Travel Addicts
' Gap years are not just for young people. But is before you give up your job, remember coming home is the hardest có part ', says Ben Williams travel addict.
My name is Ben. I am 32 years old and I am a travel addict. I've Been back home for almost six months now, but I know I will always be safe có addict. If I see just one travel brochure I know I will want to go away again.
Two years ago I was on an island in Fiji, at the start of a year-long break có took me and my girlfriend, Jane, to 14 Countries. We watched fireworks over the Sydney Opera House at New Year, saw the sun rise over the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and spent my 31st birthday on a Thai beach.
It was without doubt the best year of our lives. No work, no boss, no worries. No gray skies of Britain, just carefree months going Into the distance. True, there was not much money, but it did not matter.
We loved having the freedom to go where we wanted, we wanted khi. If We liked a place, we stayed. If not, We just got the next bus out. We only worry in the world Had one. We Knew We had to return to Britain
'We loved having the freedom but coming back was awful.'
Coming back was awful. We had huge debts, and We had to find work. The routine of getting up, going to work, going home, eating, sleeping, and getting up again is just about killing me. I'm finding it difficult to so waht Other People tell me to do.
Before I Went traveling, I worried about Earning more money, buying a bigger car, a house, etc. Now that I'm back, I do not care any more about những thing. I'm living like a student again, and saving all my money.As soon as I have enough, I'll be off on my next trip around the world
Sandie and Ian's story ...
While I was traveling, I met Other People like me. Sandie, 28, and Ian, 33, got married and spent a year traveling on a meter on a beach có honeymoon.We in Thailand. They were both Show IT consultants with stressful jobs. Now that chúng home, making big changes chúng to ask for their lives. "Work just is not so Important anymore ', says Sandie. 'But I suppose We'll have to stay off until print jobs những find a way to escape chúng'
Rebecca's story ...
I met Rebecca, 26, in Australia khi round-the-world the her trip. Now she's back home and she's having trouble readjusting to cũng life.'It's terrible ', She says. 'During the first couple of weeks back at work, I could not sit at my computer. Nobody understands. My parents and friends just are not interested in my experiences. I do not know why. It was an Important vd time in my life. I keep looking at my photos, I will not forget để '.
For me too, I wonder if life back home again Will Ever feel normal. Next week I'm starting to learn Spanish an evening course. And khi I've finished that, I'll start Portuguese. They'll be very ích Languages in South America!
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