| We all have our own personal fantasies of | | | | work as hard as I could, as often as I could and |
| "getting away from it all" or "breaking free of the | | | | do all I could just to afford the trip. Such effort |
| rat race". Well, let me tell you, that fantasy is well | | | | made the arrival in Australia that much more vivid |
| worth it. | | | | and exciting. |
| I really craved adventure all of my life. I have | | | | Weeks after purchasing my ticket I was on a |
| seen and spoken to many individuals who had at | | | | plane and after departing from San Francisco |
| one time or another, dreamed similar dreams of | | | | International Airport, as well as making a pit-stop |
| going out and seeing what the world was made | | | | in Auckland, New Zealand, I had landed in Sydney, |
| of. But, I had also seen the majority of these | | | | Australia! |
| people continue on in their current lives, too | | | | Sydney is full of beautiful parks ranging from the |
| comfortable with how things were currently going | | | | size of a residential property to acres upon acres |
| to make any effort to travel. Or, maybe they | | | | grass and trees. The nightlife is like no other with |
| were just too afraid of the risk. | | | | hundreds of pubs and dance clubs to choose |
| Well, "heck!" I decided. I wanted adventure for the | | | | from. The selection of restaurants is immense |
| excitement and risk, yet I had procrastinated | | | | due to Australia being a melting pot of cultures |
| traveling because of the financial risk. Does that | | | | especially Asian. I can go on and on and that |
| seem logical to you? I also factored in the point | | | | would only cover Sydney what about other cities |
| that if all went well, wasn't it all worth it? | | | | such as Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne? |
| Experiences only read about in books or seen in | | | | Well thanks for asking! I made my way to |
| movies. The tales that you can tell to those | | | | Melbourne, Australia and here is my calling! To me |
| hoity-toity non-believers who disparaged your | | | | it has all of the benefits of Sydney with a much |
| dreams of travel. Nope staying at homes wasn't | | | | more relaxed atmosphere.The weather is very |
| worth it, and that was my epiphany some | | | | easily bearable and the people are great, there's |
| months ago. | | | | nothing like Melbourne. |
| From that moment on I was in constant action. I | | | | I've been here for 3 months and will soon be |
| had just decided to make it work to see the | | | | going to New Zealand. For what duration you ask? |
| world. I began preparing by saving up funds | | | | Well, that is irrelevant, I will stay as long as I like; |
| through doing any sort of odd job I could find | | | | legally of course.:) What will I do there? Well, |
| from gutter cleaning, to photography, to | | | | whatever comes to mind and seems appropriate, |
| marketing for chiropractic clinics and everything in | | | | from working on yachts to snowboarding the |
| between. It took me approximately 3 months and | | | | pristine mountains of the southern island I am the |
| somewhere in between I bought my ticket to the | | | | maker of my own fate. |
| Land Down Under a.k.a. Australia. | | | | If you have a desire to find out more about my |
| I want to mention that those few weeks of doing | | | | travels, or maybe want some tips regarding visas |
| anything I could to save up money were | | | | or even if you have some advice for me please |
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