Travel A Possible Cure for Stupidity!

Every Journey has a Story to tell. And family vacations are an opportunity to build memories with your children.

• I visited Chilka Lake, Orissa in December 2012. We booked our boat

and set off on a journey and this is OUR STORY. Travelling for about 20 minutes the boat took us to an island in the lake.

• On the Island, We were approached by three locals with a basket full of oysters.

• They offered to demonstrate how pearl farming and extraction was done in Chilka. It intrigued us and we found the display quite thrilling.Initially they exracted a beautiful pearl and later offered to show us

........real precious stones. Don't believe,....I have a video recording....!!!!!!!!

• The trio informed us that the government had floated bid and their bosses who hailed from Delhi were awarded one year contract to farm the gems in Chilka! And so if this was not sufficient, there was more on offer.

All harvested in Chilka!

• The yellow one caught my fancy and on inquiring "Who created facets to the yellow one?", the trio informed " येह तो कुदरत का करिश्मा है | " The lead sales man offered to sell it for RS 18,000/-!! To check how far this bluff could go we negotiated. His last offer was RS 11000/-. He even offered to accompany us to nearest ATM about few Kilometers from Chilka for the payment. The trio were at their Delhi best to hard sell the merchandise.
• And we were at loss of words on witnessing this Karishma. We politely but firmly turned down his offer.

So for the children it was a lesson in disguise. The incident was a way of teaching kids how to get along with different people and prepare for unprecedented situations. 

• Travel sharpens one's instinct.
• Travel is a possible cure for stupidity!
• Not even universities can make the stupid smarter, they just make them better educated.    

So when you travel with your children, it helps them develop.....

I am sure they build memories for life time!

Amol