Travelling

[urban.spaceman]

10 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

Awsome life story!!

So many experiences. So many of which I just don't want to share and want to keep to myself

I so relate to this...

Honestly though, the biggest mistake I make with travelling is coming home, because especially with the declining political situation here I find myself longing for the road. 

GO GO GO!!

[Buce]

On 21/07/2021 at 23:24, jgtuk said:

Keep the dream alive… 

l don’t want to come across as a show off because it wasn’t glamorous. A lot of my travels involved hunger, hardship, spending time alone, away from family and friends. I’ve been robbed, mugged, hospitalised and scared for my life. 75% of the time was spent sleeping rough, in bushes, caves, barns, town hall steps, even a city centre roundabout. I’ve been detained at borders, arrested twice, dropped in the middle of nowhere, broke an ankle in the wilderness near the Syrian border with Turkey and so on… I was incredibly fit though and don’t regret a minute. It does make it hard to have a normal/package holiday type thing now though, my kids get a bit miffed with the trips I make them do. 
I’m more financially secure now so they don’t suffer hardship like I did, they just reap the benefits of travelling to far flung and exotic places.

I still have that dream, one last big one (8500Km - Azerbaijan overland to China) before I get too old… 

 

Hey, @jgtuk.

 

I came across this recently and thought you might be interested.

[jgtuk]

52 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Hey, @jgtuk.

 

I came across this recently and thought you might be interested.

Had a quick look, what a trail!! I wish I were young/single again, I'd be on that like a rash... I've made a small donation (bought them a mattock )

[urban.spaceman]

I wish I could have gone to Afghanistan when it was like this, it looked amazing.

 

 

[Buce]

1 hour ago, jgtuk said:

Had a quick look, what a trail!! I wish I were young/single again, I'd be on that like a rash... I've made a small donation (bought them a mattock )

 

Yeah, unfortunately with the political situation as it is in that part of the world, I'll probably be finished before the trail is.

 

I do have half a mind to join a volunteer camp one summer (Covid allowing) though; I've hiked so many trails it would be nice to help build one for future generations - it would be quite a fitting legacy.

[fuchsntf]

On 23/08/2021 at 20:00, Buce said:

 

Yeah, unfortunately with the political situation as it is in that part of the world, I'll probably be finished before the trail is.

 

I do have half a mind to join a volunteer camp one summer (Covid allowing) though; I've hiked so many trails it would be nice to help build one for future generations - it would be quite a fitting legacy.

Like the Adventurers old adhege

 

Do Not follow the path where it may lead

Go instead where there is no path

& Forge a new trail, so that others may follow...

 

I tried my damnest..! But my machette got somewhat blunted...

Some say " Home is where the Heart is"....

But I found I had only one

and there are/were so many places

Where my Heart didnt know Nature's embrace is never done...

 

Buggar....!!!