How Travelling Makes you Realise what Really Matters

Erika Chaudhary
5 min readJan 18, 2019
A photo taken by me “On the Road” Remote Morocco

After driving more than 1,400 km in Morocco in 9 days I’ve become a lot more closer to my husband, happier (if that’s possible), and learned heaps about myself, the world and others. Here is a brief summary of our trip to Morocco.

We hired a car and drove from Marrakech to Ouarzazate then to Zagora and then to Merzouga. Merzouga was a desert. We stayed there a few nights. We then drove back to Marrakech staying at Todra Gorge then getting lost for an extra 3-hour drive to a remote part of Morocco, then driving to Skoura where we stayed two nights and then back to Marrakech through Aint Benthou longer but scenic route!

We stayed at 10 different hotels; some were rubbish and some spectacular, however, that’s part of the travel! What have I learned from this trip? Here is my two cents worth.

Travel is much more glamorous in hindsight

When people travel not many mention uncomfortable things. We all see the beautiful photos of the trip but never see the actual reality of it. For instance, I had a migraine for three days! It was terrible! Thank goodness I had my migraine pills with me. I do suffer from bad migraines. The one mosquito that didn’t let us sleep almost the whole night and we were knackered the next morning.

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Erika Chaudhary

I am a writer who learned to code! I write about personal experiences within a humanist and global context. Find me on Twitter & Instagram @erikachaudhary