Or maybe I should say; the end of one road and the start of many new ones.
The end because my two months of traveling is now over. I can honestly say that I have had the time of my life, as cliche as that may be, but it's very very true. I'm so glad that I chose to take a year out and do this and it has been well well worth it. I've done some absolutely amazing things, met some amazing people and enjoyed every moment of it; in Hong Kong, LA and obviously in New Zealand. NZ is such and amazing country and I will be back there one day for sure.
The start of new, because during my time away I have realised and learned so much. To name a few things; I have realised I absolutley love traveling. My trip has made me realise it's something I will definitely continue, there are so many places I want to visit now. Hopefully I'll be able to save myself enough money over the coming years to be able to get out and see some of them. The world is such a big place and there are too many places that I'll never get to see.
As I've said before, my time away has made me realise and really appriciate how awesome my friends, my family and my girlfriend back home are. I have missed you all so so much and I cant wait to spend more time with you all when I get home, and in the future. They say that you don't realise how much something means to you until it's not there, and thats proven very true while I've been away.
I've discovered that I really like writing. Mostly down to the entries I've made on here during my time away, and also the writing I've been doing in my personal journal I have with me. I've really enjoyed writing in both, and it makes me really happy that I've had so many people say they've enjoyed reading what I've written. I hope to keep up writing in my personal journal atleast when I'm back. As for any traveling I do in the future, I'll deinfitely be keeping a log of what I get up to on here again.
It has been the beginning of a lot of new friendships for me. Traveling in the way that I did, you meet a whole bunch of people. Some are nothing special but I have met a fair few that I got to know pretty well and that I will hopefully manage to stay in touch with. In particular the BUNAC group that I went over with. I got to know most of them really well and they were such a cool bunch. We've all said we're going to have a meet up once everyones back home in the UK. I look forward to it.
Having a lot of time by yourself gives you plenty of oppertunity to think and reflect on things. While I've been away I have decided that I'm going to change my University course from Physics and Music to Engineering. It's not something I had thought about before I left but it seems to me a wise choice to make. I would never have though that two months away from home could have such an impact on a persons life, but it would seem that it has.
Like I say, that's just to name a few, there are so many other little things I've learned and realised, it really is insane. With that said, I think it's time for me to make my things ready for leaving in the morning and head to bed. Hopefully I'll have a safe and comfortable journey back home and I cannot wait to see everyone very very soon!!!
