00:00I am kind of used to it, coming from India, like people touching you, you know, just rubbing
00:08by your body or saying things.
00:10I tend to ignore them.
00:19Many people did not even know that my mom has one daughter, elder daughter, and two
00:24younger brothers.
00:25So they mostly knew about my younger brothers.
00:27I hardly stepped out of my house.
00:29My parents are not supportive at all about my travel adventures.
00:32They would rather have me married, travel with a partner, than do it alone.
00:53I think I spend around 50,000 per month.
00:56That is my budget.
00:57It can be like one country in a month or two countries in a month at max.
01:05You enter the immigration and you're surrounded by all these men, Taliban officers with their
01:11guns.
01:12They were like, no, you have to go back because you have no man with you.
01:15They were concerned how I would keep safe when I am inside the country.
01:27They allotted me a place in the officer's house.
01:30It was the whole family, the Taliban officer, his two wife, eight kids.
01:35We watched Bollywood movies at night.
01:37They gave me food and they knew that I am vegetarian, so they gave me vegetarian food
01:41options to eat.
01:42It's kind of sad that I am kind of used to it, coming from India.
02:10Like people touching you, you know, just rubbing by your body or saying things.
02:17I tend to ignore them.
02:18I met this one man from couchsurfing.
02:21Many travelers use it to meet local people.
02:24He actually started touching me for no reasons, like, you know, just holding my hands, holding
02:29my shoulders.
02:30And I was like, it is not needed.
02:32But because I have not grown up to say no to such situations, I just ran away.
02:38And this happened in Turkey.
02:39I was doing land border crossing from Thailand to Cambodia and the Thai immigration officers,
02:43they asked me for extra papers.
02:45And all these details made me lose a lot of hours.
02:48So I had to book a stay at the land border at night.
02:52I took help from a local man and I gave him my number so he has any queries or anything
02:57he can ask me for payment or anything.
03:01The man started sending me nudes at night.
03:03It was so disgusting.
03:06And like, it makes me cry like even now.
03:18The biggest challenge when it comes to traveling as a woman is the fact that you are a woman.
03:22So you cannot definitely sleep anywhere.
03:24If I don't feel safe, I don't give it a second thought.
03:28Like earlier, I used to think like, oh my God, I'm losing out on experiences.
03:32Now I don't.
03:33I think it's great to try once.
03:35I start losing a lot of weight and a lot of dehydration issue because I try to avoid drinking
03:42water when I'm traveling and using roadways.
03:44I don't want to get down in every pub and use every public washroom.
03:49Having access to internet, so you can stay connected with your family and friends, even
03:53if they're miles, miles away.
03:55Power bank, I think is a non-negotiable thing.
03:57You definitely need to have a power bank and an extra small phone and you can quickly make
04:02a call in case of emergency.
04:04I feel that traveling has made me smarter in dealing with people, understanding their
04:08real intentions and keeping myself safe.
04:11I would have never understood all these things if I was staying at home.
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