing through Manali and the amount of litter I saw was mind bogling. And we Indians make so much fuss of keeping our homes clean.Thanks a lot for coming to my blog.

    Reply
  3. Prashanth M says:
    February 14, 2007 at 7:26 am

    even my travel peeves will be similar… looks like we’ve got more things in common 🙂

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  4. Mridula says:
    February 14, 2007 at 2:52 pm

    Prashanth, you digged up such an old post! So, by any chance do you have a sweet tooth? 🙂

    Reply
  5. Tarun Mitra says:
    January 16, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    Classs image…where have u hidden it

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  6. Mridula says:
    January 17, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    Thank you Tarun, this is dusk at Triund.

    Reply
  7. Lady Fi says:
    September 23, 2014 at 11:27 am

    I agree! Silence is a rare commodity in our busy, noisy world.

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  8. sindhoooo says:
    September 23, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Very true! I am not a traveler like you. But, I think, all the matters you told are true for everyday life too! Glad that you raised your voice (or words?)… At least those who read this article may (?) understand!

    TC! Keep smiling 🙂

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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