Ever since I can remember I've always wanted to travel. Like anyone, i've always loved going away on holiday or just day trips to places I've never been, or to discover hidden places in places i've already been. Up to a couple of years ago the furthest i had travelled was Holland when I was very young, so young that the only memory of it I have is losing my favourite hat on the boat crossing over. I had always looked through many upon many of travel brouchers and websites, each one expanding my destination list. I always had a vision in my head of jetting off to these places, but in reality these dreams would probably just stay as dreams. I guess I just thought of myself as one of those people who reads about other people travelling the world or listenes to their stories, usually saying something along the lines of 'you're so luckly' 'Wish I could do that' .... well why can't I?

I decided my first that trip I will do, will be with a company, that way they have organised it all, no need to worry about being stranded in a forgeion country. But I still had those first time worries, questions constantly going through my head such as.. will I enjoy it? what if i don't enjoy it? what if people don't like me? What if i do get lost? What if something really bad happens?... I am one of those people who will worry about silly things and over think situations. But the more I though about it if i carried on like this I would never live my dream. So one afternoon in April I booked my first big trip.... 2 weeks volunteering and sightseeing around South Africa! I was incredbly excited as well as completly s*** scared!

I decided on this trip, not only because it had a 20% discount on the price, but it had a mix of volunteer work and sightseeing. I would be working on a game reserve with the Big 5 for one week and the next week travelling along the famous garden route. I was already making friends and family jealous by just discribing what i'll be doing. I knew then, that this was the start of an amazing journey....

To everyone I meet and know, I always express how incredible it is to do something like this. And for them to do what i'm doing and live the dream. My worst fear would be to get to the point where this is no longer possible and say those inevitable words... 'I wish I had done that...'