Rainy season travel to me is an unconventional concept of traveling solo. As the world scurries around the beaches in the shining sun or the snow covered mountains, there is magic like no other to abound in solitude through the misted paths, wet roads and greenery all around.
The monsoon has its score- a symphony of rain-drops and winds and contemplative silences.
It holds a chance of not only a picture-postcard enjoyment but also the evocative feeling of refined introspection and the memories of lifetime. Nevertheless, it requires readiness and wisdom too.
Here you can learn how to this season to the fullest with safety, peace and stories you will tell your entire life.
Serenity of Solitude in the Monsoon
Monsoons turn normal scenery into fictional places. Forests look greener, hill stations heave a fresh sigh of relief and rivers get swollen with new life.
This transition does have its own special peace, to the solo traveller, an opportunity to walk alone in grey skies, to drink hot chai at a windy window, or to write in one candle lit during a power cut.
Places such as Coorg, Chikmagalur, Munnar and Meghalaya are best in this season. The masses are lesser with the atmosphere being personal.
It is somehow poeticly romantic to share your time in a road-side teashop in the middle of a rain with only you and the world in slow motion.
This seclusion assists in strengthening your attachment to the location, as well as yourself.
Traveling alone in the monsoons: Tips & tactics of staying safe
It is a pretty travel in monsoon but with real challenges. One should not be cavalier about landslides, slippery roads, delays of transport, and diseases such as dengue fever or leptospirosis. These are some of the safety tips:
1. Stick a Choice Destination
Do not go to areas that are at risk of flood or landslides unless you are ready and aware.
Other destinations are quite beautiful, including Kerala or Western Ghats, but they are risky during the height of rain.
You should never decide on your plan without checking the weather conditions and local news.
2. Prioritise Health
Take simple medical drugs, insect repellents, and waterproof medicine boxes.
Consume bottled water which is safe to drink and also consume food in sanitary food outlets to prevent exposure to water borne diseases.
3. Dress to Play
Purchase good Rain-proof back-packs, good raincoats, non-slippery trekking shoes and fast drying apparels.
A power bank, torch, and rainproof pouch of the papers are must-have accessories to travel alone, especially during monsoon.
4. Stay Connected
Make sure you do not run out of battery or data on your phone. You should always tell one person at home, your itinerary, and what you are doing daily.
They should have apps such as Google Maps offline, location sharing, and emergency alert.
5. Watch Out Nature Mood
Do not overstretchy self in case it starts raining heavily. Be inside or in a refuge. Nature is an amazing power and the monsoon is the teacher of patience and respect without any comparison to any other season.
Stories You Will Gather
When it rains everything becomes cinematic. A near-death experience on a flooded road, a lucky encounter with a friendly local person who offers you a place to stay, a secret waterfall you found after being redirected at some point, this kind of tales turns into travel legends.
One solo traveller in Sikkim once told how she had been stranded because of a landslide and spent the evening with a local family. That was by chance accommodation and it turned out to be the best heartwarming experience in her trip.
There is one in which he describes witnessing a cultural dance in Kerala under thunderstorms, the floor below him made of wood and bitterly cold yet welcoming, a picture that cannot be erased out of his mind.
Touring during the rainy season truly is not about making wonderful plans, but it is about letting the rain alter your agenda.
Traveling in Rainy Season during monsoon: Ideas of the Brave Soloist
These are some of the best recommendations that can be offered to the travelling individuals, who desire to get the most out of the rains:
- Munnar, Kerala — Have a cardamom tea chai, stroll in tea gardens and see the green fields with rain clouds.
- Meghalaya Adventure The trip to living root bridges of Cherrapunji is a memorable experience, and one could stay too in eco -lodges hidden in the rainforests.
- Udaipur, Rajasthan: it has fewer crowds and romantic palaces set in the monsoons, which makes this city likeable even to the wanderers, who are traveling alone.
- Valparai, Tamil Nadu Valparai is an underrated jewel, all of which have merged into a perfect monsoon retreat with wildlife, waterfalls and misty roads.
Journaling & Inner Recollection
The monsoon promotes self contemplation. When you are living by yourself among the bare beauty of nature, your mind flows inside of you. Write a travel journal, it does not have to be ideal.
Keep a scribbled diary, draw a portrait of nature or even address yourself a letter to the future.
It is these small instances, these silent moments which are your best souvenirs, more than the views or the tourist photos.
Closure: Follow the Rain
Traveling alone during rainy season is not a light affair. It is, however, a trip worth every raindrop to those of us that are thirsty after raw beauty, poetic solitude and real stories.
You could end up being wet, late or waylaid. However, you will also come across some aspects of yourself that the sunshine and ease do not show you in the process.
Get your bag and just make that jump and experience what the monsoon has to offer; one step at a time.
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