Alone

There's one question I've been asked constantly in every place: Are you here alone? Where are your friends? (How can I explain that my friends are cooking dinner for their families in Ukraine, or playing snowballs with their kids, or eating pizza in Milano, in other words, having something/somebody they can't leave and just go).

You call me brave when I quit a job after 3 weeks or months, without having any further plan, when I pack and go traveling alone, when I argue with taxi drivers at the airport at night, when I hitchhike in Poland, when I stay at a hostel with strangers, when I do what I feel. Maybe I just have a free soul, not courage.

Always lost......even with a map

If I was waiting for somebody to accompany me in my trips, I'd be watching TV at my parent's house now, and I'd never knew how beautiful the sunsets could be, how delicious an ice-cream in the Philippines is, how loudly the dogs are barking in Thailand if you stay in a bungalow, how many kilometers I could ride by bike, how much it costs to have a tooth pulled out in Bali, how crazy the traffic in Ubud is, how ladyboys in Bangkok look, I'd never knew the taste of a coconut, didn't try Thai food (OMG, Thai food is my love!), and never met so many different people.

Magic sunsets in Borakay

Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

Victoria Harbour in Hongkong

Nusa Dua in Bali

Angkor Wat in Cambodia

Buddhist temples in Thailand

Cable car in Langkawi (Malaysia)

Heavenly good ice-cream

Yes, I ate it, and I'm still alive

I keep a lot of unforgettable memories, moments, challenges in my heart.

If I didn't try what I did, I'd never become who I am.(Agree, solo traveling isn't for everyone).

​If I had you, someone who is smarter, reliable, more down-to-earth than me, I'd definitely have less troubles, I wouldn't have been robbed by a "friend", I'd check my documents carefully, I wouldn't have talked with a guy, who was trying to commit a suicide, I wouldn't have adventures I wish I didn't have....

​Will my life always be crazy and unstable like that?

I think in every traveler's life comes a moment when we want to have a place, where we could put that cute cup (that was traveling with us in a backpack), when we would choose a cosy evening with a soulmate at home (oh, sweet home) rather than discuss what to see in Birma with other 10 people in a hostel.

I know when you happen, you'll take my hand, and never let me be far, and then I won't have to deal with annoying guys, google maps, lonely dinners, I won't have to make all decisions by myself.

I promise, I'll settle down when I feel safe and cared. Your bird.