Traveling has become a need.
It all began when a cousin invited me to do a trip to a far and exotic place and, after some adjustments due to budget, we ended traveling to Western Europe, that wasn't certainly not so far nor exotic, but fascinating and it marked a very important point in my life.
France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain, were the destinations from that trip. As I came back to Guadalajara (Mexico), I realised that I needed to travel more, learn languages, know more...
Years have passed and my way of traveling has changed: everytime more practical, more adventurous, more austere, more strategic, funnier. Mi last big trip was last year, to China. Everything so strange and sometimes a little familiar. Everything so different, so exotic, so fascinating.
That first trip I payed a tour. Now I make my own tours. That first trip with suitcase. Now always with backpack. That first trip speaking my native Spanish and the so "universal" English, that in France didn't let me ask for something to eat without cheese (that I don't eat). Now, speaking French, being able to ask for a meal sans fromage (without cheese), speaking German and a bit of Chinese, that was the salvation sometimes while in the Middle Kingdom (Zhōngguó, 中国, China).
Thousands of photos, countless reflections... thoughts, sensations, flavours, smells, colours, people, places, cold, hot, joy, desperation, surprise, sadness... Traveling is now a way of living, a road with no return, is to remember to be human, to remember that we are part of Nature, to remember that we born in a city or town, but we are part of a planet.
I've decided to write this blog so I can share my experiences and be automotivated in the research of new destinations and new roads. I hope you enjoy it.
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