A tale of coffee and world travel #TellTaleThursday

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Back to business, shutters up.

The floor well swept and mopped.

Freshly brewed coffee and the smell of pakoras.

Breakfast time was the one where they made most money.

A regular no frills coffee shop tucked in a one of the many lanes in Cochin, they sold around 300 cups of coffee each day.

They lived a frugal life, saving every penny.

One would perhaps walk away, not noticing this quaint shop, the streets of Cochin are full of many such small coffee shops.

What makes this special is the walls that are adorned with picture, pictures of travel to 23 countries over the past several years- from Switzerland to South Africa, Israel to Egypt. The man who serves everyone coffee with a smile on his face and twinkle in his eyes and his demure wife – the owners, managers, business partners in this coffee venture are in fact the wanderlusts in these pictures.

As a customer worries about his second house EMI, the other one talks about taking a car loan to buy a bigger car and the third is stressed about his bonus at work, our coffee man smiles at his wife as he counts their earnings for the day ” 256 days to go before our next dream begins”

(This story draws inspiration from the real life adventures of Vijayan and Mohana, an elderly couple who own a small tea shop in Cochin and are fulfilling their dream of travelling the world by funding their travel from their tea shop savings and by taking loans. The work for 3 years and collect money and then travel to a new country.)

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Published by Akshata Ram

Chartered Accountant, Story Teller, Dreamer, Voracious Reader, Blogger, Mommy to a little munchkin, Shopaholic, Day Dreamer.Passionate about my career in the corporate world and aspire to break the glass ceiling, at the same time nurture my passion for writing. My niche area is short stories, I also write on parenting, sexism, life's experiences, micro blogs and flash fiction. I have won the best Parenting blog post at mycity4kids.com the largest parenting website in India, 4 times and several of my posts have been published in the #MostPopular category on this site garnering millions of views. I also write on Bonobology, Rivo Kids, Women's Web and Youth Ki Awaaz. My blog has been chosen as the Top Indian Blogs for the years 2018-2019,2020 by TopIndianBlogs website and found a place in the prestigious Top 22 Indian Literary Blogs in 2020 @TopIndianBlogs.

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