Traveling, i have discovered, has come down to the places i see, and the people i meet while doing so. Staying in hostels your likely to meet a new person every day, and while your talking the same questions get thrown up over and over.
One thats been asked of me, when its been discovered i'm away for a whole year, is "what do i miss," or "what do i think im going to miss" and out of everything i get asked its one of the harder questions for me to answer.
i know i'm going to miss my family and friends, come christmas when i'll be sat up till 4-5am boxing day morning so i can call home to talk to everyone i have the feeling ill get quite emotional, even if its not on the phone. Yet meeting new people and seeing new things (and struggling to get photos uploaded) means i dont think about it very often.
What i do miss, which seems strange to people is i miss my computer, its the first thing i think about when for whatever reason im stuck inside with time to waste. Its not rocket science to work out what about my computer i miss, seen as all i really ended up doing with it was play Warcraft.
This had me thinking, if i was truly addicted, i wouldn't have come on the trip, or i'd of had to go out to a gaming internet cafe and sign myself up in order to play. But it can't be amazingly healthy that theres nothing clearer in my mind what the first thing to do will be when i get home (after ive spent however many hours talking with whoever is at home to meet me when i return home)
On the bright side, everyone is addicted to something, and id rather it be a harmless cheap computer game that keeps me social but warm and dry at the same time. Least its not drugs or alcohol
