Feeling the Treat of Driving With Mychoize

Are you a student; a tourist visiting the incredible land of India; or even a potential buyer? No matter who you are, we all need a car for a variety of our travel purposes on a daily basis. Since owning a car for every individual or family is a now a priority, the demand for new and innovative cars has seen an upsurge. But is it an easy task keeping a car? Perhaps no is the answer. With the increasing prices, having a car of your own is not an easy task. Why would you want an extra burden of EMIs in a country where earning a living is already expensive enough? So relax and ease yourself on a couch as I bring to you an option which will not only save you those hard earned extra bucks, but would also provide you with a quality of life which you expect so dearly in your own car.

With the Mychoize self-drive cars, you now have an option of driving to your own comfort. No matter in which city you are, the service is open to every individual and at prices which can be suitable for even a student on a monthly pocket money. How? Well think about it, you’re a college student planning a trip at a random place with your mates and you want to stop by at different places during your journey. Now if you rent a car with a driver, the budget would probably end up being out of your reach and you might not get that privilege of stopping anywhere you like.

But if you rent a self-drive car, not only will it cost you less but you will also get the privilege of driving at your own terms with no driver to kill your privacy. All you need is a valid driving license to make the booking. Likewise, there are other additional benefits as well which you get when you book your car with Mychoize self-drive service. The company offers Doorstep Delivery and Free Road Side Assistance for all your car rentals anywhere in India for the self-driven in you to enjoy your journey to the fullest. Regardless of whether you require Hatchbacks, Sedans, SUVs or MUVs – you get the widest fleet of cars to choose from with flexible timing options to cater to your business travel needs, recreational travel needs or even your end of the week escape needs.

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How I Watched the Taj Mahal without any Fuss

Having a backup plan always helps whenever you have to go to a place like Agra. The city is known for the presence of the Seventh Wonder of the World- the Taj Mahal. However, it requires a great deal of courage to go to Agra because of the filth and crowd it has. I went there for the first time when I was in class 10^th in school. Even then I could realize that seeing the Taj Mahal is a beautiful experience indeed, but I would not like to come to Agra again.

After nearly twelve years of that visit, I had a cousin coming from London who desperately wanted to see the Taj Mahal. She was with a bunch of friends, but I could not leave her alone in Agra. I honestly confessed to her that she might have a better experience with a foreigner ticket, but I would get only the local ticket, which meant I would have to spend more than two hours in the queues. I suggested a plan that I would not accompany them to the Taj itself, but I would arrange a few different views of the Taj Mahal from a distance.

I am specifically allergic to excessive crowds and she knows this fact, so she did not insist on taking me along. That is how I skipped going too close to the Taj, but I had to make my time worthwhile in Agra. While my cousin and her friends went to visit the memorial built by Shah Jehan in the memory of his late wife Mumtaz, I enquired and researched a bit about alternative ways to see the Taj.

I did not want to climb the rooftop of any house, so I decided to look for a few locations that would provide me a good view of the mausoleum during the dusk and dawn. Saniya Palace Hotel is one such place where I went with my group to find good food as well as mesmerizing view of the Taj Mahal. We sat there for quite a while, enjoyed our meal, and drinks, and then proceeded to the Agra Fort.

Agra Fort

The Agra Fort is another breathtaking monument in the city, which allows a crowdless view of the Taj Mahal. When we reached there, it was good to explore the historical monument without many restrictions as there were in the Taj Mahal. I felt that I should have gone there to the Agra Fort at the dawn with a powerful lens of the DSLR to capture the Taj Mahal from such a distance. The tiny windows of the fort walls provide a unique view. The best part is that you can be there at the Fort for as long as you want, and nobody pushes you out of the complex unless it is time to close the doors.

The riverside view

Alongside the eastern wall of the Taj Mahal, we found another unique view of the monument. A pathway runs along the outside of the wall, leading to a temple. We could see the Taj Mahal from its north-east corner. Then we hired the boat to get an even better view from the middle of the river.

All of this was enough for us in one day as we had to leave for Delhi in a while. Self Drive Luxury Car Hire came to our rescue as we were too tired from the day’s activities. We climbed inside the car that we had hired from Delhi, and drove off to home to crash in the bed.

What Bothers Me the Most While Going Solo

Sometimes, it may become too dull to be on your own while traveling. I am not a person who can gel up with anyone and everyone. Therefore, I prefer to travel solo whenever I have to explore a new destination, or I want to spend some peaceful time. Two things create a lot of anxiety in me while I travel to places on my own- healthy food and good company of people. Sometimes, both these things become rare like diamonds, and it becomes such a pain to find them.

