About three months ago I was hiking through the Swiss Alps with one of my best friends. It was raining; the trains were delayed; we forgot to buy a gas bottle so we couldn’t cook our dinner; we were carrying our tents, sleeping bags, pots and pans; we were hiking up 1700m with all this gear and in the rain, across snow drifts, avalanches, fallen logs and streams; we were sleeping on the hard ground. But, it struck me as weird because I couldn’t remember when I had felt that relaxed - it had been ages. There was something about the outdoors, the breathtaking scenery, the friendly retired locals telling us about winning the ski championships in 1942, and the marvelous wilderness surrounding Interlaken that was just such a perfect break from work and London life.
Into the clouds
So we hiked up a mountain, despite all our woes and there I was standing at the top of the mountain, victorious, and contemplating my decision to be working and living in London.
So, I returned home, I bought a ticket aboard the trans-siberian railway, I told work that I quit and now, two months later, I’m sitting in my parents living room, unemployed, with my bags packed and no intention of coming back within a year.
So now the time has come. I’m nervous, I’m excited, I’m not ready, I can’t wait. I’m going on an adventure!
Success at the top of Harderkulm, Switzerland - May 2013
I’ll try to blog where I can, I’ll not have my laptop but I will have my phone and access to internet cafes along route.
If you look to the pages to the left you’ll see I’ve got a rough itinerary of where I intend to go; a global map that will show all the push-pins from each destination I visit (empty at the moment); and a few links to generic posts about life, travelling etc…
See you all in a year!