Travelogue

When entering the city of Vasudha, you will already have come to terms with the fact that you are far from home. When venturing this deeply into the exotic mass of jungle, you must either be lost and stunned to stumble across the natural beauty that is Vasudha, or searching for this city and ecstatically relieved to finally locate it. Once in close enough proximity, the erected gold and glass masterpieces of buildings cannot be missed by the eye. There are all different shapes of thick glass buildings wrapped tightly in the solid gold frames, scattered around throughout the superfluity of trees that have declared and enforced themselves to form from the ground wherever they please. Stained glass structures emit brightly coloured beams of light, as the sun transfuses itself through the variety of exuberant coloured sectional planes. The curves and crescents of the organic glass buildings almost seems impossible, but stand defiantly strong while shot into the sky, rooted to the ground like the clustered nature that adjoins them innately. Each structure's golden frames connect to one another continuously, as they lead down and connect to the arched doorways, which are also merged into the curbs of the scratched-up but still lustrous golden roads. The monumental paradise looks nearly as elegant and powerful as the gracefully arched female figures that are positioned customarily in the city, which can be spotted from certain areas through the combustion of thick chunky trees. The buildings and structures are predominantly engulfed in roots, vines and moss, like they have been decorated in an overabundance of nature. The patina on the floral stained glass patterns is worn and aged, occasionally pierced through by chunky tree branches that invade the interiors of these buildings insensitively. If you look closely at some of the solid gold framework, you may see diamonds and gems encrusted deeply into the crevices. There is no doubt about the allure that this grandeur of glass structuring possesses, while it also provides chilling waves of serenity when inside of the interior. The lifeless curved chairs and swirly patterned decorated tables, causes the indoors to appear abandoned unexplained. It is as if everyone in the building had left everything where it was and exited, without a care or thought of returning to this gorgeously furnitured city. Whether inside or outside of these sturdy buildings, the vast open spaces bestowed upon any visitor will engender them to feel diminutive to their surroundings, and perceive a brief feeling of powerlessness. The scale of not only the structures and monuments, but the ocean of wilderness that makes up Vasudha is too colossal for anybody to feel truly worthy of its virtue. No humans can be found in the nature filled city, only the cackling monkeys leaping from branch to branch, the warbling birds that prevent a constant silence, the high pitched screeching of tapirs, and the occasional but certain conniving cobras that linger strategically or feral tigers that prowl across the land. The land is full of thousands of different animals that reveal themselves at one point or another, forcing any adventurer to feel like an outcast in this territory. With all of this wildlife and untamed jungle that continuously evolves and enlarges, it can be bewildering that a lot of the obscure shaped buildings resemble what appears to look like animals and the earth's nature, with their unorthodox forms. The structures usually crafted for one's domain, privacy and safety mirror the exact thing it is supposed to shelter them from; the outside nature. Perhaps these things were not a priority to the inhabitants, having no doors or even any sign of hinges ever on the buildings, just curved arched doorways with no barrier to shut off the outside from the inside. The fanciful architecture embraces nothing but curves and nature through its appearence, and is also enveloped in flowers, vedure and luscious greenery. A bulky, gold sky-scraping tower shaped like a dragonfly stands vertically, with two round reflective glass spheres perched at the top, and gigantic stained glass wings full of immense colour spread out widely from the outside of one of the many cylindrical platforms that supports this tower. There's an arch shaped building that bridges itself over the ground, from one part to the other, covered completely in stained glass over the entire circumference of the incredibly flexible looking tubed cylinder, covered in the colours of a rainbow. A giant egg shaped glass building, supports a beautiful sculpted glass lady that lays across the top of it. The delicate arch in her spine is moulded perfectly onto the shape, her head laid back and both arms bent relaxed, leaving her looking carelessly defenseless as the vines and nature expandingly wrap around, like she has been seduced by the perfectly ravishing greenery. All contorted buildings, whether shaped like animals or leafs, even though they are partially coated in relentless weeds and shrubs, their appearance remains intensely prepossessing. The unbelievably magnificent constructions leave radiant sparkles as the scalding beams of the sun hit the shiny metal surfaces, whether it be the mountainous architectural creations towering over the stretched jungles, or the small-scale glass spheres that are separated over the curved T - shaped glass sculpted building, gripped and welded tightly by the commonly seen golden frames. An overpoweringly crushing waterfall leads off to rivers and streams that span out in different directions across Vasudha, radiating the sound of trickling water travelling gently that can be heard at any place in the city. While the beguiling landscape cherishes its beauty everyday that passes, the cracks and rifts in the speckled glass expand over time leaving curiosity about the fate of this abandoned utopia. Will Vasudha drown into the earth that swallows it and be hidden away forever eventually? Or will the feeble cracks at some point, cause these breathtaking structures to destructively cave in on themselves, leaving nothing but a broken and shattered wasteland, completely demolished and then forgotten? Like the nature has been responsible for clothing this city, nature will likely be the thing that subdues this city once and for all when the time comes, but until then it will boldly remain limitlessly gorgeous. So whatever you plan to do in the city of glass and gold, just remember that your visit may end up being much briefer than you think, for this city is far beyond reach to be claimed. No person is worthy nor capable of controlling this peaceful territory, the only option in this city is to embrace the flourishing surroundings like the city did, or leave. And as you decide to finally leave, your heart will likely be filled with despair, after becoming so attached to Vasudha just like the evolving vines have done so themselves. Only a wise man can produce the exertion to willingly abandon Vasudha, as this truly is no man's land. This is simply Earth's land.