My name is Cameron, I’m 28 years old and currently living in Wellington New Zealand, about 40 mins South of my hometown Paraparaumu.
I have never really travelled, only the 2-3 week holidays mostly to Australia which is a lot warmer but not all that much different from where I live, I have a want but also a need to go and at least see some of this planet, I feel I have done my dash here at least for a little while, over the last couple of years I’ve had a pretty bad run, both my parents have passed away and I’m about a week away from being officially divorced, I guess you could say that it’s forced me to take stock of my life and what’s important, one thing that I have become aware of is that nothing nor no one is permanent not in life and not in love, I guess that would sound a little depressing but for me it’s quite the opposite as I have realised that I have only myself to rely on, another reason why this trip is so important to me is that I have a lot to prove but for once It’s myself that I have to convince, as I mentioned above I live 40 mins from where I was born, I have hardly seen this world and what it has to offer unless I actually see it for myself there is no way of really understanding, I can read every book watch every documentary, but unless I stand there on my own two feet I will never really know.
I will never forget the feeling as I walked through the gates to Machu Picchu as my eyes looked out over the stone structures, I will never forget the feeling in my heart as I stood there unable to move, staring at what was before me.
I want that back, that feeling when you see or experience something for the first time, the natural smile a person has when they are presented with something that they know in their hearts they will never forget, for me this is what I now believe is the most important thing in my life..
I decided to write a blog and document my experiences for a couple of reasons one is that I want my friends to be able to hear what I’m up to the other is that I want something to look back on and in doing this it also requires me to think about my trip as I go, I named this blog ‘along the way’ because that’s how I feel about my trip, as nothing is planned all I have to do is look forward to the people the decisions the new days and nights the challenge and the excitement I will face as I go “Along The Way”
