The End - Dear Luna

Dear Luna,

As I sit here, waiting to board my second plane, I can’t help but think about the wonderful adventure I have taken part in over the past four months. If fourteen-year-old me knew that at twenty-three I was going to be away from my family for four months, exploring and visualising the beauty of some of these countries in Asia, I would have been gobsmacked.

But here I am, at the end of it all. And it’s rather sad that it has come to an end, four months have flown by (a cliche, but very true). All of the excitement which I was looking forward to when I first travelled here are now all memories. One part of travelling is looking forward to going on tours and doing activities you never thought you would do, and now, I don’t even have that.
However, I do have other things to look forward to. Such as publishing my books, which will happen, I am going to be a published author and no one will stop me. I’m also going to run half a marathon. I will be travelling to other places. And I am going to direct something in my lifetime.

One thing that these past four months of travelling have taught me is I am invincible. OK, so I won’t drive a motorbike off a cliff, fly across a valley, and land on the other side… I’m not that crazy, but I am capable of making my dreams a reality. I did it with travelling, and I can do it with my other dreams, simply by taking one step at a time… and maybe a few leaps.

When I first set off for this adventure of a lifetime, I did view myself writing more blogs than I did, and including this one I wrote twenty-four within four months, which to be honest, is actually quite a bit. Yet, I do wish I did write more blogs, but hey-ho, I was living life and freelancing.

Yet, there were certain things that I have done over these four months that when I left I never thought I would have. Such as snorkeling, feeding kangaroos, going on a tour all by myself as my cousin wasn’t feeling well, swimming next to a turtle, and counting down to the new year on the beach of Phuket. These are memories I will forever have close to my heart and I will never wish to have swapped these four months with something else.

Before I finish, I want to write what I thought was the best country, etc. I did this in my first blog and I wanted to do it for my last to see if any have changed.
As for the country I enjoyed the most, I said it would be Thailand or Australia. I was right, but Thailand has to beat Australia. There was something magical about that country and I had the chance to stay in three places in this country, and the food was delicious.
The country I believed I’d enjoy the least was South Korea due to the cold. I was wrong. Although cold, South Korea was fun and we made some friends. My answer has to be Vietnam. I would still go back, but it was very chaotic and no one followed the road signs, you had to cross and they swiveled around you.
I thought Vietnam would be the cheapest. And I was right, but also Loas was the same. In both countries, I spent £50 on exploring and eating for a week.
The country I thought would be the most expensive was Japan. I was right. Japan was the only country in which I went over budget, but luckily with all of the other countries, I somehow managed to stay under.
There you have it, as you can see my answers have differed in some ways.

Before I left, I wondered if I was going to change. I had this fear of not achieving my dreams. Do I still have that fear, a little, I think it’s good to have that, it shows how much you want something. But I’m not going to let it stop me from achieving what I want.
I have a plan or half of a plan of how to achieve what I want, and I’m going to work hard.
It’s clear that I have changed since I first flew across continents. And I have a feeling that I am entering into a new era, which I absolutely love. I can’t wait to see what the world has for me, but I know it’s going to be a good one.

I’m not sure if I will continue writing Dear Luna blogs for general life topics, maybe I will, maybe I won’t, we will see.
But if not, I guess it’s no longer until next time, Luna. I guess this time it’s something else.

Goodbye, Luna ❤️❤️❤️