Summing up my trip in general, I would
say it was huge, a lot of effort but very worthwhile. We hadn’t done a trip
like that before, with two stopovers in Asia in between Europe. Despite the
effort it took to do so, stopping over actually ended up being great, and we
got to go to even MORE countries! I’m a very lucky girl as it was my fourth time
overseas.
I’ve always been one for experiences, and luckily this trip
included all sorts of different ones. Some excellent, some not so great, but
all of which taught me things. I went from dining in a Michelin star restaurant,
to walking along streets filled with beggars, and all things in between. Most
of the beggars had disabilities, some looking as though they were an inch away
from death. It upset me to see it, but even more so, it upset me that I got
used to it. However experiencing it, and now thinking and writing about it, has
motivated me to do as much as I can to help people. I’m an adult now (another
blog post to come) and I can now choose what I want to do in life. I can
literally do anything. I haven’t quite come to grips with it yet, but I’m sure
that once I do, I will thrive. Because helping others makes me happy. Helping
others helps myself and although I can’t help those beggars I saw, I do have
the ability to help people in my community.
I am slowly planning my trip away for next year. Once my
head is properly screwed on, I will start to really make a start. Currently I’m
looking at going to some of the poorer parts of Fiji, but Cambodia and South
Africa are also on my mind. I have so many options, and I’m so excited that I’m
going to be doing this!
I have a lot more writing to do, but it is actually 4am right
now, I’m wide awake and this probably isn’t my best writing in the world. In a
few days when I have fallen back into sync with time and have gotten used to
school, I will start properly blogging again.
