25/12/2024
My 2024 travel wrapped
I didnt know how I was going to top last year after living in a car, but (forcefully) upgrading to a van and going on some international trips has made this my best year yet. Which makes me relived to know that my best days weren’t in school and who knows, hopefully even better ones ahead.
Despite traveling full time the entire year I actually didn’t go to that many countries or states. An adjustment I made this year was to move a little slower (due to sh$t gas mileage) and go more in depth with the places I stayed. And yet I still feel like each place has more to explore.
The $7,000 van I bought was my home for most of the year. A lot of time was also spent in the homes of strangers and friends. Having locals show you where they grew up and their favorite places is something staying with other travelers in hostels or in a hotel by yourself won’t give you.
Ive learned to love the US despite how divided it can feel we are. There are so many landscapes far and wide that offer so much, our open public land is a crazy gift. Poland also become one of my favorite countries because of how affordable it was, the beauty of the country side and its artistic spirit. I got to se the Swiss alps which was a childhood dream, they are even crazier in person than imagination.
As the Chris McCandless quote goes..yes, I love living in the dirt. One of my favorite nights was playing music with a group of people I just met surrounded by strung up lights and cooking a steak dinner in Max’s bus.
Though Utah and the Pacific Northwest I got to caravan in a community and see places that felt like a different planet.
I got to mark off a lot of things I’ve always wanted to do and have started to find my people in so many parts of the world. I feel like I lived in a decade in these 365 days.
I had some really low days that come with the extremes of this lifestyle but ive never felt more fulfilled. To anyone that showed up to an event, opened their home, or had the openness to join some random strangers on an adventure, the time you gave has made this my favorite year of life.
