To search for the perfect moments do we travel far and wide. Travelling is indeed an experience of how we survive outside the boundaries of our homely atmosphere. Considering such a view it becomes very important to travel well equipped and perfectly packed with all the “Knicks and knacks” of the journey ahead. Listed below are some of the very essential “follow-ups” which might help one to sojourn well:

1. Make a list:

Travelling should definitely be organized. Even if it’s an unplanned trip make sure you jot down all that you wish to carry with you on a list. The very foremost of all fundas of wayfaring are probably a “to-take” list.  And, yes do carry it along with you so that you do not misplace anything; moreover having a list makes it easier for future use, does it not?

2. Travel light:

We don’t need to overburden ourselves with things we are hardly going to use while on a trip. A trolley bag and a handbag or a backpack should definitely fit all you need. If we manage we can survive well with the minimum of things we carry with ourselves. I mean why move around with your whole cupboard just for a few days?

3. Don’t binge buy:

It is funny to notice how going on trips carries back home with it loads of things that we buy and which hardly find a place in our lives, leave alone our households. We really don’t need to overload ourselves with whatever any shop puts up on sale while on the go. Yes it indeed is necessary to bring back some memories but then not something which would end up at one corner of our house totally forgotten or out of use. Memories can be made without burning bucks on absolutely useless things as well, can it be not?

4. A contact book:

When any other form of communication fails pen and paper work wonders. Just a small notebook with your name, address, any serious ailments one suffers from along with a few contacts to reach out to: when in trouble. That’s pretty simple a follow-up, is it not?

5. Some hidden cash:

Whenever you travel opting for cashless payment is indeed a good choice but carrying hidden cash is essential too, some bucks tugged in somewhere inside your bag in case you need them. Hidden cash even comes handy when you end up spending a lot more than the stipulated amount on your trip.

6. Grab a visiting card of the hotel you stay at:

Tourist places are unknown to us, we might often forget the place we are staying at, in such a situation a visiting card comes in very handy. Not only do you get the phone number to contact the hotel people when you need it but also when you forget your way back. If the hotels are not able to provide you with such cards, remember to jot down the name, landmark and phone number of the given accommodations.

7. Carry your mini first-aid box:

Emergency situations as I have already written about do not occur with prior notice. A small bag full of some very essential first aid items should be an important part of your travel bag and if you accompany someone who has needs continuous medical assistance carrying a medicine box becomes a very important thing, as we really wish to have a hassle free journey, don’t we?

8. Carry your medical records:

Apart from the first aid box one thing should also be added to your bag, if you or anyone who tags along with you suffers from any serious ailments then you should remember to carry your medical records with you. Furthermore Google allows enough information about good doctors in any tourist place, make sure to do a search online and take down information in case of emergency. As I mentioned earlier we all need a hassle free travel. Ensuring yours and your family’s safety should be a priority always, right?

9. Carry power banks:

We are all stuck to our phones, plus we are far away from our homes. A technology like this is definitely a “must-have” and a very important part of our travel bags. It helps you remain properly connoted for emergency situations occur unannounced, it is always better to prevent than to find a cure, right?

10. Drink packaged drinking water:

Travelling needs you to be healthy, if you are a person with a “weak-tummy” then carrying your share of packaged drinking water becomes a must. Even if you are fit and fine it’s no harm to spend some bucks on water rather than spending them on medicines later. Moreover keeping yourself hydrated is very important, is it not?

11. Avoid spicy and unhealthy food:

While we Indians are big foodies, it must be taken into account that unhealthy food needs to be avoided. Eat well while you are on the go. Definitely indulge in the local delicacies but avoid over-eating things. If you want it then eat it, but prefer to keep a check on what you might be eating. A healthy body makes a fitter mind to travel, right?

12. Dry foods are a must:

I have often felt too hungry while on the move, I would always wish to keep on munching something or the other. This can be your condition too, so before you leave on the journey grab some dry foods that can easily be carried and have a long shelf-life.

There we go fellas, these are some of those important notifications to your travel minds, go around immerse yourselves in the aura of the wanderlust. Travelling had always been a much loved phenomenon in all my life, hence I really wished to share certain good habits of mine with all so that just like I enjoy the ease of surfing through the land you all get it too. Hope my little effort reaches out to all those wayfarers like me.

Dreams are natural phenomenon which occur every night while we are asleep. If there is something that we all do, it’s the fact that we all dream in some form or another. Dreams are stories that our mind creates while we are asleep . Sometimes the dreams we see are so unusual that we refrain from believing onto it.Even scientists have not been able to find out the reason behind dreams .

Dreams can be entertaining, fun, romantic, shocking and mysterious. We often do not remember our dreams but nobody can refrain from the point that dreams don’t squatter their mind while they are asleep . We may never know what our dreams will mean exactly, but there are some strange facts associated with our dreams –

Dreams Have The Ability To Send Us A Message 

There are so much more to dreams than random images and people we see in our minds. Our dreams have the ability to send us a message and help us cope with a stressful situation in our lives. Dream therapy isn’t too far off the radar when it comes to helping people cope with the issues in their lives. Dreams often replicate what is happening with us or something which is about to happen in advance .

