My yearning for freedom and adventure is far from satisfied. I have been on the road for more than two years now. After I have been to Africa, I went to Central America for half a year and then through South America for almost a year. The normal everyday life, as most people know and live, is something that I cannot imagine living at the moment. My life is too precious for that.
Sometimes I think about where I would be in life today if I had not started traveling in September 2015. Probably everything would be like always: I would have my little flat and would drive to the hospital every day to work. And that is how I would spend all those years until my pension. Maybe I would marry in between and possibly divorce again afterwards.
But is that what I want? Would I be happy with that? I do not think so. And once I knew that there are other ways to shape your life, I really do not want to go back to my old, boring life. Sure, I have to admit that, right now, apart from my backpack, I do not have a lot of material things like others, who can show off their expensive cars, houses, clothes, etc.
But that does not matter to me. At the age of 29, I have already experienced so much that others will not do all their lives. I can look back on the most incredible adventures and have friends spread all over the world. I have gained more self-confidence and have become more courageous. Nobody can take all that from me.
I hope that the tips and advice from this book have been of help to you, and that my travel stories even may have motivated you to pack your own backpack and to travel to my favorite continent, Africa. But I also would be very happy if my stories have just made you dream about it.
Thank you for choosing this book and for supporting me. If you liked it, then please recommend it and leave a review for it on Amazon. That would really help me.
Meanwhile, the second part of Once Around the World has already been planned. The book should then be about my six months of backpacking in Central America and Mexico. So you will hear from me soon.
If you are interested to see photos from my journey, you can find them HERE in my online photo albums. Enjoy them!
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Well then, bon voyage and bye!
Yours Michaela