My OperaSummary
Saturday, September 2, 2006 2:51:11 PM
I have never been one of those people whose belief is that universe is a friendly place. More like "I wonder what disaster waits behind the next corner". Before this trip I wondered if I still like travelling. It had been two years since my last solo travel. Sure, I had been travelling, but with groups of friends and family. I remember having fun and enjoying those trips, but when my friends went travelling this year in June and I had to work, all I felt was a little disappointment of not being able to join them. So I thought, maybe I'm over it. Maybe I don't like travelling that much anymore. Even when my holiday was approaching I was still thinking "I'd rather stay home and code". But I had been planning this trip since 1998 (more or less), so I decided to go for it.
I'm glad I went for it. The idea behind hospitalityclub is "Getting to know other countries and different cultures, making new friends". Well, can't say I got to know other countries and different cultures that well, I think two weeks is too short time for that, especially since you're always on the move. You might find places that you like, but you don't really know them, you just scratch the surface a little bit. And when I travel, the things I usually notice around me are those that are similar in different countries. Only during longer stay, I start to pay attention to differences. But maybe it is just the way my brain works.
During this trip people were so friendly and helpful, that very early I started to feel pretty ridiculous to send sms with license plate information and destination and estimated time of arrival every time I stepped into another car. Also sleeping with my moneybelt in sleeping bag...these people have better homes then me, why would they want my passport and Visa Electron? Especially since there wasn't that much money on the bank account in the first place. But all the mother hens out there, promise is a promise and I keep mine. So I slept with the moneybelt in the sleeping back and kept sending those sms messages.
I think it is very easy to become addicted to hospitalityclubbing and hitchhiking. There is quite a rush to meet new people and see new places every day. Home is pretty boring by comparison.
I'm glad I went for it. The idea behind hospitalityclub is "Getting to know other countries and different cultures, making new friends". Well, can't say I got to know other countries and different cultures that well, I think two weeks is too short time for that, especially since you're always on the move. You might find places that you like, but you don't really know them, you just scratch the surface a little bit. And when I travel, the things I usually notice around me are those that are similar in different countries. Only during longer stay, I start to pay attention to differences. But maybe it is just the way my brain works.
During this trip people were so friendly and helpful, that very early I started to feel pretty ridiculous to send sms with license plate information and destination and estimated time of arrival every time I stepped into another car. Also sleeping with my moneybelt in sleeping bag...these people have better homes then me, why would they want my passport and Visa Electron? Especially since there wasn't that much money on the bank account in the first place. But all the mother hens out there, promise is a promise and I keep mine. So I slept with the moneybelt in the sleeping back and kept sending those sms messages.
I think it is very easy to become addicted to hospitalityclubbing and hitchhiking. There is quite a rush to meet new people and see new places every day. Home is pretty boring by comparison.
