Everything can change in the glimpse of an eye.
Back in September 2017, I was in Costa Rica hitchiking, living on a 5 dollar budget per day, camping everywhere i was able to or sleeping on a stranger´s home and working wherever I could... long story short, I was putting myself on the line just to bring you some quality "adventure posts".
My plan was to head down to Colombia and then continue my way to Chile, but when I heard about Steem Fest 2 and that it was going to be celebrated in Lisbon, Portugal, my whole life changed. I had to be there and I had to change my future plans.
I booked a plane ticket to Belgium and then I hitchhiked my way down to Portugal in less than 4 days.
After Steem Fest 2, my plan was to go to Eastern Europe and to adventure the hell out of it, but my life back in Mexico got in the way. I had to go back to deal with some paperwork I thought wouldn´t need my attention until 2019. I am not going to lie to you, it was worth it, coming back to my homecountry gave me the chance to regroup and to think about my future options.
Today is January 24th and I want to go to Eastern Europe - yeah, I still want to go there - but sadly I have to stay in Mexico until my paperwork is finished. The thing about paperwork in a third world country is that it takes 10 times longer to reach an agreement.
So, I can´t leave to Europe until this is settled. It may take some months but I don´t want to stay here, I want to keep moving, but I have to be close enough to buy a cheap ticket plane and come back in case I am needed.
I have to stay in my continent - America- so my first thought was going to Venezuela and I was very close to flying there, but my main contact there got compromised. After that I thought about traveling to Colombia, but the flight tickets are too expensive and coming back from Colombia to Mexico in such a short notice would drain all my savings, so I decided to go to a country I have already been to, but this time with my brother, and this time with a budget a little more loosen.
I am leaving to Guatemala in a few days and my plan is to stay there until my lawyer tells me "Hey Eric, it is time to come back, paperwork is waiting" - damn you lawyers.
The thing about being a nomad, is that you don´t belong anywhere and you belong everywhere. I can´t stand staying in one place for a long time hence, I have to leave. I searched for cheap flights anywhere and the best option was Guatemala - just South of Mexico - andeven though I´ve been there before, this time I am going with another purpose, a more professional purpose, a goal you will find out in a month or so when I finish the project. But I can guarantee you, it will leave you with a square face.
If you thought hitchhiking in central america, sleeping in a stranger´s house, eating crap all the time and risking my life was hardcore, I bet this time you will think of me as "a crazy person".
My blog is about adventures, and it has been a while since I have given you a proper adventure, it´s about time I risk my life once again.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Which do u enjoy the moat between Belgium and Portugal
The whole journey, hitchhiking accross western Europe in countries you don´t speak the language is amazing. I made some videos about it, I think you´ll like them.
I'd be expecting the videos
brave to just do it I cant be you
Sounds like quite an adventure. But, remember, your life is more than the adventure. Been some pretty crazy places myself :)
I keep that in mind every second, but sometimes you need some adventures to feel that you are living your life to the fullest :D
No doubt :) When you step across that line of what people normally do, and what's way more interning, nothing can match that feeling or that memory.
i love this
Have fun Eric! Keep us updated and welcome to Europe again some day.
I hope our Russia Plans are still on! I am going, no matter what, to Russia in the Summer! I hope we can meet there :)
For sure. hope to see you there. Eric.
Haha "I bet you think I'm a crazy person" no man, you remind me of myself :) hahaha!! you said it best,
Safe and happy travels and if you make it into the US, come visit us!
I wanted to go to the states during these weeks but the visa is taking too much time (you know, Trumpity Trump and Mexibros issue - and Canada is waay to cold for me right now, so I decided to go South instead of North... but definitely, if I end up going to the states somewhere soon, I will hit you guys up :D Thanks for the offer fellow crazy person.
Ugh the orange Cheeto! Please do! :)
You really travel alot....Hv You tried coming to Africa, Nigeria especially?..Try Lagos.... Its like the Capital of Africa and am pretty sure you have heard good things about Lagos .. ...I hope to travel round the world when am financially capable.
I would love to go to Africa, but that is too risky for the way I travel... but it is on the plans, it is the last level of the video game, I would love to go! Let´s hope Steemit can give you the chance to become a traveler my friend!
