Here I am. It’s going to be almost 3 months already that I’m overlanding the beautiful Kingdom the best I can. I’m aware that there is so much more to explore, but I need an excuse to come back. Because yes, my dear Saudi Arabia, you’ll see me again. You are my third biggest crush of the adventure after Uganda and Zambia.
You are so different from this part of Africa I cherish though, but the strong pride you have for your culture is fascinating and so respectable. It is so rare to see and to feel this nowadays. People tend to look alike, to be ashamed of their roots, to follow those mainstream activities and lifestyles, to slowly disappear behind ephemeral trends…
I love you Saudi, and I hope people will see you differently. It breaks my heart to leave you, in a couple of days. You have changed something in me, forever. I don’t know what it is yet, I just feel it, deep inside. And it goes so well with that African smell I miss so much.
The last days could have been better. I sadly got extremely disappointed by a couple (vanlifers from Europe) I’ve been traveling with the past 3 weeks (on and off). I feel betrayed, but that’s another lesson of life I guess. And when I look back at the adventure of my life, Africans and Arabs have been so fantastic with me…behaviours that are not common in the Western world anymore…I couldn’t be more grateful to have experienced this now.
I’m a bit worried to head back to where I’m from now. After 2.5 years…seeking differences, history, world magic, secrets, independence, freedom and humanity.
The plan for the next days to come: Kuwait and Iraq.
Let’s go.
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