To be completely honest, I debated until the very last minute whether to.go on this trip or not because I was so sick that just the thought of traveling itself made me even worse. But I had signed up to attend a georgetown gettogether that weekend and wanted to meet other gtown graduates in Korea so...
I got on a 14 hour ferry
Without a return ticket
Without a map
Without a plan...
All I knew was that I was getting on that ferry and meeting everyone else the next morning.
Little did I know that this would turn out to be one of the most amazing trips of my life.
People might call me crazy for leaving like that but this was just what I needed in the midst of hectic schedule I was leading back in Seoul. I have always acted that way - overwhelmed myself with things to do and planned everything ahead of time so that I would feel like I am accomplishing something. But sometimes wr have to just let the opportunities find us instead of aggressively pursuing them.
During my 14 hour ferry ride, I read a book about a woman who used to be an ordinary housewife and is now a successful, wealthy leader at an internationally renown advertising company. I also saw groups of old men and women having a great time with food and alcohol they have prepared for the trip. I also made friends with people who got on the ferry alone (for various reasons that surprised me) like me. I also met the captain of the ship who took us to the navigation room and snuck out some food from the convenience store that was already closed.
I will introduce all the places Ive visited in separate posts since I have so much to say but for now, I would like to end this post with the following thought...
Ive always loved traveling because I could learn about other places and people with my eyes, ears, and mouth. But this trip was extraordinary in a sense that I communicated more intimately with myself by being completely free.
I went where I wanted to go, when I wanted to go, and ate what I wanted to eat etc.
Now that I am back to this scheduled life that constantly enforces a lifeless, average life style, I am already planning another trip that will teach myself yet another great lesson.
A famous TV show host once said, the stupid wander while the wise travels (the wording is a bit weird bc I tried to translate directly from korean).
My next destination = Busan, Inchun, Wulsan
Then = Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand
Too excited
I got on a 14 hour ferry
Without a return ticket
Without a map
Without a plan...
All I knew was that I was getting on that ferry and meeting everyone else the next morning.
Little did I know that this would turn out to be one of the most amazing trips of my life.
People might call me crazy for leaving like that but this was just what I needed in the midst of hectic schedule I was leading back in Seoul. I have always acted that way - overwhelmed myself with things to do and planned everything ahead of time so that I would feel like I am accomplishing something. But sometimes wr have to just let the opportunities find us instead of aggressively pursuing them.
During my 14 hour ferry ride, I read a book about a woman who used to be an ordinary housewife and is now a successful, wealthy leader at an internationally renown advertising company. I also saw groups of old men and women having a great time with food and alcohol they have prepared for the trip. I also made friends with people who got on the ferry alone (for various reasons that surprised me) like me. I also met the captain of the ship who took us to the navigation room and snuck out some food from the convenience store that was already closed.
I will introduce all the places Ive visited in separate posts since I have so much to say but for now, I would like to end this post with the following thought...
Ive always loved traveling because I could learn about other places and people with my eyes, ears, and mouth. But this trip was extraordinary in a sense that I communicated more intimately with myself by being completely free.
I went where I wanted to go, when I wanted to go, and ate what I wanted to eat etc.
Now that I am back to this scheduled life that constantly enforces a lifeless, average life style, I am already planning another trip that will teach myself yet another great lesson.
A famous TV show host once said, the stupid wander while the wise travels (the wording is a bit weird bc I tried to translate directly from korean).
My next destination = Busan, Inchun, Wulsan
Then = Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand
Too excited
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