My backpacking trial run for 1 year

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All of a sudden...I grew up...
I picked up an office job for a year after finishing High School, saved some money and set my sights on a wider world...

My backpacking adventures were about to begin...
It was a time in my life that I just could not believe it was happening... I was about to embark on something that would transform my entire life and had no idea how it would evolve...

That first BACKPACKING trip was to be my first TRUE adventure by myself...​and with my own money...
This was, let's say, my backpacking trial run for 1 year... 

​I had only $2,000 USD to my name, which I thought was quite a lot of money at that time, I had my essential clothes and toiletries in my backpack and a bunch of music cassettes together with my Sony Walkman in my carry-on bag...
I was in other words all set to conquer the real world...well, not quite...

I remember I was feeling quite confident, though I had no clue what I was going to do, see and learn, and was oblivious to the challenges I would face...

My family, Mum, Dad and sisters, took me to the airport and it was a totally surreal experience...not sure if I was excited or sad or neither, I all know is that I knew that I was ready to explore a new way of life and it was about to hit me right in the face as soon as I boarded that first Pan Am flight... Mexico City > Houston > London... (return ticket open for 12 months)
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As the plane took off I said to myself...
See you in a year Mexico... I hope I can make my funds last the whole year and that I find a way to survive out there in the world...

Let the adventures begin!
#MexiKiwi