Finding good company

People are like gemstones, some are dull and boring, and some glitter like ruby. I try to smile at people and wait for them to revert to my gesture. Nevertheless, not many people in India talk to a solo traveler for a long time. They might indulge in a customary introduction but would not go beyond that because of the safety concerns. They cannot trust me, and the truth is that I cannot trust everyone either. Therefore, I have to wait for a very long time sometimes to be on the same wavelength as mine to strike a meaningful conversation. It may take a few minutes to a few days to get friendly with people, and this is what I hate about solo travel. On the one hand, it does give a lot of independence. On the other hand, it takes away the passion of being with your family and friends. Moreover, even when I make good friends with a few people, they have to move on, and so do I.

Finding healthy food 

I have lived all my life in apartments and hostels. While being independent and single still gives me Goosebumps at times, it takes away the leisure of eating good food. I see people who live with their family eating healthy food every morning, afternoon, and night. And I pity myself when I have no option but to feed on packaged milk and bananas. I have to make deliberate efforts to stay on the healthy track at all times and focus on eating good food.

So when I have to travel to a new state, for example, I make sure I look for nourishing items on the menu. Rather than ordering a bowl of fried rice, I prefer to eat daal and roti along with a bowl of green salad. Vegetable juices are also a good way of refreshing my famished body. The best part about traveling in India is that healthy food is affordable. I do not have to burn a hole in my pocket to buy fresh harvests at any place.

However, I have to be prepared with my supplies to make a green salad on my own. Along with a few seasonings and dressings, I keep a plate, a knife, a peeler, a salt dispenser, and a roll of kitchen towels in my Car Hire before leaving the house. I do not mind putting in some effort to create a peel off the veggies when I know that I am going to get a nutritious meal.

My friends call me crazy when they see me doing all this in a car, but I do not bother their comments. It is their wish to eat what they want, but I have committed myself to a healthful lifestyle. I cannot force anyone to do what I do. Still, people do get motivated seeing me preparing my meals on the roads. In the end, it feels great to travel as well as eat healthy without any guilt.

Why I Do Not Like the Traveling For Life

I have been a passionate traveler throughout my life; I like taking a break from my regular life every once in a while and go for a vacation to the hills or the beaches. However, a few things stop me from being there on the road forever. One thing that I know about myself is that nothing in the world can fascinate me endlessly, which I feel is valid for everyone. I like Dominoes Pizza, for example, but I cannot eat it for the rest of my life no matter what. I need to have some boring cuisines in my daily menu so that I can find the excitement in pizza.

The same is true with every other thing in life. I know that I love mountains and beaches, but I fantasize about being there only because I know that I cannot stay there forever. I do enjoy my urban life until I am not exhausted. I love working hard to earn a decent income in Mumbai, and then find great ways to spend it at excellent places. After I have met a couple of honest nomads, not to mention the liars, I have understood that it becomes very frustrating to be on the road forever.

The nomads, who do not like people to know about their secrets and dark sides, always lie about things. I had asked someone one day on his way of earning, to which he replied that he makes a handsome income writing blogs online. Although I could not digest it that only blogging could let him survive so well at each corner of the world, I got to know later that he has to work as a shepherd, babysitter, and grass harvester to make ends meet. Since I come from a background where I never had to go for manual labor that does not qualify my education, I cannot imagine myself washing the bathroom of anyone for the sake of money! I am sorry if it sounds rude, but it is profoundly humiliating for me to do any job, in which I cannot maintain my dignity. I do not want to demean any person in the world, but working like that is just not for me.

Even more than that, I know myself that I cannot live without my family and friends. I have to meet everyone I love every so often to be content at heart. I need to know what they are up to, how their lives are progressing, how many kids people have, the birthday parties and the anniversaries are the things that keep me alive. No matter how beautiful a place is, I cannot call it home if I do not see familiar places there.

For all the above grounds, I like to travel but only after a few weeks or months. Being on the road forever in a car hire is just not so me, at least in this lifetime.

How I Convince My Son to Eat New Foods While Traveling

Whenever I would travel with my family of a husband and a two-year-old son, the only thing that would trouble both of us is to feed our baby. The toddler would just refuse to put anything unfamiliar into his mouth, forget eating it. We had tried to convince him into experimenting with various foods, but he would not listen. Ultimately, we had to come up with creative ways to make him stuff his stomach at least two times a day to save his hapless parents from the guilt trip. I must mention that we succeeded after a few months of trial and error, and now we can happily travel with our son, and the new member of our family, our six-month-old daughter.

Try new foods before leaving the house

After a miserable trip to Kerala with my son, Rishi, we decided that we needed to incorporate the change in our diets at home way before we fly to our next destination. We could not wait to land at a new place, and then make Rishi eat new things. So the next time we planned to go to Gujrat, and I started making the Gujrati dishes at home. I made the family habitual to trying the Gujrati spices and grains. Yes, I had to put in a lot of efforts, but it was all worth it when we ultimately landed there on the land of Gujjus.

