Awakening

by Mattheus Castro Perez (Mexico)

A leap into the unknown New Zealand

Today I am going to share with you the travel experience that changed not only my life but the life of thousands. Before I had this travel experience I was very loved and well recognized in my hometown. At the same time, I knew I was missing something, I wasn't really giving my best, I didn't have any life purpose, and minor had I any kind of motivation more than partying and waiting for the weekend. Consequently and with a lot of confusion I bought an 18 hours flight ticket to New Zealand. It was so hard for me at the beginning to live there as no one recognized me anymore as I liked to. I was now only an unknown 19 years old Mexican kiwi picker. On the other hand, my sense of freedom expanded as I no longer had the need to impress my teachers, family, friends, and relatives. This was very new, scary and deliberating for me because for the first time in my 19 years old life I was living on my own terms and had time to dedicate myself only to myself. I started asking me questions like what are my true desire for this life? what is my definition of success? how can I positively impact the world in a huge way? does my life have any purpose and if so what is it? why am I here and not at the university with my colleges?. After my first month of working in this successful Tauranga kiwi orchard I bought my first car and drove to Auckland the capital city of New Zealand. Here I worked for 8 months in 6 different jobs and met people from all around the world (Brazilians, Indus, Chinese, Japanese, New Zealanders, Maoris, Russians, Turks, Taiwanese, Europeans, Australians and more). I was amazed by how a single travel decision was changing myself and my path in such an extraordinary and unique way. On the meanwhile, I started fitting my car for the greatest New Zealand road trip ever lived. This road trip started on April the first of 2017 when my ex-girlfriend and I quit our jobs and left our houses in order to fulfill this desire. The feelings and the situations we lived were insane, we were just 2 Mexican teenagers experiencing freedom and love on the other side of the world. On our first day, we drove from Auckland to Whangarei where we witnessed a big waterfall revealing a beautiful rainbow. The second day we drove up to a huge completely desolated white sand beach with clear skies and phosphorescent green grass. Like any young unworried couple, we took our clothes off like for hours; We ran kilometers, we danced, we cooked and had fun. The next day we drove and stayed three days in the mighty Piha beach town. We did surfing, hiking, stars photography and played billiard in a night bar up in the hill. The landscapes all around were extraordinary!. Our journey kept unfolding with enriching experiences... We hiked the famous Tongariro Volcano and did the Hobbiton tour where scenes of the Lord of the rings were filmed. Additionally, we swam in a blue phosphorescent hot spring lake in Rotorua and participated in the world's largest haka dance which is the current Guinness World Record. My ex-girlfriend and I agreed that New Zealand's mighty landscapes are the direct result of the powerful universe forces and its infinite creative power. It is unbelievable the way in which active volcanos, beautiful beaches, modern cities, lovely lakes, big caves, turbulent rivers, mighty mountains, and more can coexist so close and in great harmony. When I came back to Mexico I started seeing abundance, possibilities, and blessings all around. Consequently, I started my "spiritual entrepreneur journey" as I wanted to serve my higher purpose giving back to mother earth and all it's living beings. Very little time has passed and lives are being improved every day through the medium of our digital and physical tourism and nutrition services. Furthermore and thanks to this travel experience my life path is happy, clear and blessed as I discovered who I am and who I truly want to become.