TRAVERSE Issue 07 - August 2018 | 页面 101

I ’m one of those people who will never regret not having pursued their dreams. I'm happy, proud, of having been able to leave it ALL and make a lifelong dream materialise. I’m someone who thinks that we should not wait for things to go wrong, to make a change and explore outside our comfort zone. All of us at some point in our lives need a change, the difference is those who do and those who do not. My story begins in 2015, at a time when everything was going very well, and I did not lack anything. I had a good job, a lot of good friends, an en- viable family environment, the abil- ity to save money, small luxuries, a home, a dog and a motorcycle. A life which I was happy with but, unable NEWS MAGAZINE 101 TRAVERSE 101 to fulfil a dream which was travelling and discovering other countries, other cultures, other ways of thinking and living. I abandoned everything and launched into that Adventure; to trav- el without destiny. Deciding that a good place to start was Colombia, I arrived in Cali, bought one of what I consider the best motorcycles to travel (Kawasaki KLR 650) and assembled it, and hoped that it would help make my dream come true. The plan? There was no plan. I didn't care where the ride would take me, I just wanted to discover what was along the way. There were no agendas, no one hurrying me, or prejudices of any sort regarding the places I would get to know. My idea was to know all the countries that I