BORN TO BACKPACK

Love birds, Explorers and Awesomeness

Personified is how Rishabh and Nirali aka Gypsy Couple, define themselves. Theirs was a perfectly arranged marriage, says Rishabh. He is a businessman from Ahmedabad and Nirali, a Kolkata-based teacher. Their common love for travel is what connected the two. Says Rishabh, “I’m more into reading and love networking with people. She has her group of friends and loves music. I’m a beach person and she loves mountains. Travel is the only thing we have in common and we both absolutely crave for it,” says the couple, who chronicle their adventures on their website Gypsycouple, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

Having travelled extensively since childhood, Rishabh and Nirali call themselves born travellers. Their childhood vacations were with parents at different destinations. “We were always travelling, across the length and breadth of India,” he recalls.

After marriage, they covered major destinations in India and exotic locations in Mauritius, South Africa, Thailand, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany and the UAE. Travel, for them, is all about creating treasured memories. “Every travel is a different experience. We can’t pick the best one. We celebrated our first anniversary in Goa during monsoon. The experience was so good that we got to see another face of Goa. The place was lush, covered with fine mist and it was drizzling. The crowd was thin and we could walk along the beaches though they were closed. The experience was surreal. Then we decided that every monsoon, we will travel to some part of India,” he says.

They visited Rajasthan in the monsoon and Rishabh swears by the beauty of the desert country in the rainy season. “We do prefer luxury, but also follow offbeat luxury to enlighten our readers on what all can be done differently,” he adds.

They have a few tips for travellers. “Every person has a type of travel they are suited with. Don’t ever set off to some place because your friend or relative had visited it. Travel as you love, it should bring happiness to you. If you don’t have a budget for a trip abroad, travel across India, there is so much to see,” he says.

In their bucket list are Antarctica and Northern Lights. With support from family business, the Gypsy Couple dreams of becoming full-time travellers.