I had to stop by the roadside today. And I broke down and cried. Ive had to make a hard decision. One that ultimately means that I will have failed to complete what I set out to do. And that matters to me. It hurts. Failure lasts forever. But the crux of the matter is that from the budget I set myself to get from the UK to NZ, I only have £500 left and need get to across Malaysia, a flight to Australia and cross Ozz. It cant be done! I do have another budget left to go see New Zealand with and I have always said I can not touch that, and I will not. I have to see New Zealand. I have also realised that I am pretty lonely after all and not so happy on my own to much now. That can be dealt with, its just a bit of suffering. But it does take its toll. As I sit here, guys on moterbikes beep their horn and shout hello. Down the road there was a police check point but they waves me through said hello and smiled with genuine warmth. It is all these little things like this that has made this trip so wonderful. I can suffer and then somebody does something and it lifts my mood and warms my heart. There has been so much kindness shown on my journey and I have ridden along way. Over 17,00km to here. Seven months of moving on. Seven months of finding somewhere to sleep. Seven months of meeting people. I would like to thank them all for the kindness shown, even though we did not have a common language to communicate with. I would like to thank Adrian and Janine, Hendrik, Yuji and Aya, Martin, ALL you guys from The hostel in Bishkek ;), Patrick and Tanja, Mathieu and Linda, and Bien(Sabine), all for spending extended time with me and giving me a break from the norm. And Also all the others that I met for brief periods along the way. There are so many of you, and I mean this, Thankyou. Sorry for not mentioning you. But a warm thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you back home following my journey. Without your support, encouragement and comments the road would have felt empty. Thanks :) I am writing this now, because now the decision has been made it feels like the end, But this journey is not yet over. So fear not. It has reached a pivatol point where things are a bit different from the original plan, and maybe it is appropriate that this has happened as I reach the end of the land mass in Asia. I can get a flight to Brisbane for around £170 and cycle south from there to Melbourne. This means I still incorporate Australia into my journey and I should manage to hit 20,000km before I go to what started this whole adventure. My desire to go visit New Zealand.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:16:59 +0000
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