40 Neto de 40's

by Evelin Cristina Lima (Brazil)

A leap into the unknown Curacao

Everyday in my life I thought that I would visit many countries. My family lives in countryside but is nearly but every time when my father drove car to got to there (200km) he asked if I want go with him, but always we back in the same day that we was gone. In my mind that was the Travel, like "much far is better" and I got my backpack, boots, atlas and "here we go". My father and mother have always been great supporters for my brothers and I to be able to travel, but they couldn't imagine how great it became inside me. With my parents I learned to enjoy traveling by car when we traveled about 7 thousand km inside Brazil visiting the Brazilian coast. A few years after this trip, my father passed away but my desire for travel only grew. When I started working, I traveled within the state of São Paulo and in the neighboring states for financial reasons. My first plane trip was 24 years old when I visited Chile and took my mother, there were 5 cities and many stories to tell. Then I never stopped traveling. In 2016 my husband and I had lived in Ireland and visited Portugal (Roadtrip), France, UK and Switzerland. We moved back to Brazil in 2016/2017 and the trips continued this time we visited Argentina (roadtrip) and Peru. Today my dream about travel around the world finally comes but my father died and i didn't visit my 40 until 40s... however.... time is gone and i work hard to make it happen. So, I'm 29 yet.