I fell in love once.
I didn't take the relationship seriously, because I was only 25/26 and I had too much wanderlust. I couldn't come to grips with the fact that I was really feeling something for someone, and so I treated the relationship like it was nothing until it finally fell apart.
After 10 months of suffering with miserable heartbreak and regret, I became fully nomadic. Initially I was jobless, but then came covid lockdown. I figured that I might as well put in the effort to find a job that was okay with me living nomadically. So I found that job that I've been at for the last 4 years, and there's no financial barrier stopping me from continuing to travel.
Since becoming nomadic almost 5 years ago, here is a list of accomplishments:
Solo Trekked the highest mountain in South America 🇦🇷
Got tattooed by the world's oldest tattoo artist 🇵🇭
Trekked 3 passes with EBC solo in 8 days 🇳🇵
First solo backpack trek with a tent (Huayhuash) 🇵🇪
First 6km peak 🇳🇵
First unguided 6km peak 🇧🇴
Hiked the highest peak on earth (from core, not sea) 🇪🇨
Maintained the same travel buddies for 5 months 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇧🇷
Learned Spanish 🇲🇽🇨🇷🇵🇪🇪🇨🇧🇴🇪🇸🇦🇷🇨🇴
Learned to surf 🇨🇷
Got scuba certified 🇮🇩 + advanced 🇲🇾
Learned to ride a motorbike 🇻🇳
Crashed my motorbike 🇻🇳🇮🇩🇵🇭
Motorbiked 8000km throughout the whole country 🇻🇳
Drove a motorcycle up the world's highest road 🇮🇳
Drove a motorcycle to the world's highest border 🇵🇰
Korean Border to north tip of Japan, no flights 🇰🇵🇰🇷🇯🇵
Hiked Fuji while it was closed 🇯🇵
Made it to the Great Wall without a visa 🇨🇳
Volunteered somewhere charitable 🇲🇽🇺🇲🇵🇪🇨🇴🇧🇷🇱🇰🇳🇵
Some other cool stories:
Blacked out, passed out on the streets of a favela 🇧🇷
Bribed police to get a valid driver's license 🇮🇩
Got pickpocketed 🇨🇴🇦🇷🇪🇸
Almost died from a collapsed ceiling 🇦🇪
Crashed a wedding 🇱🇰
Became a celebrity guest at a birthday party 🇻🇳
Now at 32 years old, I found out that my ex girlfriend got married. Would I trade these last 5 years, to have spent 5 years with her? It seems obvious to me that I chose a much more exciting path in life. But I've never fully been able to get this girl out of my head. It's hard not to think.. what would have happened if I took our relationship seriously?
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5 окт 2024
