The biggest difference in backpacking over the years…

Technology! It’s amazing how much things have changed. Word of mouth is now driven by technology. Information on roads less travelled are available at your fingertips. I’ll give the example of Kerung, our border crossing location from Tibet into Nepal. Once you see the picture of Kerung, you’ll understand why I was looking for transportation. The place looks desolate. The website given to me showed there was a daily 35 seater bus which ran twice a day from Kerung to Kathmandu. One in the early afternoon and one at 3AM. As we are crossing around 9AM, the preference is to …

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The preparation for the big adventure

Where to begin? When you start to ask questions you realize that there are more people out there that have or know someone who has done something similar. You are not alone! Aside from the self-doubt, wondering if you are mad to give up a good life, needing to convince your partner that you aren’t mad, willingly fliping your children’s world upside down, letting go of your safety net to enable new opportunities… The heartbeat rises and you feel the pressure. It is daunting!! BUT it is also so exhilarating! Change is good. Reprioritisation is essential. Breathing to smell those roses unequivocal. …

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Dreams do come true

This trip is my dream! One of the 5 intrepid travelers. Travel has always been part of my life. I was born in Montreal and was raised in Europe. I returned to Canada for university to yet again set sail after working a few years. I arrived in Asia backpacking and 24 years later, I’m still exploring this part of the world with family in tow. I always said that I arrived backpacking and would one day leave backpacking.

“To live is to wander. We shouldn’t accept the home that’s written in our passports. We should travel and find it ourselves. Even if home, in the end, is the whole wide world itself.”
Conny Cernik

 

 

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