Searching for my passion

by Ahmed Ayman Mohamed Nazeem (Turkey)

I didn't expect to find Turkey

I have been searching for my passion for a while now. I was feeling bored and nothing that I could do so I took my bag, power bank, clothes for one month, and my lovely book. I decided to go to a new place and to know a new life that I didn't try before. One issue came to my mind how I will stand for what unknown thing. I called my friend and I said that I will visit him on Friday, he agreed so I took my tickets and I got ready for my small trip. It's Friday morning now and I must hurry up to catch the ship. An hour and a half passed, and there were 10 minutes left till the ship took off, and I was in running late. I ran as fast as I could and entered 30 seconds before the ship departed. I took a deep breath so I could enjoy my little trip. It was a great day and now I must prepare myself to travel on Sunday which takes about 22 hours by bus. My alarm clock rang it's 7:00 am and I must check everything in my suitcase especially my mobile phone charger. Finally, I took my suitcase to visit the coldest province in Turkey. When I arrived at the coach station, I was surprised that my bus would be delayed by one hour which made my trip harder but that wasn't the only issue I encountered. My seat was on the left side and not on the right side as I reserved it. In addition, I found my seat screen broken. I reassured myself that it was not a big problem. After 22 hours I reached the city and I must call my friend to pick me up and to go with him to the village where is no internet, hot water, and a microwave. My friend told me that we must buy something to eat there and buying coal for warming ourselves. We reached our point which the comfortable, nothing to do except reading and learning new things. When we arrived, the water was frozen in the tabs. It's very cold here the weather is - 25 °C degrees. Now we must cut the wood to be warmed. We were cocking over the heater. On another day we wake up and decided that we'll go for a walk over the white place while we were walking we saw blood on the way and a big dog eating something we closed to it to see what's this... Here we were surprised the big dog was eating a calf's head, so we went back faster to the home. Day by day passing and I didn't know my passion yet. On my 7th day, I decided to leave my next stop where I learned Turkish there. The trip will take seven hours to reach there. All my old friends were here one day. We were here hanging out, talking and eating together. Here you can find the best tea you can taste. Yes, it's heaven for me. Here was my first love began and ended. Now I'm on the bus dreaming about everything I mentioned. When I arrived, it was raining as usual but still like heaven. The landscape was amazing the snow while hugging the grass and the trees, The sea waves with the seagulls and the tea with a friend. It was a wonderful long trip and going to the home is a must thing. Oh, home sweet home I entered my home with great memorize and pictures. I slept the whole night and when I wake up I felt that I want to travel every inch in the world so I started to make a small trip every weekend with a book, a notebook, and a pen. Day by day I was improving myself with a professional camera, making videos, and I am still trying to improve myself into better. Finally, I found my passion. Traveling while I was using it to find my passion, I realized that it's my passion. Like Gayle Foreman said Traveling is not something You're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing.