In eight days it will be my turn. After seeing many of friends, and even my mom, leaving home to travel the world, or parts of it, it's finally time for me to say goodbye to my comfy life here in Zurich. I'm going to be gone for two whole months, spending 5 weeks doing volunteer work in a children's home in northern Thailand, 1 week with my boyfriend on the island Koh Samet and 2.5 weeks with my mom traveling through Vietnam. It will be the longest I've ever been away from home, and also the first time traveling all by myself, so naturally, I'd say I'm allowed to be nervous. Of course I can't wait for the big adventure, the highlight of my gap year, to begin. Yet I can't help being just a little bit frightened or stop my mind from panicking at the end of the day when my body is trying to fall asleep.
Like always, lying in your bed is when one seems to get the most brilliant ideas, when your brain just won't shut up and keeps you from your beauty sleep. This is when I go through my mental packing list, imagine how it's going to be to meet all kinds of new people, getting to know a foreign culture, etc. It's really quite nerve-wracking.
A part from preparing oneself mentally, there's lots to be done on the physical part (besides packing). I just had my last rabies shot out of three, which were spread over only the last eight days. My left arm is definitely fed up of being poked. In addition, I bought an insect spray for clothing to keep those nasty malaria- or other deadly-diseases-carrying mosquitos away. Also, I'm moisturizing my skin (almost) every day to keep the tan from the last Caribbean trip. That way I hope I won't blind the Thais completely when I walk around in short sleeves. Silly, but that's just me.
16.01.2015, Zollikon
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