Seize The Opportunity
I didn’t recollect I would live on breaking our self-imposed ‘no flying’ dominion thence soon. Only half-dozen as well as a one-half months into our Thailand to South Africa overland journey as well as I am already most to laid human foot on ane of those large flying contraptions that I thence desperately wanted to avoid. But at that spot is a skillful argue for this. It would live on a shame to non seize the chance when a skillful ane comes along.
Life is what happens to us when nosotros are busy making other plans – Allen Saunders
Today I am sitting inwards Cambodia, relaxing exterior a characterful eating theater called ‘Happy Special Pizza’. Across from my outdoor dining tabular array is a placidity route running amongst the river that bares the same hollo of the town I am inwards – Kampot. The Vietnam edge is exclusively an hour’s ride away. I am sipping on a fresh mango smoothie. It has been made with precisely the correct amount of condensed milk to mask the slightly bitter sense of savor of the out-of-season flesh of my favourite fruit. Cirrus clouds drift past times on this unusually humid day. Dedicated Buddhists are bringing out offerings of rice, coin as well as canned soda drinks to the monks who walk the streets collecting alms. They give their blessings to all who attempt it. Life is uncomplicated here, precisely the way I similar it.
Tomorrow I board a flying to Germany. I guide maintain never been to Europe earlier as well as too the images I guide maintain seen on the mesh as well as the stories from swain backpackers, I guide maintain no view what to aspect there. I did non recollect I would teach a run a jeopardy to see Europe thence shortly due to the high costs of backpacking inwards the region. The coin spent inwards 3 months inwards Europe could potentially finally us a twelvemonth or to a greater extent than inwards Asia. So when I received an e-mail dorsum inwards June regarding a brusque flush I had written, our electrical current adventure had been thrown a huge curveball. I was lucky plenty to live on selected equally ane of the 3 finalists inwards the World Nomads go writing scholarship as well as equally a final result am beingness sent to Europe to acquit a 2 solar daytime writing course of report with a Lonely Planet author as well as and thence hitting the route for 10 days to document my travels.
To enjoin this had come upward equally a large surprise would live on dramatically undermining the actual emotions felt when I heard the news. An chance of this magnitude doesn’t come upward around often. I definitely did non recollect it would live on something that I would qualify for. I had never considered myself a ‘travel writer’. I precisely but go as well as write most it. Same equally I create non consider myself a motorcyclist precisely because I ride a cheap, unreliable motorbike.
Nevertheless the chance was offered to me as well as I intend to brand the most of it. My dearest of go grows to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than everyday as well as the passion I jibe for writing continues to give notice deeper with every novel article I guide maintain published. I guide maintain never wanted a ‘career’ but at the historic menstruum of 27, backpacking around Southeast Asia, I stumbled upon something that excites me almost equally much go itself. The notion that go as well as writing become hand-in-hand is to a greater extent than appealing than the deserted beaches as well as remote mountains I honor myself writing about.
It took a piece to uncovering this though. I left domicile at twenty as well as am yet travelling, vii years later. I was a unmarried guy when I left as well as straight off I guide maintain the beautiful Alesha past times my side. I can’t fifty-fifty enjoin my dreams are coming truthful because our lives guide maintain progressed faster as well as ameliorate than nosotros always could guide maintain dreamed. As Allen Saunders wisely noted (and John Lennon re-worked into the vocal ‘Beautiful Boy’), “Life is what happens to us when nosotros are busy making other plans”. We guide maintain decided to ditch whatever plans, as well as straight off our life is evolving inwards a beautiful way.
I volition stride onto the flying tomorrow from Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia to Berlin, Germany. Even though my entire European trip is planned as well as paid for I yet am unsure most what the outcomes of this variety of adventure are going to be. The best I tin create is to encompass every 2nd as well as focus on life’s ever-changing opportunities. In 3 weeks fourth dimension I volition live on reunited with Alesha dorsum inwards Southeast Asia. The journeying doesn’t halt on that flying back. Far from it. Instead it volition snuff it along with a novel added chemical subdivision that nosotros could never guide maintain anticipated.
Perhaps at the halt of my writing scholarship, I volition honestly live on able to consider myself a go writer. A novel unexpected career flourishing from an improvised adventure. Maybe this was business office of a innovation nosotros had unknowingly made, or peradventure this is what happens when y'all precisely allow life accept its course. Either way I am non going to allow this chance escape me.
But for straight off I sit down hither looking out at the Kampot River, wondering what the poorly concealed innuendo of a eating theater named ‘Happy Special Pizza’ actually means. Europe as well as its exciting opportunities are yet a globe away as well as I yet guide maintain this mango smoothie to enjoy. I don’t desire to recollect too much most tomorrow equally that would final result inwards me making subconscious plans. Instead I am focusing on this fruit shake. The waiter is walking over. Perhaps I volition seize the chance to lodge some other one. It is delicious.
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