Combine local and foreign foods

It may become too much for the little kid to experiment with new foods all of a sudden. Therefore, I try to combine the foods we eat regularly with the new things we plan to eat. When I was unmarried, I would have never done that for myself because I like to try out and be shocked or surprised by it. However, now I have to spoil the surprise element for the sake of these little monsters in the house. Eating the foreign foods along with familiar items gives my kids the confidence to have at least a bit of those innovative things. Moreover, they have the backup of their regular dishes in case they do not like the new stuff. At least they tried!

The familiarity of new foods

Earlier, Rishi would think that the green bell pepper was the only bell pepper that we cook as a vegetable curry with chapati. He had never seen the red bell pepper or the yellow one that came to him for the first time on a plate of salad. He was too shocked to put the raw bell pepper into his mouth, and he plainly refused to eat it for the first time. I had to ask the waiter to bring the whole bell peppers in green, red, and blue colors nicely decorated on a plate. We even ordered the grilled chicken that came with roasted veggies. It was only then that we were able to convince Rishi that a vegetable may have several forms to eat. This incident taught me to order various preparations of same fruits and vegetables even when we are not traveling.

Bribe the kids!

Just like his father, Rishi loves driving in exotic cars even at this small age. I have seen him thrilling with joy and jumping in the new cars that my friends and relatives own. Although I know it is wrong to bribe the kids, there is no harm in doing so once in a while. In addition to chocolates, ice creams, and candies, I have gone to the extent of offering him a ride in a new car if he agreed to scoff off the meat from his plate. We would hire cars on rent in a new city to please this little food freak kid, and fulfill his desires of a speed drive! The car hire is not really a bribe for him, but for my husband and me as well. We love driving in exotic cars as well, so bribing the kid kills two birds with one arrow!

Why I Avoid Deep Thinking While Traveling

The only simple answer to this question is that I consider my vacation time as the period to explore new things. I do not find myself fit for deep thinking at all. The process itself seems so boring to me. In the fast-paced urban life that we live, who has the time to take a week off just to sit back and indulge in deep and serious thoughts. The thought of thinking so much sounds so dull to me that I don’t want to even think about it. I am an active person who remains to be busy at all times. I don’t have time to waste on petty issues of life.

Some people may call me selfish and mean for not winking an eyelid about things that hold significant substance for others. I have heard things about myself when people have called me unfit for social life. They do not want to be with me because I do not give right and proper importance to their concerns of life. Men do not want to make me their spouse because they do not find me serious enough for a stable relationship. I don’t mind listening to things like this because I know that it is not my job to please everyone. I have a very close-knit relationship with my family and a couple of friends. Only the space for a spouse is vacant, which I am sure will fill up when the right time comes. I am in no hurry to jump into a relationship or get married.

In spite of this, I have been with people who have been really sweet with me and accepted me the way I am; and most of these generous folks are travelers. I am a real wanderer at heart, and people who love me know this about me. I am a detached person, which makes me different from others, but not evil. It is just a fact, which not most of the folks around me are not able to understand. After spending a good deal of time explaining my perspective to people, I have given up the challenge to transform the world. I, now, maintain a low profile of existence and do not elucidate my ideas to anyone.

I have understood that most people in office and society are there just to find fodder for gossip. They are not capable of understanding the broader values of life as they are happy existing in their shells. As opposed to most of the crowd, I am inclined towards learning new things, talking to new people, exploring new cultures, and uncovering various facts unknown to regular folks. During my journeys to multiple cities in India, I loved the time I spent in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, McLeodganj, Manali, and various other places. Each of these cities has taught me a lot about their culture, people, their habits, and food. However, nowhere in the city did I try to seek the peace of mind.

I do not want to flaunt anything, but I find myself at peace at all times. Even though I do not have time to even think about my next meal while working for Car rental Bangalore, I do not have anything to complain about life. Sometimes, I feel the need to relax, unwind, and take a breather, but that does not mean I want to think about things that hold no value for me, but for others. I have realized that over thinking about problems never solves them. It is only when I relax and stop thinking about issues that I can find better answers to them.

How we use Road Trips to instill Patriotism in our Kids

Independence Day is not the only time to think about India

We are living in a magnificent digital age, and the fact is, that the teenagers possess more knowledge than their parents. However, this overflow of knowledge has also led to confusion and chaos around the country; kids, as well as adults, cannot understand the importance of patriotism in India. We have started drifting away from patriotism, but probably, we have begun moving towards extremism. All of us need to take informed decisions about what we want from our lives concerning career, personal life, and professional life.

