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Akash • Edited

Wow. I also think and fantasize about such scenarios and things. Let me tell about my experience on a trip I went in school (or the only trip ;)). So, the school organised this trip for the very first time and since we were small, many of the parents didn't allow there kids to go but I went. My mom was really scared but she had no issues and let me go because I wanted to go. Back then phone was rare so I didn't have any and so communication was infrequent. We went to a national park or sanctuary sort of a place which is famous for tigers but we didn't see any on the Jungle Safari :(. This was particularly disheartening cause I find tigers mesmerizing. All we saw was a barking deer from a distance and a goddamn wild chicken. LOL. I still remember that noisy kid who was consistently trying to impress the girls while being repeatedly told to not make noise as this would scare and disturb the animals. The Safari guy was also not a very nice person but nonetheless. We were given milk and biscuits if I remember correctly before the Safari and I burnt my mouth because it was too hot and didn't cool down for a very long time. For some weird reason I still remember that moment and also the smell of the warm hot milk and biscuits on a cold morning close to the jungle where supposedly tigers were living. Hehe....there are so many little stories and memories :D. There are good and bad and scary (atleast at the time) stories around the whole trip. Its like one of the very few strong memory that are good that I remember. On the way back though I got sick so I could not enjoy the buffet that was setup for lunch :( but I have fond memories of the trip. There is so much more, there was that big ass spider and the childhood friend I spent time with on the trip after we got separated, the floating slippers, the bonfire, the kid who peed in our bed, the broken fence near our room, the bathtub (nothing special about it, its just that we saw it for the first time xd. I only saw it in Tom&Jerry and basically on TV before it), the stuff soft toys and the rumor of a guy who would knock on our door at late night and the algae filled water that scared the shit out of me....haha a lot of boring, scary and maybe some sad stuff. So here was my story in a nutshell. This would make up such a nice topic to talk about in person (maybe after a little intoxication :P) but here it is, in a comment on dev.to, a place full of awesome and highly skilled engineers.
P.s And yeah I might copy your bio.
Just one more thing, I think long back I came across an organisation that hosts an event similar to what you are talking about, I think it was protocol.ai or someone associated to them but I am not sure. It was something along the lines of people meeting up annually I suppose on a surprise location, most prob an island and having a great time, discussing life and ideas and what not. Its unfortunate that I don't remember it exactly.