Why is he quitting work and life in Dresden? Just to travel?
And
what after that? - I can hear you ask those questions... Well, the
answer is easy and difficult at the same time. First, I decided it was
high time I realized my dream of taking some time off and go
traveling. Friends will know I was pondering this move for quite a
while. And they might already have been annoyed by this (hello L.!).
The time is NOW. It is certainly no good to keep hoping for a better
opportunity to do this in the future, that is never going to
come. Plus, I am unfortunately not growing any younger. And then, I
realized, I would be probably looking back to this time in a few years
from now and think "why didn't I do it then..." In fact, my decision
did not have to do much with work. Work is (was!) mainly fine. But work
is not
life. It is a part of it - an important one, admittedly.
So who knows - I might be back working for Inferno (oh, excuse me - but
my ex-colleagues might appreciate this little pun!) in about a year
from now. Or I might end up as a diving instructor on Bali. Or grow
potatoes in Patagonia, or apples in Tasmania, or... Who knows. Any recommendations from your
side? ;-)
In a nutshell, I am currently giving the realization of a personal dream
priority over career. And what is to come after traveling, to be
quite frank, I do not know yet. I feel, however, I do not need to have a set plan
at the moment. But I have rarely been more positive about a decision in my
life!
So what's the plan right now? - That is much easier to answer! I will
fly over to Buenos Aires on October 5, improve my as yet almost
non-existent Spanish, and then travel through Argentina, Chile,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador. There is lots of opportunity for many a good
walk and I will certainly take my camera... Once "done" in
South America I will see to catch a plane to Oz and probably first
settle for a month or so in Melbourne or Sydney. When I had enough
holidays from traveling I will grab a car and drive around for a few
months - looking forward to seeing all you friends down there! Oh yes,
and then there is still the North Island in New Zealand which I almost
entirely missed beginning of this year. After Oz/NZ the plan is
rather vague - maybe South-East-Asia, maybe an other trip to Japan
(will you still be there, J.? considering you decided to take a one-way
ticket
to get there...), maybe Nepal, India... or on the Trans-Siberian back into
Europe from China? I will see how things are the closer this gets.
So much for now. Let me know if there should be other questions not answered.
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