"There are three simple rules that I would follow while choosing my traveling companions. The first is the resourcefulness of the person, for I am pretty sure that a road trip would not be without roadblocks. Next is for pure amusement value, for the trip would be long and quite boring.And the last would be a comprehensive travel guide to help me understand the places that we would be traveling better. I present one person satisfying each of these criteria, and in some ways more than one.
The first person is my father. Growing up, I always admired him for the way that inspite of great personal hardships, he ensured that all of us kids were provided with the best comforts, good food and a shelter over the head. I remember him to be provident and resourceful through the way he made the best use of what was available or given to him.I took this as a life lesson, and followed some of the principles I had learned when I came to the US for my graduate studies. Among many of his personal examples, there are several which stand out. I remember him to budget his resources very well. Handling of money was one of them, and I always found him to be able to spend money on the right things like basic necessities while eschewing unnecessary expenses. I also found him to be a very reliable person, one whom even a stranger could turn to for solving even the simplest of problems. As a traveling companion, he would be the perfect person to help me sort out any roadblocks which I could potentially encounter on our trip. Some of them could be straying off our prescribed route, encountering flat tires, among other things. I am sure that with his vast experience of dealing with problems on a regular basis, and his own road-adventures in his younger days, I would feel in safe hands. Another facet of his would be this penchant for being adventurous which would be ideal to infuse enthusiasm among the rest of us throughout the trip. Also being of the same blood brings together some common characteristics and personality traits. We share a common sense of adventure, and he would be able to support me in taking decisions on which places to visit. He would also give me a boost while voting on these decisions. Overall, he would satisfy to the minimum two of my companionship rubrics and would be an excellent choice.
The second choice would be Robin Williams. For his sheer genius at making people laugh, and for his non-stop loquaciousness I would invite him to travel along with me.Trips tend to be boring, and we could use some amusement to keep us going. I see him as an icebreaker, and not only would he be able to help each of us converse with each other but he would be at his anecdotic best while telling people weird and wacky stories of our trip. I also feel that he would be a perfect foil for my father who lacks some basic appreciation of humor, and they would make quite the odd-couple. Robin, in tune with rigors of a popular celebrity, is also an accomplished and widely traveled person. We could use many of his experiences to good use in our trip, and we could maybe even get five-star celebrity treatment at various places. A nice, long and relaxing massage, followed by an overnight stay at some of the finest hotels (all at Robin's expense, mind you) is something which all of us would welcome after long hours of travel in a day.
The third person that I would take is Tony Wheeler, the founder of the Lonely Planet series of travel guides. He is one person who has traveled extensively across many countries, and we can see his expertise by just reading his guides. What better way to appreciate what you are seeing than from the encyclopedia himself. I hear he is also an automative engineer, which would help us incase our car broke down along the way.Tony, being a widely popular person among travel-junkies (even across continents), would give us pointers to places where he would have been, and where he would have friends. We could use some first-hand guidance along the way rather than relying on maps and atlases, and we could not have asked for a more suitable person. Tony, I believe, is also considered to be a very jovial person and that tilts the balance sorely in his favor for he satisfies all three of my companionship rubrics."
The first person is my father. Growing up, I always admired him for the way that inspite of great personal hardships, he ensured that all of us kids were provided with the best comforts, good food and a shelter over the head. I remember him to be provident and resourceful through the way he made the best use of what was available or given to him.I took this as a life lesson, and followed some of the principles I had learned when I came to the US for my graduate studies. Among many of his personal examples, there are several which stand out. I remember him to budget his resources very well. Handling of money was one of them, and I always found him to be able to spend money on the right things like basic necessities while eschewing unnecessary expenses. I also found him to be a very reliable person, one whom even a stranger could turn to for solving even the simplest of problems. As a traveling companion, he would be the perfect person to help me sort out any roadblocks which I could potentially encounter on our trip. Some of them could be straying off our prescribed route, encountering flat tires, among other things. I am sure that with his vast experience of dealing with problems on a regular basis, and his own road-adventures in his younger days, I would feel in safe hands. Another facet of his would be this penchant for being adventurous which would be ideal to infuse enthusiasm among the rest of us throughout the trip. Also being of the same blood brings together some common characteristics and personality traits. We share a common sense of adventure, and he would be able to support me in taking decisions on which places to visit. He would also give me a boost while voting on these decisions. Overall, he would satisfy to the minimum two of my companionship rubrics and would be an excellent choice.
The second choice would be Robin Williams. For his sheer genius at making people laugh, and for his non-stop loquaciousness I would invite him to travel along with me.Trips tend to be boring, and we could use some amusement to keep us going. I see him as an icebreaker, and not only would he be able to help each of us converse with each other but he would be at his anecdotic best while telling people weird and wacky stories of our trip. I also feel that he would be a perfect foil for my father who lacks some basic appreciation of humor, and they would make quite the odd-couple. Robin, in tune with rigors of a popular celebrity, is also an accomplished and widely traveled person. We could use many of his experiences to good use in our trip, and we could maybe even get five-star celebrity treatment at various places. A nice, long and relaxing massage, followed by an overnight stay at some of the finest hotels (all at Robin's expense, mind you) is something which all of us would welcome after long hours of travel in a day.
The third person that I would take is Tony Wheeler, the founder of the Lonely Planet series of travel guides. He is one person who has traveled extensively across many countries, and we can see his expertise by just reading his guides. What better way to appreciate what you are seeing than from the encyclopedia himself. I hear he is also an automative engineer, which would help us incase our car broke down along the way.Tony, being a widely popular person among travel-junkies (even across continents), would give us pointers to places where he would have been, and where he would have friends. We could use some first-hand guidance along the way rather than relying on maps and atlases, and we could not have asked for a more suitable person. Tony, I believe, is also considered to be a very jovial person and that tilts the balance sorely in his favor for he satisfies all three of my companionship rubrics."
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