Now am really curious.... How do you travel?.... By sea?....you know I could a thousand and one reasons why you should visit Africa next . I hope you don't believe the wrong stereotypes about Africans.
Even though our lifestyles couldn’t be farer away from each other, I totally love yours. I don’t enjoy travelling that much (only for Ultimate Frisbee tournaments across Europe). If you are ever going to visit Prague I can show you around:P.
What I found interesting is the fact that you have to plan in advance quite a lot. The budget, the actual “checkpoints” of the journey. Sounds almost “gamish”.
Ah man I read about that! I hope it went awesome, it was last week right?
For sure, I am dying to go to Eastern Europe and the Czech Republic and Ukraine are on my list, if I end up going i will for sure let you know!
Well for me it is kind of the other way around, I check the cheapes flight and book it, the moment i set foot in the country, I start the planning by asking around. I just booked the ticket a few hours ago and I´m leaving the day after tomorrow :D
Yea there was a tournament last week but in Czech. European tournaments are only during the main season which is from March to September.
That is awesome! You can also count with free sleeping in my flat for...well as long as you will need which, as I understood, is up to few days:D.
I see so it’s this spontaneous type of nomad. That makes the whole experience more like "survival mode" right?:D
Thank you very much for your enjoy travel post sharing......
i like this travel , i wait your next post, best of luck my dear friend....
Love it! Can't wait to hear what you'll be up to in Guatemala :D
I promise to bring some more adventures! It is not the ideal destination for me because I have already been there, but I will give the posts a twist that I expect you will all love :)
You are an adventurous boy, I think I would not risk leaving without having insurance at least where to stay, it is to admire that you are like that, I do not have problems with the changes in fact I make a 360 turn to my life, I am going to move to Germany, I've thought about it a lot and well I do not have much solution in my country either.
I think that having read that third world countries take 10 times longer than normal is short, in Venezuela if you want to leave with your papers in order you must have at least a year maybe more but the important thing is to take it as you and continue with the adventures.
Post dates if you come to Venezuela give me that shirt. (=
Wooow. Man I've got to follow you and your adventures! Hope that paperwork doesn't give you too much trouble so you can freely start your new trip. I'm looking forward to read more of you!
Greetings from Venezuela!
That's interesting.. i am wondering now what this project is ll about... Godspeed to you and your brother!
Need some more followers
Well not from me my friend, you should try to engage more with the posts, perhaps that would earn you some nice organic followers.
And I’m not your friend buddy
Lol are you serious MY FRIEND?
#southpark
maybe you should be a little more nicer to others it can go a long way for you. Enjoy your travels.
A nomad with purpose, that smile with those kids though
It's been a while since I've been on a proper adventure too
How incredibly exciting. I can’t wait to see what you have planned. I’ve always been a bit of a nomad myself but got stuck in the whole settling down thing.
I’m starting to think that maybe I should pack it all in and pack a bag again.
This time I’d need to cart my wife along though since I kind of like her and her company.
This whole life risking thing you speak of has me very intrigued. You need to give us some hints. :)
You don't look like a nomad
Best of luck a I can't wait to see what you have to share with us once your done with your project.
Look forward to see what mischief you get up to
Tu blog presenta fotos diversas hermosas e interesante, te sigo y siempre te voto ya que son muy buenas. Espero sigas asi, ah y si me devuelves un voto seria genial😉
I'll be here waiting for your stories! :)
Lol good ol Shia, I wonder in what forest he is hidding now, I liked him, too sad he got too intense and paranoid :(
Excellent holidays friend that you enjoy them to the fullest, fantastic place thanks for sharing with us greetings
There is something with the way you write that does not feel natural ..
it feels like you do it with heavenly designed software
that just keeps one bound to the end......
Why maybe.........
Did I say maybe..........
Excuse my French
Because you are TRULY @anomadsoul
and how do you fund all this traveling engagements?
Aren't they financially demanding?
It feels like i'm reading a story of my life! great post sir. Me as well, i do not like to be stuck in one place for a long time. Somehow, i manage to get to the most remote places in our country. Places wherein no telecommunication wont reach them. That was fun. Living in a simple life. Im just wondering, how did you do that? like continuously going to places. Me on the other hand, i still worry about my finances. thats why. But if travelling is for free, my friends wont be able to see me every now and then. lol
We're looking forward to hearing about this project in about a month's time. You're many things, but not "crazy" (maybe a little bit, but all in a good way) ;) All of it is done for an adventure - it's your story, it's your life.
