In the past year I've gotten to see so many things! I've been to 46 new countries in the past year and actually revisited about 10. I've jumped continents, from Africa, Middle East, Europe, Asia, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Europe, US, Middle East, Africa, US, Africa, and now again Asia. A lot of people ask me what my favorite country is and I would have to say a few actually. I really loved South Africa, so much so I just revisited it a month ago. South Africa was the first destination back in October 2014. Another favorite of mine is Sri Lanka. Awesome country. Can I give Uzbekistan honorable mention? Also hands up for Singapore as someplace I'd love to live and Nepal, well that country will always hold a special place in my heart as I endured a large earthquake there and live to tell about it and met some awesome people. I also reached my 100th UN county which was Zambia in September. My goal was the reach 100 before I turned 30, which is now a few weeks away!
So I've had some scary encounters along my travels, but who hasn't as a single girl trampling around the globe and alone for a portion of the time. Most recently was in South Africa. It's a long story but glad that I didn't get robbed at 11pm at night. The city seemed safe, but appearances can always be deceiving! Another scary time was in Nepal during the earthquake. The earth quake was one thing, but the after shocks were another. After Nepal I went to India and gosh that whole place is just weird and sketchy. I was constantly being stared at and always watching my back. It's not a good feeling (and I was alone). Another time was in Serbia, where I was taking a bunch of buses to get from Montenegro to Bulgaria and I had to change buses at 3am in Serbia and had to wait for 1.5 hours. Something about waiting in an empty bus station, freezing and just feeling eerie! Pakistan? Who goes here, just in general going to this country was flipping scary but I made it! Oh and I will never forget my interrogation in Israel.... I was leaving the country and before security got asked 100 questions about every passport stamp in my passport, then not only did this take 50 minutes of questions, I then go my entire bag torn through and lost of bunch of my liquids which were over 50ml, when the general rule of thumb is 100ml across the world. Israel is some place I will never return too, but overall great country!
So what's going to happen next? I still don't know! I'm still waiting for that voice to motion me in the correct direction. I need to make some decisions soon and I know I need to work again soon, where it will be I'm not yet decided!
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