If you seem to see the same dream many times it might be a signal for you to be alert .

Sleep Paralysis 

When we enter rapid eye movement sleep, or better known as the REM stage our brain releases a chemical in the body so that we are paralyzed to movement. This makes it so we don’t acts out our dreams while we are asleep. However sometimes we wake up while the chemical is still active in our body and we hallucinate as well being unable to move thus causing the terrifying phenomenon called as Sleep Paralysis.

Though it is not very evident but sometimes when it happens it is quite terrifying. It really triggers our mind through it’s hazardous impact and thus we end up hallucinating in such a critical stage.

Animals Also Dream 

We humans dream while we are asleep but have you ever thought whether animals dream or not? The answer is animals dream similarly as we humans dream .So now when you see a dog smiling while they are asleep he might actually be having a dream that his body is responding to.

Studies have shown that animals dream exactly like we humans do and they have similar brain waves to we human . This is the reason they experience the same as we humans do while falling asleep .

We Forget 90% Of Our Dreams 

We all see so many dreams while we are asleep but we hardly remember them. On an average our memory retains only 10% of our dreams. Other than that everything gets deleted from our memory lane.

Considering if we have over 150,000 dreams in a lifetime; that’s 15,000 dreams that we DO remember. This is really very less that our mind registers.

No Strangers Allowed 

When we dream about other people, even people we don’t think we have ever met they all have faces that we have seen in real lives. Our brain isn’t capable of creating or visualizing a unique face but instead it takes inspiration from faces we have seen in our waking lives.

So that creepy stranger you might see in your dream is actually someone you have already met. You might not remember the person in your dream. However, a person only dreams of people he/she has met or seen in life.

Men VS Women 

Men tend to have more aggressive dream than women .They tend to dream more about other men as well.While women tend to dream equally about both genders . But interestingly enough first born males do not have as many aggressive dreams and first born females have more aggressive dreams .It just goes to show how similar yet wonderfully different men and women can be.

Dream And Perception 

We tend to dream according to the perception of life .This can cause certain phenomenon in our dream where we might not be able to dream in color but instead dream in black and white. Our perception of life can interwine with our dreams and outside forces can influence the course of our dreams while we sleep. For example a noise that might be going off in the room that you are sleeping in may be interpreted as something else in your dream.

So these were some jaw dropping facts about dreams which would have surely startled your mind.So now when you fall asleep you would know much more about your dreams.

1. Barely 5 feet tall

This isn’t a fact that is not known by everybody. After seeing such a graceful and tall lady in the portraits, no one can imagine that she was only 5 ft. Even though this doesn’t matter but still have you ever imagined that our Queen Victoria was so short.

2. Proposed her husband

Yeah that’s true. She was the one who proposed her husband, Prince Albert. Basically girls wish their boyfriends to propose them but our queen Victoria had the confidence and she decided to propose him rather than waiting for her special day to come. Moreover he was her 1^st cousin, son of mother’s brother. She proposed him when she was only 16 years old. I must say she had guts.

3. Raised by single mother and later became one

Queen Victoria was the only child of her parents. Her father, Edward, duke of Kent, died when she was not more than one year. So she was raised by her mother, Victoria Saxe-Saalfield-Coburg, The duchess of Kent only. There were many family issues after the death of her father still then her mother raised her well. When her husband, Prince Albert died cause of typhoid fever in 1861, Victoria descended into depression but soon she recovered and took charge of her children by her own.

4. The first known carrier of ‘hemophilia’

Hemophilia, a blood clotting disorder caused by mutation on the X chromosome, can be passed along the materline line in the family; men are more likely to develop it, while women are usually carriers. Queen Victoria was carrier of this disease and her son and her grandson died cause of this disease. Later on this disease was named as the ‘Royal disease’.

5. Six serious assassination attempts

Almost 6 attempts were done to kill her. Not by one person, many people tried to kill her and all the attempts were done when she was in her carriage. Finally she was shot by an insane Scottish poet named Roderick Maclean who shot Victoria with a pistol.

6. Always wore black

Her husband died in December 1861. She went into depression after that. Even though there were rumors that she married her Scottish butler but it was never proven. So she decided to wear black whole life and no other color to show her perpetual state of mourning.

7. Spoke German till the age of 3

Even though she was born in England, she spoke German till the age of 3. After that she was taught other languages.

8. Long life with 9 children

She had 9 children and after her husband’s death she raised them on her own. She suffered one of the major drawbacks of such a long life, tragically outliving three of her own children. She became grandmother at the age of 39 and great grandmother twenty years later.

9. Started tradition of wearing white in wedding

Before her marriage, women used to choose the best dress as her wedding dress but queen Victoria started this tradition of wearing white on the wedding day.

10. Journal writer

She started writing when she was 3 yrs old. Her mother checked her journals till she became the queen. She kept this diary throughout her life and her last entry was made just 10 days before her death. She filled up 121 on an average, wrote 2000 words per day. Before queen died, she insisted that after death, one of her children would go over her journals and sensor anything that might be considered as improper. Her daughter did that and after her censorship, most of her original journals were destroyed.