Travelling as I want it to be

Is it bad that I always seem to look around for new travel ideas when I'm already travelling?

I remember when I was in Ecuador in the fall of 2007. My brother was in the early stages of planning a trip of a life time, he just wasn't sure which one. We had conversation on msn and I kept telling him the same thing: "I want to go travelling aswell!" And he kept reminding me: "You're in ECUADOR! You are travelling."

And that always seems to be the case. Whenever I'm travelling the urge to travel grows even stronger. It's probably because while I'm travelling I realise how much I love it. And it might also be because when other's see me as 'away travelling' I'm really not. Not in my opinion. When I was in Ecuador, I stayed in Quito for four months. It became like home, and thus the travelling became restricted to the weekends. When I was in Mexico, I lived in Guadalajara for almost a year. While I did travel around Mexico, I went to school and lived the normal day-to-day life just like everyone else. And now, I'm in Uganda. And while I'm travelling quite a bit back and forth between the north and Kampala, I'm still working during the weeks. Not really travelling and exploring. And I shouldn't even mention England. That is as far away from travelling as is possible. It's home. It's where I live, just as much as Sweden. If not more.

I want to travel. I want to book a flight somewhere random. Pack my backpack. And just go. Not working. Not volunteering (although I recommend everyone to do that and I'd love to do it again at some point). Not studying. Just travel. Have a return flight from a place quite far away from the place I fly in to. And just make my way. Explore.

I guess that is why the roadtrip I did a year ago is so special to me. Well, one of the many reasons it is special to me. It was one of those trips that was pure travelling.

I can't wait for the day when I have the money and time to do that again.