We all do it – our signature pose or prop when we take a picture while backpacking across the globe. Matt Harding has taken it one step further, capturing on video his unique dance in front of some spot that for him, symbolizes that country. Matt’s then taken all these videos and made a collage of his travel experiences.
The result is this beautiful, mesmerising montage to the spirit of trekking the globe that was posted to youtube and spread like wildfire, catapulting Matt to YouTube celeb status. This episode, Matt shares his travelstories with us…
When we dream of India, our mind wanders to the winding streets of overcrowded, harried cities like Bombay and Calcutta, to illustrious palaces erected in the deserts of Rajasthan, down the river Ganges as we pass by the holy Hindu city of Varanasi as bodies are cremated on the ghats or to that architectural wonder, the Taj Mahal. But a small town that is home to 2000 year old Buddhist stupas called Sanchi?
I stumbled upon the sleepy town of Sanchi (population between five to ten thousand) when I was traveling through India a number of years back with my backpacking buddy, Josh Lake. Josh joins me as we reminisce about this hidden jewel that we planned on staying for only a day or two and ended up leaving two weeks later.
We formed friendships with the owners of the place we were staying at (the Government House) and truly bonded with Yudibir, our kindred spirit, guide and friend who showed us a Sanchi that forever remains the home of my daydreams when the name India is uttered…
