Musing of a gentle traveller

For the past 12 months I have been  doing freelance travel writing. I left my home behind, sold everything and left to explore the world.

This has lead me on another adventure called …..

Diary of a gentle traveller

This is my musings from a gentle little fella following the stars in the sky tripping around our beautiful planet.

For me travelling is something so amazing and so cool. It is already something mind blowing. Having to see everything and experience it all doesn’t really interest me. It is already exciting enough.

I often speak to fellow travellers and when they ask me have you seen this or been there. For the most part I respond with a ‘no’. The shock on their face; they can’t believe that I would travel all this way to not see these things.

Actually, there is a story about this. I was in Koh Samui in Thailand. And for those of you that don’t know Thailand is known for many things; the land of smiles; legal marijuna; night clubs; partying etc.

I was chatting to this guy and he asked me ‘do you smoke weed’, and I was like ‘no’. There was a little shock, but nothing to exhuberant. He then asked ‘have you been to this nightclub.’ I said ‘no. I don’t drink.’ Ok, now the expression was starting to become a bit more evident. He then said ‘have you been to the full moon party? Surly you have been there?’ To which I replied ‘no.’ His jaw almost dropped to the floor.

But to me, all those things you can do sort of anywhere. Ok, I am sure the full moon party is unique to Thailand. But to me it’s just a party full of toursits being drunk and stupid. I can get that at home.

I spent 2 months in Koh Samui. And I didn’t do any of those things. What did end up happening is hanging with some of the people that have lived there for 20 years and they ended up showing me some of the unique spots that only the locals know about.

I remember getting on 3 boats to get to this remote beach of an island of an island. There were very few people there, and it was so beautiful.

If I had of spent my time drinking and getting high I would have never spoken to these people and I would have never had this sort of experience.

It is worth taking the time on your travels to slow it down. Get to know the people, and the most beautiful events take place. You notice a higher power looking after you.

You have to leave something in the tank. Sometimes it’s nice knowing that you haven’t seen everything. You might want to come back to that country. It’s nice to say, oh, that’s right I really wanted to do that last time. Let’s do it this time.

It gets you excited again.

Plus I figure you are never going to see everything in this world. So why not slow down and enjoy where you are and spread some Love to those around you.