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Hello, my name is Dieske.[br]I’m 22 years old.

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I’ve been travelling for almost 8 months[br]now

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and for sure, I will continue travelling for,[br]I dont know…for indefinite time.

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Out of your comfort zone.[br]I can tell one story when I was 15 years old.

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I wanted to go to Africa and do some[br]volunteer work.

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So I told my parents[br]and they said well you cannot do that,

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because it’s so expensive to go there[br]and we’re not gonna pay that for you.

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But I said no, I can do that and managed[br]to raise more than €3000 in a few

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months by doing all kinds of crowdfunding[br]actions and selling things and it was

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really cool. And then I actually went there[br]and

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yeah that was, at that moment in life[br]at that age, I was out of my comfort zone.

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It was completely new to me and also[br]it introduced me to other sides of this

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world we’re living in and motivated me to[br]travel more.

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Ok, next question.[br]What do you think about society.

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Interesting questions. I do have an[br]opinion about western society.

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I dont want to be too negative, but I think[br]that are some things that can be better.

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Like for example, I feel that in Western Society[br]people put lots of pressure on you when

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it comes to study, a career, making money,[br]status and wealth and things like that.

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For me that’s not what is important in life,[br]I think that there are other things like

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connecting with people and helping each[br]other and love, and things like that are

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way more important than what car you’re[br]driving for example.

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How do you afford to travel.[br]I don’t have too much money to spend

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to be honest. You know, I just finished my[br]studies, I never had a full time job.

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I had some part time jobs that give me[br]money and I sold a lot of stuff I had

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just before I left.[br]So I live on my savings now actually and

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I think that the most important thing is[br]that I just don’t spend so much, I’m

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very minimalistic.[br]I don’t carry so much with me, I don’t

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need so much.[br]If I have food and a place to sleep, even

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if I don’t have a place to sleep,[br]I sleep outside like last week.

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What’s the best thing a local has ever[br]done for you.

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Locals do so many nice things, like[br]last week was a really intense week.

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I was stuck with my motorbike and so[br]many people helped me out with

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offering me a place to sleep and[br]giving me food and everything.

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But I think the most funny thing[br]and maybe also the best thing

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I dont know, was in Indonesia.[br]There was this one guy, he was

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driving a scooter and he was[br]following me and he just kept following

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me and he was shouting at me, like[br]‘Hey Mr, Mr stop stop’

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It was so annoying, usually I just[br]ignore or I just say Hi and then continue.

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So at some point I was like OK, if he’s[br]going on for longer, I will turn around

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and say he has to go away, because[br]everywhere I was going he was

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following me. It sacared me a little bit.[br]So then I wanted to turn around and

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wanted to get really angry and then I[br]saw him. He was carrying a big

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water bottle and also some fruits.[br]It was really hot and he thought maybe

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she can use some water and some fruits.[br]I felt so ashamed of myself because

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I was going to get angry at him and he[br]just wanted to help. That was really,

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really nice, so I stopped my training[br]and we were sitting down on the road

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and we were sharing the fruits and yeah,[br]it’s a very small thing but it was really,

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really cool.

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Solo travel or group.[br]I think i prefer solo travel, there are pro’s

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and con’s about both.[br]A few months ago, I decided to travel

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separate with my boyfriend.[br]We travelled together for like five and a

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half months and now I’m travelling on[br]my own again. It’s really interesting to

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see the difference.

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For example I had a week where I had[br]to go to the hospital like 5 times and

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then I was really happy that there was[br]somebody with me to share these

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things, but in other moment I’m like[br]it’s really nice to be free or to go wherever

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you want.[br]Like I want to stay longer in this place or

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I feel like moving.

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I always recommend that people go at[br]least once in their life, travelling

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by their self because it’s really good for[br]your personal growth and it’s makes you

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independent and it’s just a really good[br]experience.

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It makes you mature and you get to know[br]yourself and you will face some challenges

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and I think that’s really good life experience[br]to have.