“Maybe you don’t have an ordinary sense of safety and fear like others.”, she says.

You bet I don’t.

I don’t book trips in advance. I don’t go to countries where I already know the language.

Most of the times I just go. Make things up along the way.

I find no excitement in the comfort in pre-planning a trip, in booking weeks in advanced.

If there’s a hint of risk, I sniff it out and move towards it.