Lost and found

“Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering; the reality has more to do with losing your luggage.”  Regina Nadelson

How true. Whether you lose your mobile phone or your air tickets, the downside to travel is when you seem to be so excited about the trip and got careless about your things.

I remember during one of our recent Thailand trips when I realized my passport was missing in my bags. I was teary eyed while I called up our new found friends during the trip (they gave us their numbers before we parted ways) inquiring if my passport was accidentally left among their belongings.

I finally called up the airport’s ‘Lost and Found’ section and thankfully the guy told me somebody left it with them. I am very careful about my stuff during trips but I guess being with my parents that time and attending to their needs made me forgot to be attentive to my belongings too.

Losing and forgetting – these are part of the valuable lessons we learn as we travel.