I’m currently sitting in my room, which looks like a tornado has just hit. But don’t worry, that’s just my style of packing. Throw everything on the ground, and eventually it will find its way into the backpack.
I’m leaving tomorrow morning and will arrive in Ecuador with basically no plan. Granted, I’m supposed to be working for the next two and a half months, but I don’t even know a lot of details about that. After I’m done with my internship, I hope to backpack around a little bit (funds permitting), but I don’t know where I want to go.
I guess this is my travel style. I show up somewhere, then figure it out. It worked well for my last trip, even if arriving in a strange town at 4am with no idea where to go was a little scary. Is it the best travel style? Yes and no.
I like spontaneity, but I also like structure. I’m weird like that. I’ll plan my days out to the minute, but not follow my plan. The good part about this is it lets me go where the wind takes me, based on advice from other people mostly. The down side? Sometimes I feel that I might have missed out on something I would have liked, simply because I didn’t research well enough.
Everyone has a different travel style, and I know that at the end of the day, I have never regretted anything I’ve done, and I’m sure this trip to South America will be no different. I’ll figure it out as I go, but boarding a plane with no plan always gives me a few jitters beforehand!
Next post will be from Ecuador!
