niyozen a community of travellers held their first meetup in khar on sunday evening around 195 countries and countless experiences there was a lot to talk about should you quit your job to travel balancing your love for travel with career and family responsibilities were just some of the topics that were touched upon a love for travel with different perspectivesthe one thing that this group of travel enthusiasts had in common was their passion for exploring and learning about new destinations jimeet ved who has travelled to 25 countries while working in project management manisha singh who called it quits to travel through latin america for a year led the discussion as more than 40 other travel enthusiasts joined in with their queries picking travel tipsthe session was moderated by niyozens community lead sachin bhandary who is also known as the guy who took challenges around the world jimeet shared that a budget traveler should book based on flight prices rather than plan a destination and then book be flexible be optimistic pack your bags and push your luck shared jimeet the discussion covered life changing experiences to the notsopleasant aspects of solo travel and how to rise above unexpected situations manisha recounted an experience where a fellow traveller gave her a life lesson he told her dont try to be happy seek peace as that is a permanent state of mind other participants included ambika vishwanath and hoshner reporter who run a blog the duo shared their journey of quitting their fulltime jobs four years ago to explore india and its lesser known destinations chidambaram a city dweller who recently cycled solo from mumbai to kanyakumari also shared some fascinating anecdotes from his epic journeymanishas statement captured the spirit of the day be trailblazers travel isnt as difficult as it seems the statement captures what this travel community has set out to achieve