Despite everything we do, we should not forget that we are indebted to our nation regardless of our religion and caste. India is such an incredible country that has created its history based on its large-heartedness. We have never turned anyone away, whoever came to us asking for shelter and made India their home. Still, we find almost everyone forgetting the great quality of life that our country has given us in addition to the freedom of speech and livelihood. In very few countries around the world we do get such freedom to live and fulfill our dreams.

This time on the occasion of Independence Day in 2017, I thought of writing about everything that I have done till date to inculcate nationalism in my kids’ thoughts. Even before my kids were born, I had realized that I am going to have a tough time raising them. It’s easy for kids these days to forget their values and just enjoy their sense of being, living with friends, especially during their teenage. Even I had my share of rebelliousness when I was in my 20s, but it was milder than that of today’s generation. Anyway, coming back to the topic, I used a few creative tactics to make sure that my kids do not dodge their identity of being Indian wherever they go and feel at least some sense of patriotism, if not much.

The Meaning

First of all, it important for the kids to understand that patriotism doesn’t mean just to lay your life for the country; it is much more than that. While doing your daily activities on your job, in the market, or even walking around the streets; we need to understand that we should preserve our nation. At the age of three, my child learned the first lesson of patriotism when I didn’t let him throw the filth on the road. At an early age, we need to make our children understand crucial as well as petty matters so that they can form the right opinion early in their lives.

The National Symbols

How can we expect someone to respect our national flag when we cannot do it ourselves? How can we expect our kids to stand for our national anthem when we do not do it ourselves in their presence? The kids learn what they see; they will learn good manners if they see the same, and vice versa. We need to speak to them about respecting the national symbols and the Indian Flag. Whenever you see the Indian Flag lying disrespectfully anywhere, just pick it up and discard it gracefully, if needed.

The Teaching Part

It’s not easy to teach kids when you don’t know the facts yourself. It was hard for me, in the beginning, to learn about every great Indian leader, but Google made my task easier. Wherever we go, I try to find out more about the history of the place or take help from a local tourist guide. My daughter, Myra, is twelve years old now, which is a good enough phase to learn a little about people and places. Even the name of a great historical leader is sufficient for the kids to learn more about them when they go home.

Places and things teach lessons

Just not to sound too boring, I ask rather than tell Myra about the photograph of a famous personality we see on a currency note, an airport, an administrative building, or a highway. She obviously answers in negative most of the times, but I know it creates curiosity in her mind. I explain about such people as much as I am aware and the rest, I ask her to research about it while we travel.

Using the traveling time

Not every time I can ask her to learn and mug up facts about people and history, but going in a Self-Drive Luxury Car Hire is the best time to do so. She sits comfortably in the backseat and loves to read on her tab or books. I started taking Luxury Self-Drive Car Hire since last year because my family used to be quite uncomfortable in the regular sedans on the hills. Sitting in a comfortable car gives us the cozy time to talk about productive things vis-à-vis family, profession, and our country and society.

Special days

Even if we don’t celebrate days like Martyr’s Day, Kisan Diwas, National Youth Day, etc., we can always take out five minutes to learn about their significance. The home page of Google has made the task even easier; we can find the information in the Google Doodle given on the home page of most important occasions around the world. We just need to click the creative doodle that catches our attention and learn about the topic in a jiffy.

Active participation

I have never stopped Myra from participating in any kinds of celebrations occurring in our society, club, or her school. Just a little dance, singing a poem or a song lets kids learn about the significance of the day. I let her take part in everything she likes, and if she comes to me asking about something, I have to leave my work and answer her queries, which I don’t mind if I am not busy.

Watching TV

Myra has got the complete freedom under the guidance of her parents to watch her favorite programs. However, we make sure that we watch the live telecast of the parades of Independence Day, Republic Day, and speeches of national leaders whenever we can. Even if she is too young to understand the gravity of matters, such programs and activities register on her subconscious mind and she can learn more about things when she grows up.

Our duties and rights

Kids are taught about their duties and rights in school, out of which, most people remember just about rights when they grow up and conveniently forget about duties. As I mentioned above, it is our responsibility to make our kids grow into responsible beings by fulfilling their duties while enjoying their rights in the society.

Accept diversity

India has always been a land of diverse religions and cultures. We, as adults, need to recognize various cultures around us and develop tolerance towards them. Similarly, we need to teach our kids about the same on a regular basis. If we don’t understand the importance of time, we might find it slipping away from our hands when we find our kids making a mess of their lives.

I stress the fact again that patriotism is not a matter of just one day; it is the affair of a lifetime. India has given a beautiful life to its citizens, which many nations have not been able to do. If we cannot feel the gratitude for our country, we may never do so for even our parents. Hopefully, the upcoming Independence Day reinstates the sense of patriotism in my daughter, and she takes it a notch higher than just a holiday.