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Thread: My Travel Dream - A Reflection

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[quote=PINETREE,225682]Rogerinca just pushed the right button at the right time for me (in another thread) to set me to review my dream.My dream : To cover as much as possible the entire expanse of China.I have travelled quite widely in China over the last 15 yrs - mostly on business for the 1st 10 yrs with little time to take a good look around. The feeling then was : there is another chance to come back again.Yes, there have been these 2nd or 3rd chances to return to see more of China - but at my own expense & with a different emotional/mental disposition. Over the last 5 yrs, I continued to visit China - now more for pleasure but again managed to see only the spots where most tourists are brought to. I wanna see the more remote places, the rural areas and have a better in-depth look at the Chinese life. Tibet, Qinghai, more of XinJiang, Mongolia, the Northeast & a couple of other Mainland provinces (Hunan/Hubei/Henan/Hebei, etc) are the provinces I have yet to visit. Some, I would like to revisit.Now I dream of realising my dream - to travel on budget tours, travelling by local buses and trains; staying in budget hotels and eating at roadside/village stalls. I've also considered voluntary works in China - eg teaching, charity works, etc - to materialise this dream. So far, I have been a failure. I really envy & respect those backpackers and travellers who can discard all other considerations and just go and spend a couple of years to travel in another country or work there for a meagre sum to just have that opportunity to be there.So what is holding me back ? I am trying to find out that myself. Lack of companion, fear of treading into the wilderness or unknown ? Reluctance to move out of the comfort zone or just unable to "let go" ? What else .... ?Do you guys/gals have this same feeling ? What is holding back your trying to achieve your dreams ?[/quote]

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