I Caught the Travel Bug!

It's almost 5AM and I am still wide awake. Not very unusual of me. But it has been several months now where I have been sleep deprived. I guess it's good that during these hours that I am awake, I am not having any dark or melancholic thoughts. On the contrary. All my thoughts are happy. My head is planning non-stop. And at this moment, it is planning about travelling!

I recently had an impulse trip to Cebu to purchase a lens that I couldn't buy cheaper anywhere else. It was definitely worth it. It has been nearly 6 years since I have done a solo travel, and definitely my first solo travel in the Philippines. I do not know what has held me back all this time. I guess I feared for my safety somewhat. I didn't have that feeling when I was travelling alone in Europe. But hey, bad things happened there as well when I wasn't careful.

While in Cebu I met new people and had a really great time. Of course it was not easy to push myself outside of my comfort zone. But once I did, it felt liberating. And liberating is also the feeling that I have right now, knowing that I can INDEED travel by myself in the Philippines (or Asia, or anywhere else in the world for that matter), have fun, and go home unscathed.

So where will the next destination be? Zamboanga? Bacolod? SRI LANKA? God knows. But I do know I need to save up so I can travel again. Take more pictures. And FEEL FREE. Because freedom is starting to become a rare commodity for me lately, what with the hectic atmosphere we are having at work right now.

I guess I needed to feel that I am still in control of my own life and that I can still do whatever the heck it is I want to go at any given moment. To some extent, of course.