Someone in the world is excited about having just swiped their credit card online. They are putting in their leave application and checking out the best deals on travel packages. Someone is preparing themselves for an adventure, reading hotel and restaurant reviews. They are excitedly telling their friends about their next journey. Holding a golden ticket to their next destination and looking for hotels with the best view, someone is researching the popular tourist activities. Someone is getting their vehicle checked to ensure an issue-free road trip.
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They are making arrangements to have someone water their plants. Someone is recapping old stories hoping to make better memories this time. They are preparing their palate for the exotic food available and converting their money to the local currency. In all their excitement, someone forgot to print their tickets.
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Someone is walking into an airport or railway station and is too excited to feel the weight of their bags as they lift them at the check-in counter. Someone is busy updating their location and tweeting about their journey. Someone is looking for the boarding gate for their flight and is too excited to even understand the words in her book as she waits at the boarding lounge. Eagerly clutching a handbag as she boards the flight, looking for her seat and hoping she won’t have to deal with crying babies throughout the journey.
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That someone is saying a silent prayer as the plane gathers speed and gets ready to take off. That someone is admiring the view of the city below and looking towards the sky and hours later is putting the seatbelt back on as the flight gets ready to land. Someone is changing the time zone on her phone. Someone is waiting for her bags at the conveyor belt. Someone is taking in all the sights and sounds of a new place as she drives by. Someone is excited. Someone is happy. Somewhere out there someone is living their dream.
That someone will soon be me.
Faye Rodrigues is employed full-time, but makes time to put pen to paper in pursuing her passion for writing. Her dream is to travel the world and write about her adventures. Her passion for travel goes beyond merely reaching a destination – it lies in the adventure of getting there. She believes in the motto – “Live like everyday is your last… Love as though no one is watching you… Write like it’s your only means of communication… Travel as though the world is next door.”