Can you handle it?

First you take the world map, close your eyes and point somewhere. With you bank balance in the other hand you decide where to go. Travelling is all about making decisions, rational hoices between Australia or Vietnan, a pair of shorts or a waterproff jacket, a passaport or a bottle of water.
Having decided where to go, It's time to play Tetris. Professionals in this game can pack their bags in minutes. There is definitely an art to packing a whole wardrobe and making it fit inside two pieces of luggage that are not heavier than 23 kg.
Now it's time to say good-bye. All the family gives you advices and your face is all smiles and energy.
Arriving in a country that is all strange for you is never easy. Travelling with someone that you know makes the first shock easier to get through. Leave a house with a familiar smell, favourite foods in the fridge and a clock that's always telling the path and flying inside a hole with all different colors of rabits can scare everyone. It's also worth pointing out that language is sometimes a barrier. Looking into the eyes of a friend can tell you much more than pointing out a picture inside a menu in a chinese restaurant.
What time is it? I don't know and I don't care. Taking your time, feeling to go or not to go is the most interesting thing when you travel by yourself. Do some sightseeing in the morning, have a big lunch at 4pm and then go to that palace - That's one way of doing it. But I'm tired of monuments and kings and fountains. My friend, can you bring me another beer?