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This is the 3,893rd real story we have told
What would you do without working for a year?
After leaving my job in early May last year, I backpacked to 40 cities in 11 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Because of his love of outdoor adventure, he took a ride from the Sahara Desert to a small village on the Red Sea, camped by a volcano in Indonesia, ran to the end of Eurasia to watch a sunset, and jumped into a river valley formed by "meteor falling" to swim;
If you love ancient civilization, you went to Egypt under the pyramids, Iran, which carries the soul of ancient Persia, and Iraq, the birthplace of the two-river civilization that was deeply traumatized by the war;
If you love wine, you can drink it from a Bordeaux château in France to a winemaker's home in the southern French countryside;
I love the sea, so I live on the island, surf the sea, and go diving under the sea;
I love to experience different lives, go to the homes of thirty strangers, and make friends all over the world.
I also love to be in movies, like "Eat Pray Love", meditating in the fields of Bali, eating pizza in Italy, and going to love......
(I was traveling in Egypt)
I'm Honggie, 28 years old, from Zhejiang. An INFP who is not good at any planning has never planned to travel around the world after leaving his job, nor has he improved his foreign language skills or saved some travel funds after work.
Even the first stop of the world trip was a temporary ticket booking under a friend Amway. I remember she said, "You only need to fly for 6 hours to climb a volcano."
At that time, I had just finished watching the documentary "Fire of love", and I was in the middle of the volcanologist couple's volcano-love affair, and I happened to leave my job and had time, so why not go and watch it?
That's when my journey around the world began.
(Camping by the Bromo Volcano)
When you arrive in Indonesia, stand at the foot of an active volcano and be amazed by the masterpieces of nature. I climbed two volcanoes and a waterfall more than 100 meters high in a row, and I was not afraid, but more excited, and even if I walked in the steepest and steepest places, I walked with ease.
Nature has embraced me once again, and it has been nourishing me.
I was born in the Xin'an River in Jiande, and later moved to Qiandao Lake with my family, and then moved to the banks of the Fuchun River in high school.
My father was a veteran of the Navy. He taught me how to swim, and the first lesson was not in the shallow part of the pool, but in the ten-meter-deep Qiandao Lake. Although he was strict with me from a young age, he taught me to be brave.
After the volcano trip, I still wanted to go to the beach and play in the water, so I went to Bali and learned to surf in Kuta and Canggu in the south.
(Surfing in Bali)
The first time I surfed, the instructor accompanied me to start by looking at the weather, the sea, and the waves. After going to the sea, I was beaten by the big waves countless times, swept under the sea, and rushed back to the shore, but also turned around and went backwards one after another to meet the next wave and stand up.
Combined with the advice of my instructor, I slowly overcame my fears and changed from "I'm so scared to fall into the ocean" to "how can I stay on the board longer".
On my fifth day of surfing, my instructor told me that I was the most proficient and most improved of the students he had taught that year, and he was very proud of me.
Surfing made me curious about the world under the sea, and then I went to Tulamben in the north to learn scuba diving.
One new experience after another, I did it well, unlocked some unknowns, and helped me learn more about myself.
I've come to realize that I'm not as ordinary as I once thought, and I'm not bad.
(Drawing with children at a school for children with special needs in Indonesia)
At the same time, I've made friends with digital nomads from all over the world, musicians, and travelers from over 100 countries. Being with them constantly reminds me that there is more than one choice in life, and that you don't have to go back to the city to work after a short island vacation, you can live a life that is simply yourself. I also want to get back to the life I love.
After a one-month visa expired, I returned home. But I didn't want to stop like that, I began to look forward to the distance, and I was curious about what I would discover at the next stop.
I immediately applied for a visa to Europe. Because the grape picking season is approaching, I usually like to drink wine, and I have taken the WSET level 2 exam in China, so I want to visit the winery this time.
I went to Spain, Portugal, France, and then Italy, and I was lucky enough to live with a winemaker in southern France for half a month.
He took me with him to take care of the vineyard and live a simple, healthy and organic life. In their free time, they meet up with other winemakers in the village and go to their respective wineries or homes to share their wines from last year and vintages. Wine is tasted almost every day, and the aroma of wine fills the air.
(Picking grapes for winemaking in a French vineyard)
Perhaps it happens that the village is rustic, and neighbors will visit each other even if they live far away, either drinking the wine that someone has just brought them, or eating their cabbage and radishes, or sharing their own baked pizza or something.
Walking alone on the road, every stranger I met would nod and smile and say "Bonjour" to me.
Every night, you can see the moon rising over the vineyards, illuminating the large vines at the door. By 11 a.m., the moon would not set, and the stars could be seen without looking up, twinkling and filling the night sky, just as the song sang.
Life here is as beautiful as a painting. After I left the south of France for Paris, I saw this painting. It was in the Musée d'Orsay, a painting by Miller, with vineyards, the moon, and cows. This is what I see every night before I go to sleep.
(Miller's painting, also the vineyard where I lived)
Originally, I planned to stop at the end of my trip to Europe, but there was a slight voice behind what happened to the traveler I met during the trip and said to me: "The sun, the beach, and the wine are really good, but there should be more to life than this, there is another side, right?" ”
I came to Iraq. For me, this is a very foreign country, all I know is Mesopotamia, the birthplace of the Two Rivers Valley, the place where violence and war were in the news frequent, and one of the most recommended countries for travelers I met in Egypt. But what does it look like now?
