Hi! I am Mousumi
Full time woman, part time architect, part time educator, part time rock-of-the-family (see: wife and long-distance mom), and of course, part-time wayfarer. Today, I live in Singapore, in love with my tiny tropical red dot 1o North of the equator – my safe haven and launchpad to explore the world.
How it started
My love affair with travel started in earnest at the dawn of the 21st century after crossing over into my thirties. Before that, it was an on-off thing, sometimes on serendipitous chances, other times as part of a college group or with extended family. It was only when I started living in Europe that the travel bug bit me hard. Now, after twenty years and some forty countries later, I want to share my stories. These aren’t stories of an adventurous twenty something out to see the world with a backpack, nor is it the story of luxury all-included package tours. Mine is the tale of the careful (‘kiasu’ as we say in Singapore), economically-minded householder who takes some days off from the daily grind and ventures out with the family.
Modus Operandi
We don’t just get-up and take-off to wherever we fancy. We first delve into our ‘bucket list’ to find out where we want to go. Then we plan. Planning for the trip takes way more time than the trip itself. I spend time reading, learning, searching, sourcing and making bookings – flights, hotels, things to do and places to visit, also checking the safety, security, weather to ensure it’s the right place at the right time. And then we embark on our adventure – luggage and itinerary in hand, anticipation and excitement on our minds.
Telling the stories
These are my stories. The stories evolve from the journeys of young parents with a tiny tot in hand to the travels of a middle-aged couple with itinerant appearances of the adult son. They are stories of an average woman exploring beyond the boundaries of her everyday world, visiting popular tourist places and the not so popular ones, one who is equally excited to reach her destination in 2 hours or flying 24 hours to an unexplored one. These are stories of holiday trips which are planned well in advance but still unfold with sudden pleasant surprises.