It´s been a year
So, a year ago yesterday I left Scotland and arrived at my first destination, St. Petersburg. Many countries, fights, treks, tours and bus journeys later I am in Peru, still enjoying travelling. I missed my flight home from Mexico last week, so think I will be staying here for a bit longer yet.
I have spent the last couple of weeks, having a bit of a break from everything, staying in one place, doing very little sight seeing and have instead been enjoying doing a bit of work, trying to improve my Spanish, watching a lot of the football and tennis and just having a bit of a break. So to celebrate my year anniversy I decided to get going again and spent the day on the bus to Arequipa thinking about everything I´ve done over the last year. Its hard to remember what my expectations were when I left home, but I think the trip has far exceeded anything I thought was possible. I have seen all the major sites I dreamed of going to, the Kremlin, the Great Wall of China, Uluru, trekking in New Zealand, Patagonia, the Amazon and Macchu Picchu, to mention just a few. I have also been to many other places that have been equally impressive, even though I´d never heard of them before. I have also met some great people on the way, so despite travelling by myself the last few months I have never really been alone. A lot of people have asked if I´m bored of travelling yet, but everyday I am still constantly impressed by the new things I see and experiance. Yes there are times after a sleepless night in a crowded dorm room I think of going home to my own room and a change of clothes but I think my trip is far from over yet. Just a quick look a the job adverts is enough to make me want to stay away just a bit longer, and the more I travel, the more places I find there are that I want to visit.
So my plans for the next few months. I´m going to spend July travelling up through Peru, and August in Equador. Then I´m off to Costa Rica and I´ll probably spend a couple of months travelling up through Cenral Amercia to Mexico, where I will fly home in October/November. Well maybe, I haven´t been too good at sticking to plans, and I haven´t booked the flight home yet….