Just a dream...

We were normal, average Indian (trust me, it matters) girls doing our masters and dreaming in 2008. Dreaming of travel! and our dream destination was Hawaii!

One could argue that out of so many issues, places and goals to dream of we were thinking about Hawaii and it would not be wrong.

But you have to understand, at that point in our lives, this dream kept us going, surviving and giving us hope for a awesome and beautiful future.

Our first step towards fulfilling this dream was finding a Job, although I do want to say, that it was avoiding getting married ;) No offense to all the married folks out there.

Through some miracle and little hard work of ours we both managed to find jobs at the same time, in the same month and year! talk about coincidences! but in different cities, on opposite coasts.

Oh don't be sad, it was perfect. Perfect beginning to our travel dream.

The year was 2010, we were trying to build a base in our respective cities. Trying to get done with our student debt, trying to lead a adult responsible life. And as all responsible adults do, we kept our dream on the back burner and almost, almost forgot about it.

In a typical Indian middle-class family, traveling as a leisure activity is seldom encouraged.

We were fortunate to have the support of our families to explore the world. I know this sounds like a basic right and yes, why should our parents dictate our lives once we are adults and financially independent. All valid points! Blame it on our up-bringing that we needed our family's validation to go ahead with our explorations.

Anyways, now that all the permission issues ;) and debts were out of the way, we decided to resurrect our travel dream.