Hopefully, soon, before this year ends you'll be in Eastern Europe wandering through cities, countrysides, seasides, mountains, forests and more.
how wonderful is, that sounds is so interesting, as a nomad we never long to stay at one place, because the world is big and wide, they know how to spent their days with all new things, sometimes a nomad knows better about a place that he ever stays than anyone who stay until the rest of his life at that place.... great adventure brother @anomadsoul
Blessings on the journeys brother! I can't wait to return to Central America! I just arrived in Hawaii for the first time. Hopefully I'll make some steeemit posts about how it goes! Safe and prosperous journeys!
You may have already been to that country but have you been all over it yet? There'll be something there that you didn't see before or something that might be worth going back for a second look, you always notice things you didn't see the first time ;D
Hope your professional purpose is successful and that the blasted paperwork is finished soon so you can go do your thing without having to worry about it XD
y California?
La Visa Valkiria, la maldita Visa. Cuando me la entreguen estaré molestandote por allá, tenlo por seguro!
jaja, si es Valeria pero shhhhhhhh ando de incognita
La importancia de ser mexicano y deducir el nombre ;)
Lo he cambiado, no queremos blow up your cover.
jajajajajajajaja
i wish i could tour the world like how sometimes you guys do @anomadsoul
Hi eric, i love your photos what camera you use? Cuando vienes a Venezuela?? Pongo a la Orden mi camioneta para los traslados.
No one will call you crazy. But here is the word adventurer - just about you.
wau a beautiful landscape ....
i really like this scene ..
thank you @anomadsoul who has shared a
You're brave to travel like that but that must make you feel so alive to be able to do that. That's awesome you're living they way you want. I can't wait till can start doing this, maybe not to your extreme but I have that itch to travel everywhere. I'll just stick to following your adventures for now.
Hello Erick, @anomadsoul excellent that you show us your adventure, when you want to come to Venezuela, we are at your service, I think you have many Venezuelan followers, I hope you manage to make your plan to Europe, and that your documents come out in the time indicated, much faith. A Venezuelan hug.
Awesome post! I am looking forward to reading more about your awesome adventures. I have been looking into pet sitting and house sitting gigs as a way to travel internationally so that I could stay longer while being on a budget.
You must had so much fun! Great view!
I wouldn't think of you any crazier than I've seen you in Lisbon 😜@anomadsoul
Personaly, adventure is good, because sometime sit tells you about the past in other to know the present, and the present in other to know the future.
I do travel a lot, but the way you do it... You rock! keep living adventures, you inspire!
Eastern Europe is the place to go man. I've traveled there extensively. If you want a cheap place, Ukraine is the cheapest. Russia is a little more expensive. Romania and Bulgaria are relatively cheap and with beautiful landscapes! Hit me up if you want some pointers about the Eastern Block.
Hi man, nice to know you. It's a shame you could not meet Colombia. There are many interesting places to visit and not very expensive. In my next posts I will upload photos of Colombia with tips for you to see them. Today I did my first post. Thank you in advance for you support, do not hesitate to ask for mine.
Ohhh, a crazy person, I am very, very intrigued hahaha!
(And I will attempt to pull the details from you in chat I'm sure lol)
Yay to you being back on the road my friend, and I hope your paperwork issues resolve and leave you footloose and fancy free- as you are meant to be. xo
hola me gustaria que te pasaras por mi blog y le echaras un vistazo, saludos...
Thanks for sharing such adventures
Exploring this beautiful world of ours is a dream come true.
Thumbs up bro
Wow, so many adventures and so much thrill in this one post. Cannot just begin to imagine how it would feel in real. I am glad you did what you wanted to do and felt really happy about it. It honestly takes a lot of courage to pursue something you genuinely want.
Hope to see more posts about your adventures❤️ Was it hard to stay on budget in $5 a day there?
Enjoy Europe and drink some good beer for me! 😜
Hello, Eric! It was very pleasant to learn that you will be in Ukraine! We have something to see and a wonderful ski resort Bukovel. I hope you like it! Successful journey.
Debe ser maravilloso tu estilo de vida de verdad...