Bucket Ride - Begins here...

Kiran is traveling from Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji international airport to Los Angeles international airport...

I could have done this FB check-in 15-20 times since last year and half. It indeed was busiest time for flying with multiple trips to Bengaluru, Kochi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Chennai, Abu Dhabi, Jakarta and even USA. I am once again at the airport for 39th flight (I counted!!).

Its said that, "If you want to have something that you never had, be prepared to do something that you never did". There can't be any other sentence that can describe what I am into right now.

The anxiety cannot be described in few words, the fear of unknown cannot be contained in few lines and excitement cannot be penned down even in few paragraphs now.

This is a teaser of time ahead and looking forward to an exciting, ecstatic euphoria that lies ahead. Last time I felt this was when Momo arrived...but this even bigger (Oh Momo, I will miss you).

I am all set to take "the" journey which I had been daydreaming for years. I am not known best as a planner, nor as the guy who can get things right the first time. This journey however requires commitment and planning. I have been quite secretly working on getting this kickstarted. This is not something that can be done time and again. There is no second chance, "this is 2016" and its now or never.

I am about to board a flight of imagination, dreams and madness. This flight changes everything: money, mind, experience and life will not be same where it is. I might come back broke, or might come back a new me.

There are just few things now between that sense of accomplishment or failure...however there will always be a comfort of trying that can overcome everything. These efforts and pains are needed to keep us alive, afterall, "Failing to try is failure and not the failure itself".

So I am going to take that first step to knock of some items from my bucket list.

I will be riding into the USA and Canada over next two months. Starting from west coast, i will be riding towards east and crossing into Mexican/Canadian border when possible. This is too big a country to see in this short time yet I will try to make most of the time available.

This once in a lifetime RIDE is named "Bucket Ride"!' It's a solo ride but there is truly no solo achievement in life. Everyone around you helps you shape your life in some way. Somewhat like the movie "Slumdog Millionaire". I will need lots of wishes and prayers to make this possible. Please do ☺

The ride updates/report will be available on
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/bucket.ride (warning: too many check-ins ahead)
Instagram - @globe_treader
Blogger - http://blog.kiranghag.com

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Moments of surprise...

Following two are one of few moments where life presented a quick and unbelievable surprise. Do you have any such moment to share, then please do. Would like to hear.

Evening in Bombay Bazaar:
It was my first day in USA. We had just reached our hotel rooms and freshened ourselves. Our manager took us out for the very first shopping experience in the USA. We went to walmart and were amazed by the open parking, clean - deserted roads and huge mall.
On the way back, we stopped at Bombay Bazaar to buy calling cards. After visiting walmart, that place looked really tiny. But I was equally amused to see Indian products like instant spices, Parle-G biscuits and tapes of Saans Bahu series. Particularly a set of Woodward's gripe water caught my attention. "Who would be using it here?" I wondered.
A few seconds later, an Indian lady walked in and picked it up!


Sitting in a Merc:
This happened in Sheffield, UK. I was waiting for the cab to office, alongwith my two colleagues. Our office arranged chauffeured cabs and few average car models (not by Indian standards ;)) had picked us up before this.
"Today we should get a Mercedes for us." I casually said to Anand.
He just looked at me and laughed at me.
A long Mercedes stopped before us a minute later and it was THE cab for the day!!
I wouldn't forget Anand's expression ever.