Blessed to have my family behind my back and supporting what I want to do
Blessed to have friends giving their horror face of "omg, please be very very VERY careful"
Blessed to have met travelling strangers to interact with
You need to be mentally strong to travel alone. There will be times you feel alone, for sure and no doubt. And thus, any warmth and love from family, friends and fellow travellers feels ultra precious.
Louise and William are the guys I started talking to in Lima's hostel. They are from San Paolo, Brazil. One is a junior architect and the other works in finance. William has better English and has a crazy manager who doesn't appreciate his hard work and thus he took a 2 week off to travel with his long time best buddy. They used their Brazilian Spanish and asked where to eat dinner then left the hostel, they came back after a minute and said,
"Jenny, where's Jenny, ahhh, there you are! want to join us for dinner?"
"Hey, you're leaving tomorrow right? take a taxi with us! its cheaper and safer, you're a girl, we don't mind being there a little early."
"We'll walk with you to the shop, its safer." (even though the shop is right at the corner)
We split up in Lima airport and are all going to Cusco. We lost contact but had a strange yet super excited reunion on top of macchu picchu while hiding under a resting tent, waiting for the pouring rain to stop.
Hugs and more hugs while talking about How I met your mother and Big bang theory (and waiting for the rain to stop)
They are funny and loving people. I will not forget them and their kindness to a lonely backpacker.
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