Feelings at D-200
Written by Romain on Friday, 16 of May 2008 at 15:01
The countdown has started, this is now a reality for me. Since this memorable day of December when i took the decision to travel the whole world, a lot of things have passed.
As a consequence, I would like to describe the feelings i have 200 days before the departure about the things that have already been done, those that i still have to do, and especially what i’m feeling in the in the depths of myself. If i choose to get a fix on my project 6 months before to leave France, it’s also to allow myself to follow the evolution of my apprehensions faced with such a trip, and to keep a record of my thoughts.
I’m then letting you discover my feelings 200 days before the departure…
I spoke a bit about it in my last recorded podcast : i’m feel really satisfy about the way the general blog visual aspect is improving. The blog represents a crucial part of the whole project, in the sense that it is a great way to front for my passion for travelling, but also because it will be next year a wonderful communication tool to keep in touch with all of you. The first objective was to reach a likable design, but also a clear website and full of informations about the project itself. About all these things, i think that I reached the objectives (otherwise, please feel free to give some feedbacks !). Then I choose to maximize the international aspect of the adventure while creating a multilingual blog. As a consequence, you can now see that I built an english version, but also a spanish one that will help the blog to reach more and more people through my diary (very usefull to advertise my blog in Central and South America…English is not always universal). Feedbacks that I got for the moment are very good and I’m satisfy about it.
Let’s talk a bit now about my vision of this trip…I’ve been thinking of it for almost 4 months and a half now, and a lot of things are coming into my mind.
You have to know that whenever I have my mind elsewhere, my thoughts often go to the travel. In a way, to keep thinking of the project helps me to take notes continually about certain things that must not be neglected. While doing it, i deeply believe that i’m taking care of to not under-estimate every aspect of the trip.
I also have to confess that i’m experiencing a great satisfaction while talking around about the project, because it firstly helps me to to advertise the blog, but also because discussions that I have with people about the travel teach me a lot about countries that I’ve never visited.It’s also important to notice that the international social network that I built during these past five years of studies is a great opportunity to beneficiate from experiences of friends who now live in the four corners of the earth. Therefore, I would like to thank a lot all the people who offered me their hospitality all along the trip…I can’t way to see you guys !
Concerning the administrative processes, I did not start to aplly for visas that I need, since it’s not a priority for the moment. However, I just took an appointment with a medecine from the Pasteur Institute (which is specialized in vaccines), in order to establish with him a schedule for all the treatments that I need (some of the vaccines must be done continuously, at different intervals of time). I choose to anticipate these formalities because of the importance of the hygiene and health area of such a trip. Even if i already have an overview of the vaccines that i need, thanks to Un coup de pouce autour du monde’s blog, it is critical and of course compulsory to get a professional advice. I’ll soon dedicate a post to this subject.
Regarding my apprehension of the travel itself, I have to confess that i’m keeping confident in my itinerary. My morale is excellent and my resoluteness had never been that strong. Taking time to prepare this adventure is reinforcing my idea that i’ll live an uncredible experience. Unfortunately (Fortunately ?), travels are also assimilated to the unknown, risk and an quasi-daily hazard. To minimize the risk, i’m conscious that I’ll have to be very carreful in some regions of Central and South America, that I fear a bit more than the other visited places.
To conclude, from a general aspect, I’m feeling today very serene about how the project is progressing. I’m not stressed, but i think that it is still too early to feel the whole stress that such a travel implies…even if shivers are in me already.
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