What no one tells you about travelling
I wish I would have been told this sooner so I would’ve known what to expect. This is my first time travelling on my own and also the farthest (and longest) away from my home. Me getting here took me about 40 hours of travelling. And when I finally arrived at my Hostel I felt so exhausted and crappy and just overall not good, even so much so that I wanted to go back home immediately - I even looked searched for flights. But why did I even feel so bad? Well, I couldn’t stomach the plane food, I was dehydrated and hadn’t slept for about 40-50 hours. I’m travelling on my own and have always been somewhat of a lone-wolf but never in my life have I felt as alone as in that moment. So when I woke up again after only a few crappy hours of sleep I texted a friend of mine who has been here a couple of years ago, and she told me that it’s completely normal what I’m going through. I’m allowed to feel shitty and horrible. I’m allowed to think everything here is crappy at the moment. But stay strong for the first few days. Because it soon will be better. You only have to get through the first few hours of anguish and it’ll all turn out to not be that bad at all.
So yeah what I guess I’m trying to say here really is just - stay strong. You can do this. And that people should talk more about the fact that travelling - especially when your travelling on your own - isn’t easy in the beginning.
