Because coming back has never been so hard, and the notion of ‘home’ so confusing. I have no idea where’s home to me anymore, except every time I grab Rafiki’s steering wheel and hit the road, even for 5 minutes.
Because I’m struggling to adopt the present moment whereas it’s been naturally running into my rhythm for the past 2.5 years. I’m re-learning everything I’ve been raised with. I’m pretending being when it’s been my personality before. I’m giving up explaining how I felt, what I saw, and what’s change deep inside me. I’m giving up but in appearance. Because this is in me now, and forever. It’s just a matter of time.
I notice my heart being happier when I dream again, imagining where I could ride my Hilux next. I haven’t been everywhere on the Planet, and that’s not the plan. I never cared about counting countries after countries. I also never cared about where’s trendy to go. I just go where I feel like my heart will learn and feel alive. I care about soaking cultures, traditions, history, fulfillment, and truth, my truth at least.
Africa is probably one of the most intense places on Earth, in many aspects. Beautiful and transcendental aspects. It’s maybe normal to find everything smoother after overlanding Africa? I don’t know. However, driving through the Middle East has been an enormous surprise. Not that I was expecting something particular from it, but I didn’t know it would gave me hope in humanity again. And it did.
Today, I’d love to go further as soon as I start to earn money again and as soon as my Rafiki is offering me a proper shelter. Because my heart is impatient already. And 3 countries strongly attract me since a while. One of them is Iran, which I was supposed to cross at the very beginning of the expe but didn’t go as I ended up shipping Rafiki to South Africa. The other one is Pakistan, a country which appeals me for its insane landscapes and beautiful cultures. And the one I really want to explore, my top 1, is Afghanistan, a country which will for sure break cliché and propagandas.
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