I didn’t choose Africa, Africa chose me. Yes, you read that right. Well actually it was my friend Lachlan who chose Africa for our friends next travel destination. But all 5 of them bailed and had excuses/reasons. He said, “let’s go to Africa!” My very imaginative brain started to go on overdrive and in my head, all activities I can think of seemed to be fun and doable. So when all of them backed out and all the shit show happening in my life, I was like “Fuckit. I’m going by myself then.” And so I did. 6 weeks turned to 3 months and 3 months turned into 9 months long solo backpacking trip in the continent.