The, flight, the car, the shoulder and the beginning...
In 2024, I found myself in little situation. They say things happen in 3's and in this case it went from bad to worse to a complete disaster! After my 6 week African adventure where I spent time on Zanzibar Island, I drove from Dar Es Salaam all the way to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. I visited Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Loshoto Mountain, and many amazing stops in between! It was the start of an adventure really with no plan or idea how long it'd last, where my next destination was and who i'd meet along the way. When I returned to Tanzania, I stopped off in Moshi when the next chapter would begin. I met a group of volunteers, at an accommodation that my friend organised. There were volunteers from Germany, Switzerland, Greece, France, The Netherlands, UK, America, Slovakia and it was just a great place to be. I found peace, I found harmony, community and joy. I had a lot of time to reflect during my time there but without a doubt, the most amazing thing happened. After just 12 hours of being there, two german volunteers asked me if I wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. I said when, they said next week, and 8 days later I was on the mountain. This 5 day hike took me to the summit, and it truly felt like it was the climb of my mental health recovery on one side of the mountain and on the other side was the climb of my physical health recover after a 2021 accident that left me doing 6 months of rehab. Africa, truly was life changing. I will never forget it and I will one day return. But my time was up, I booked my flights to England and got myself to the airport a couple of days later. My flight had a stopover in Rwanda, and thats where the connecting flight didn't turn up. 2 days later, I finally left Rwanda and ended up in Guildford at my friends house. I had organised to buy the Just Another Moment car (an old london cab) branded it and ready for my roadtrip to Italy where I would enjoy 2 weeks of living and skiing in the Dolomites.