Michael Marzahn • Searching for Breakfast
For me everything changed at this point. Until that time,
nearly everyone I was talking to had said to me: Ahh, travelling is something
we can do when we get old or when we have retired. But after my surgery, I
knew that I wanted to see as much of the world as I could and even now, I try
to travel at least two times a year. The saying “Don’t dream your life, live your
dreams” became a kind of motto to me. You could also say that if you want to
do something you have to do it now, because you never know when your time
on this planet is over.
The first time I travelled to India was in 2001. I will always remember this
experience because we travelled to the state of Gujarat and returned home just
two weeks before one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded hit this region.
Then in 2003 I was invited to a friends wedding which happened to be in the
state of Kerala in India. I took this as an occasion to quit my job and continued
on travelling by myself for four months from Mumbai down the west coast to
the most southern point called Kanyakumari, before heading up to Kolkata along
the east coast. After India, I continued on to Cambodia for almost another two
months of exploration. That trip really was a once in a lifetime experience.
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