Report From the Field 11
Current Location: Kuala Lumpur International Airport
With a few hours left until my flight back from KL to Beijing, I received an email from my friend, the one who was planning on joining me in Tibet, telling me that she got dysentary. Poor girl - I assume she got it somewhere in Africa (she was just in Tanzania and South Africa).
That leaves me with a problem now. I still really really want to go to Tibet, but have never traveled solo before. I think this past month gave me a lot more confidence I needed in traveling alone, but now, reality is hitting me in the face: either I go alone or don't go at all. I have waited to go to Tibet for a long time now (ok, a year, not THAT long, but still...), and with only a limited time left now before I get sucked into the "real world", I need my escape before the start. My heart is telling me one thing, but I fear that my head might fail me. One of the wise lessons of life I have yet to aquire full on is trusting in my gut instinct. My gut is telling me that I will be fine, that it will be good for me. and that I have to go.
Now, the real obstacle: convincing my family! Good thing I don't have to face any of them until tomorrow morning. That gives me 8 hours to decide a plan of action...
With a few hours left until my flight back from KL to Beijing, I received an email from my friend, the one who was planning on joining me in Tibet, telling me that she got dysentary. Poor girl - I assume she got it somewhere in Africa (she was just in Tanzania and South Africa).
That leaves me with a problem now. I still really really want to go to Tibet, but have never traveled solo before. I think this past month gave me a lot more confidence I needed in traveling alone, but now, reality is hitting me in the face: either I go alone or don't go at all. I have waited to go to Tibet for a long time now (ok, a year, not THAT long, but still...), and with only a limited time left now before I get sucked into the "real world", I need my escape before the start. My heart is telling me one thing, but I fear that my head might fail me. One of the wise lessons of life I have yet to aquire full on is trusting in my gut instinct. My gut is telling me that I will be fine, that it will be good for me. and that I have to go.
Now, the real obstacle: convincing my family! Good thing I don't have to face any of them until tomorrow morning. That gives me 8 hours to decide a plan of action...
4 Comments:
You know you'll regret it if you don't go. After the 'real world' starts, life will be a little bit more limited and it'll be more difficult to head out there. Do it now, while you're young, carefree and already on that side of the world.
Go to Tibet.
It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
You know, I have a picture hanging in my room at home and it says something like, "Once tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever. What you do today is up to you, but make the most out of it."
...Go to Tibet.
Do it! You'll meet someone there who's travelling solo too!
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