A post travel experience I'll never forget...
World is really small, well it has become small, thanks to technology.
I would like to share a very emotional incident that happened this weekend.
A small background first:
This is regarding my Himalayan trip last year where I had visited Kargil and a village near by named Akchamal.
I had taken several photos of the place and had shared those on flickr.com
Two months back:
On my flickr album I had got a comment on following photo of the village akchamal:
I had got comment from a flickr member. Following is the conversation I had with him on flickr:
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- IT is my village akchamal..
- (2 months ago | edit | delete)
Glad to know that you are from the same village.
I have some pictures of the kids from the Akchamal Villagehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kcbMSG9wetI/TI9KIEc8wYI/AAAAAAAAEgM/uhj3K0znCIo/s1600/Himalayas2010+333.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kcbMSG9wetI/TI9K5QOfFYI/AAAAAAAAEgc/2GEtyOko-e8/s1600/Himalayas2010+336.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kcbMSG9wetI/TI9LrsYvu4I/AAAAAAAAEgg/JjIB1M139fI/s1600/Himalayas2010+337.jpgWould it be possible for you to take a print out of these images and give it to the kids in the village. The kids wanted the photograph and unfortunately I couldn't send due to lack of full address.
As you can see above I had shared some pictures with him if by any chance he will be able to handover the photos to the kids though I thought it would be a long shot. I had decided to handover the photo myself to the kids when I next visit the place which would have taken a lot of time may be a year or two.
Cut to this weekend:
I was checking my email inbox when I spotted a message on flickr. It was from the same person, Iftikh, I opened the message and read it. Reading that message was a feeling that I cannot express in my words. For me at least it was very emotional. I showed it to my wife as well and told her the whole timeline. She also felt my emotions and said world is really small...
Following is the message from Iftikh:
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thanks for the msg..wel i am going to kargil soon,
so i surely i will give the photograph to the kids,my two brothers also exist in your photos.
thanx man for visiting my valley kargil...
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The thought that my trip actually brought happiness to other people too overwhelmed me and thought of sharing it. World is really small, I now realized.
I am really happy that the photos will reach their destination
I am really happy that the photos will reach their destination