In a world gone mad

I was introduced to a hitchhiker from France, Ludovic Hubler who had traveled 70 countries and over 160,000 km without having to spend a single penny on travel. The thing that excited me the most was his commitment to do this journey and actually achieve his goal. I spent many days with him and it seemed like I am in an interactive library. We had an opportunity to share our views on many issues that confront us and reached a unanimous decision that Peace was the call of the day.

Our discussions ranged from religion to politics to economy, regional issues to culture traditions and  social issues. Although we did not agree on many things but we did agree to disagree with each other and discuss the issues.

During his stay in Lahore we took him to many school, colleges and other educational institutes as it was his desire to interact with the children so as to share his ideas and experiences. This interaction was very well received by the children as we got calls from their administrations that they would want another such presentation. He must have given over 10 interviews to the electronic media and equal number to the print.

He started his journey on 1st January 2003 and would complete his mission on the1st of January 2008 at the same place where he first hitched a ride.

I wish him the best of luck on his future journey.