Wednesday 15 August 2012

Introducing... Me :)

Once upon a time, there was a princess... I wish! Being a princess would have been sweet,and I tried to convince my parents, but they were having none of the whole kingdom thing. So I still ain’t no princess!

Instead I am just a regular girl, living a regular life.

Born in the Caribbean, I left home when I was 17 on a one way ticket to France. I had enough of life on the islands and just wanted to see how if was across the Atlantic. After some time in the South of France, I decided to go see what all the fuss was about Australia. So I packed my bags once again, direction Melbourne, but this time got a return ticket – they are pretty strict those Australia Border Agents!

Australia was truly amazing, but as my visa ran out, I had to head back to Europe – they really are very strict those Australia Border Agents! Instead of Paris, I came to the UK and Maidenhead in the west of London is where I now call home. It’s a cute little city, leafy and somewhat sleepy but my flat by the river is the best! Most of my friends are here, my job is here and this is where I think I will settle eventually.

Still, a few weeks ago I took the decision to drop everything and head again for some unknown destination.

Why I hear you ask – why leave a steady job in this tough recession climate, leave my friends, leave a cosy little life in sunny England?

A few things got me to this point really:

1. It’s all doom and gloom at the moment. There is a recession going and all people can talk about are taxes, job cuts and how the Euro will eventually crash down – depressing.

2. I am still not on the property ladder and judging by the rate of house price increase, it will be some time until I get onto that first rung unless I rob a bank – very depressing.

3. I received my pension statement in June and good news – if I keep putting money away at the same level as I am now, when I retire at 60, my yearly pension will be a grand total of… wait for it… £8,000 – aaaaaaaarghhhhhh!!!

OMG!! What on earth happened? Something somehow went horribly wrong and the whole career/homeownership/behaving like an adult thing now looks less and less like the ultimate goal.

After the initial “OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG” moment I realised how far off the point I was – my life is about ME. I chose what I want to do and I do it. As long as it is legal(-ish..!) I should go for it.

And travelling around the globe is part of this life. Discovering new cultures, meeting new people, eating strange things and most importantly – wear my flip-flops all day and play with my toes in the sand. This is who I am.

So here we are, I have decided to drop everything and go see how things on the other side of the planet are. It will be more than likely the same as here – but I want to go see by myself!

First thing first though - Hi everybody, my name is Angela and I would like some help planning my trip of a lifetime.

:)

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