In exactly four weeks’ time I’ll be setting off on an around-some-of-the-world trip.
People often ask me if I get less enthused about travel because I do a lot of it for my job, but what’s actually happened is that the more I’ve travelled the more I’ve realised that the world is vast and amazing and that there’s no way I can see all of it on bite-sized trips, so I’m leaving Cape Town for a year on the road (and in the air).
The plan is to go to the US, followed by South America, Central America and Europe, with the first stop in New York (one of my favourite cities) for a few weeks. I’m beyond excited.
As I’m starting to pack up my life and planning to soon say farewell to the people I’ll miss the most, Jack Kerouac’s words keep coming to mind:
“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks disappearing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us and it’s good bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
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How exciting! I hope you have an incredible time. I’d love to go to South and central America so I look forward to seeing how you get on.
Thanks Monica!
Make sure to visit the underground Churches in Colombia…..so many steps!!…hundreds!!
Cucuta in Colombia is interesting. I used to watch bull fights there in the 1970’s and during sangria
The llanos in Venezuela which used to be one of the biggest beef exporters in the world….now importing.
Venezuelan music from the llanos is an aphrodisiac…harp ,quarto and maracas….they sing the quatra punto!
Maybe my cowboy friends are long dead….but you never know!
Eat arepas!! (like a hamburger made from maize meal instead of bread…knockout!!
Have a ball ! !
Thanks John!
It´s my dream to travel around the world i really admire you! You should come to Paraguay