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I was nearing the end of my year off between high-school and college. Eight months in Guatemala had flown by in a flurry, soon I’d be going home, and the little taste of the travel drug had made me an addict. One country wasn’t enough, I wanted to see the rest of the world. Unfortunately there was the small matter of four years of college in between me and the world. There were no other options to be had. So applications had been sent, acceptance letters received, and the bastard named Enrollment waited for me with an evil grin.
But the storm clouds parted. Brendon, who I’d become friends with at a Spanish language school in Guatemala, mentioned offhand how he’d like to have another person join him on his trip. The conversation started out jokingly, as Brendon listed various "requirements" of whoever would join him, and I quickly answered, "I can do that," to each one. Gradually the tone became more serious, and eventually, over the course of several weeks, turned into an outright offer to join. Dream. Come. True?
It was time to break it to Mom and Dad. I tried to imagine how the conversation would go: "Hey Mom, Dad...So you know how I was gonna start college this fall? Yeeeaahhh, um, I’m gonna go travel the world for two years or so instead. That cool with you?"
It turned out it was cool with them, more or less. They were surprisingly supportive. I decided to go home and work for a few months first, but before I even left Guatemala, I bought my plane ticket to meet Brendon. Thus, here I am in Bogota, Colombia. College will come, in its own time. For now, I'm at the start of what I hope will be one of the greatest journeys of my life, waiting to see what lies ahead as I pursue my current life goal: see as much of the world as I possibly can.
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David
8/17/2009