Hello, my name is Dieske. I’m 22 years old.
I’ve been travelling for almost 8 months now
and for sure, I will continue travelling for, I dont know…for indefinite time.
Out of your comfort zone. I can tell one story when I was 15 years old.
I wanted to go to Africa and do some volunteer work.
So I told my parents and they said well you cannot do that,
because it’s so expensive to go there and we’re not gonna pay that for you.
But I said no, I can do that and managed to raise more than €3000 in a few
months by doing all kinds of crowdfunding actions and selling things and it was
really cool. And then I actually went there and
yeah that was, at that moment in life at that age, I was out of my comfort zone.
It was completely new to me and also it introduced me to other sides of this
world we’re living in and motivated me to travel more.
Ok, next question. What do you think about society.
Interesting questions. I do have an opinion about western society.
I dont want to be too negative, but I think that are some things that can be better.
Like for example, I feel that in Western Society people put lots of pressure on you when
it comes to study, a career, making money, status and wealth and things like that.
For me that’s not what is important in life, I think that there are other things like
connecting with people and helping each other and love, and things like that are
way more important than what car you’re driving for example.
How do you afford to travel. I don’t have too much money to spend
to be honest. You know, I just finished my studies, I never had a full time job.
I had some part time jobs that give me money and I sold a lot of stuff I had
just before I left. So I live on my savings now actually and
I think that the most important thing is that I just don’t spend so much, I’m
very minimalistic. I don’t carry so much with me, I don’t
need so much. If I have food and a place to sleep, even
if I don’t have a place to sleep, I sleep outside like last week.
What’s the best thing a local has ever done for you.
Locals do so many nice things, like last week was a really intense week.
I was stuck with my motorbike and so many people helped me out with
offering me a place to sleep and giving me food and everything.
But I think the most funny thing and maybe also the best thing
I dont know, was in Indonesia. There was this one guy, he was
driving a scooter and he was following me and he just kept following
me and he was shouting at me, like ‘Hey Mr, Mr stop stop’
It was so annoying, usually I just ignore or I just say Hi and then continue.
So at some point I was like OK, if he’s going on for longer, I will turn around
and say he has to go away, because everywhere I was going he was
following me. It sacared me a little bit. So then I wanted to turn around and
wanted to get really angry and then I saw him. He was carrying a big
water bottle and also some fruits. It was really hot and he thought maybe
she can use some water and some fruits. I felt so ashamed of myself because
I was going to get angry at him and he just wanted to help. That was really,
really nice, so I stopped my training and we were sitting down on the road
and we were sharing the fruits and yeah, it’s a very small thing but it was really,
really cool.
Solo travel or group. I think i prefer solo travel, there are pro’s
and con’s about both. A few months ago, I decided to travel
separate with my boyfriend. We travelled together for like five and a
half months and now I’m travelling on my own again. It’s really interesting to
see the difference.
For example I had a week where I had to go to the hospital like 5 times and
then I was really happy that there was somebody with me to share these
things, but in other moment I’m like it’s really nice to be free or to go wherever
you want. Like I want to stay longer in this place or
I feel like moving.
I always recommend that people go at least once in their life, travelling
by their self because it’s really good for your personal growth and it’s makes you
independent and it’s just a really good experience.
It makes you mature and you get to know yourself and you will face some challenges
and I think that’s really good life experience to have.