Today is a sad day. It’s my last day and I fly home tonight. Especially as my last night was average! I got up checked out a hostel for the last time and then went to ladies street to look at fakes. I then had breakfast and went to see the Bruce Lee statue. That was my last activity 😭😭😭 so I showered and headed to the airport. This is an awful feeling and I want to cry. I’m not ready to come home or face reality or work. I love the freedom and just acting like this is real life and I don’t want to go back to being trapped or being told I have to go in x amount of days a week like a child. I’m not ready. I’ve had the absolute best time and now I’ve started crying on the plane lol even through all the accidents and Vietnam being a bit of a struggle then being a bit apprehensive in Cambodia, it’s all been amazing and so worth it and the best and crazier thing/experinces ever, from Cambodia root canal, to running into Taylor on a random night in Singapore when i was only there two nights, he got live there and I want meant to see him until Hong Kong, gettin ecoli and getting a bit delirious with it to having the best group in Georgetown that everyone kept extending. From learning to surf in the Philippine capital for surfing to learning to scuba in thailands capital for scuba. Doing a night dive and being on pitch black 20m under the water and the luminescent plankton lighting up, do mushroom smoothies and watching hooting stars and a milkyway in the gilis, and catching up with new friends in other countries when the stars align and we overlap (even when you do realise you was sat at the same table in one country until you’re roomies on another)! I’ve had THE BEST experiences (can’t continue you lost them all!) and I now have amazing friends who live all over the world who I can visit and also some closer to home. I’ve learnt alot about different cultures and about myself a bit too. I’ve reawakened hobbies and passions I completely forgot about a an adult (scuba is snorkelling on steroids an I loved snorkelling, can’t believe I never tried it before) and I surprisingly really enjoyed surfing (I didn’t think I’d even be able to get up). I can’t believe this is it? It felt like yesterday I was flying out and now it’s over in a flash. Just shows how much of a good time I’ve had if it went so quick. I’ve got a cold and I haven’t had a cold this whole time so it’s obviously the stress of going by home kicking in. I can’t wait for the next trip. I feel like I’ve unlocked a new level of my life now.
Oh it also had made me appreciate home life and England. It is so beautiful and it makes you appreciate the people and animals at home more and home comforts (moving around is just agg sometimes). So it’s not allll horrible going home,BUT yes, I want more freedom to go where I want when I want and to do the hobbies I enjoy doing when I want. New jobs pending…
Brb just gonna go cry some more. Thank you Asia and to all of the amazing people I’ve met alot the way who have helped create some of the best memories and experiences of my life :) I’m leaving absolutely broke in terms of money, but extremely rich in terms of experiences and I feel so so lucky to be now to say that,money comes back but time doesn’t and I’ve definitely made sure my time was rich 💚
Stats:
Broken items - 9
Broken phone screen - twice
Lost items - 19
New skills acquired - 2
New friends made - about 50 who made the list
Nationalities met - 37
Destinations - 62?
I’ll - 11
Injuries - 15
Plans changed - 14 (that I can remember)
Flights - 26?
Scammed - 1
Bad travel days - 2
Times I’ve had to use receipts as toilet paper - toooo many times
Massages - millions
Countries - 10
Friends/fanily who have visited - 6🥹
Lessons learned:
I’m not as social as I thought, I need a lot of recharge time
Men are shallow
You can make friends with people you never thought you’d get long with sh they’ll be one of the best people you’ll meet
Solo travel is for me, I’m relaxed coz I can decide what I want to do allll the time
I’m serious fucking clumsy
I REALLY hate hiking
I am a city girl and a beach girl. The inbetween I can leave pretty much
Germans are some of the sickest people
As are scandi