In my head the the trailer for the Hollywood film of this story starts something like this:
[in a deep American drawl]
'In a land of mystery, in a time of change, one man's discovery leads to the journey of a lifetime' . Or perhaps, 'He was a man on the edge, he had nothing to lose. In a land far away, he found something that would change his life forever'. This story would be cinematic, have a chiseled hero, a bit Indiana Jones, a bit Ewan MacGregor in a montage of stunning shots of mountains, close up's of emotional faces (laughter, tears, anger, joy), pictures of exotic people and places, all in glorious saturated, cinematic 35mm colour.
However the likelihood is it would be more like:
[in a middle English slightly sarcastic accent]
'Middle aged geezer gets neurotic about getting old and losing his hair, jacks in his job and tries to regain his youth by motorcycling round India'. This would have much smaller production values, perhaps an odd looking comedy character actor, shot in sets built in tv studios, but maybe with some pathos, irony and a bittersweet and painful, self awareness and comedy.
Truth is though, we never know exactly what the strapline or the summary of our adventures or even our life will be. I have resigned from my job, I am starting to lose my hair, but I also I hope to have a journey of a lifetime and do something amazing. There are also a lot of other reasons and motivations being me going - I have dreamt of this for ages, I was getting a bit stale in my job, I have wanted to go back to India for years are just a few. The trip and this story will probably at times be all of these different types of stories.
In 5 days time I leave. I don't know exactly when I will be back. I don't know exactly what will happen. I would love you to accompany me on this trip.
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