With a complete lack of spoken and written languages, different lifestyles, different cultural customs, and very little travel information on the Internet, how can I quickly integrate into the local area?
I chose to be a sofa guest and live directly in the homes of the locals, the key is that the average sofa owner is willing to communicate and can speak some English.
(Worked as a couch guest in Iraq and lived with a family of nine)
I started my travels in Iraq, Iran, Oman, the UAE and the Middle East in this new way of traveling.
Live like the locals, eat their favorite foods, gather and pray with their families, see the scenery they and their friends love, go to their sister's graduation together, and listen to the stories that happened to them......
Of course, the topic is inseparable. For me, who grew up in a peaceful country, war was very far away, but every adult I met here has been through war, wounded, and lost loved ones......
The worst devastated by the war is Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. Once it was a beautiful and peaceful place, now it's not an exaggeration to say that the city is in ruins.
The war destroyed ancient mosques printed on Iraqi coins, destroyed museums of historical buildings, destroyed rows of residential buildings, destroyed almost everything.
I was also on the wall of a ruined building and saw a missile shell. It was also the first time I had experienced the cruelty and ruthlessness of war up close.
(Vegetable market in front of the ruined building in Mosul)
Here I met a local boy. He has just graduated from college with excellent grades in the previous three and works in a well-known foreign company, and his income is already good, but he is still doing some part-time jobs to earn extra money. He doesn't have a girlfriend, and he's already saving money for marriage and raising children.
I asked him, "How many children do you want?" ”
"Six." He replied.
I was a little surprised because I met a lot of traditional Iraqi families who had 10 children, but his father was a university professor and he was also an intellectual, so I thought it would be different. How can you still want to have so many children?
"Although Mosul is peaceful now, I am not sure about the future and when the next war will come," he said. If the war cost me three children, I have three."
I'm sad, it's an answer I didn't expect.
(Embraced by girls who have just finished school in Mosul)
He then took me around the city. Pointing across the street, he said that this was his grandfather's house, and that he had died in some war; Then he went to another place and said that this was his uncle's house, because of a war, his leg was broken; Then he took me to another place, saying that this was his family's old house, and that he had lost his brother forever in a war......
When he said this, his tone was flat, as if he were talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"Are you scared?" I asked him.
"No more fear. Every war takes away my best friend, my beloved family...... My heart is long dead. ”
(in the Iraqi reservoir area)
I burst into tears. But his first reaction was to apologize "I'm sorry for making you sad", the second sentence was grateful, "Thank you for coming, be with me", and the third sentence was "Honggie, take off the sunglasses you are wearing, let's take a selfie". After all this, he is still an optimistic and humorous person.
Continuing down the street, I met girls who were coming home from school, and they rushed over to express their liking for me and Chinese, and invited me to their house along the way. They are enthusiastic, innocent and full of vitality.
Walking on, see Al Nuri Mosque being rebuilt; Then I met the documentary team that had just finished filming "Restart Mosul"; There's also the Heritage Museum's street corner that's a little more colorful.
Hopefully, it should have come.
(in Iran's house)
Let's talk about another episode of travel, which is Dubai, which wants to be the number one in the world everywhere. There I met my Crush, a Parisian who works in Dubai.
I'm more fortunate to have the courage to accept and give love than to meet people who like each other. Before that, I was always screwed when it came to sexual relationships, and I cared a lot about the outcome.
But this time, I just have the mentality of a traveler, dating can also be an experience in travel, just like love, isn't it also an experience of life? If it happens, face it bravely.
I think this is also inseparable from meeting too many sincere people along the way. They have passed on so much love, kindness and praise to me, and have given me a lot of energy and courage.
(Meditation at a mountain temple in Pai, Thailand)
Of course, there are many surprises.
The first time I hitchhiked, I was invited to 6 local homes as guests; The sofa owner in Iran was worried that it would be inconvenient for me to go out to spend, so he directly gave me a bank card and password, and wrote me a Persian poem to sing blessings for me;
在巴黎lalaland取景地的爵士酒吧，跳了几支摇摆舞后，不断有人走向我说you are amazing和you are so beautiful；
In the Middle East, history, humanities, religion and food and health are fed in an all-round way; I don't speak English very well, but I still received an offer from a foreign company; In Thailand, I went to a mountain temple for free to practice mindfulness for a week......
Endless gratitude. While exploring the world, it is also helping to explore oneself. Before I thought of leaving, I asked myself, who am I and how should I live this life?
I still don't know the answer.
(in the Sahara Desert)
But I know myself better. What will happen in the future, I don't know, maybe it wouldn't be so interesting to have a specific answer. Just like travel, there is a lot of uncertainty and choice, and the outcome may be very different from what you expected, but so what, I believe in myself and every choice.
It's still amazing to travel all the way. I traveled for eight or nine months with a 60-liter backpack on my back, befriended many strangers, and received their love and energy.
Now, I have returned to Hangzhou, I want to continue this energy, and I also become the sofa owner and give some help to my ability. So far I've hosted travelers from 8 different countries, and of course will continue to do so, always welcoming travelers who are still on the road to explore the world.
My round-the-world trip is over, but the exploration continues, and who knows if I'll set off again tomorrow?
If you are also confused, curious about yourself or curious about the world, then love yourself well and be brave first. Come on, I can do it, and so can you.
(Welcome to "Honggie")
【口述：Honggie】
[Written by: Pan Pan]
[Editor: Xiaoqi]
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