The descent that changed me

by Iryna Tunik (Ukraine)

I didn't expect to find Ukraine

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The journey is not just a ride. It is not a moving around a certain territory. The journey is a process of opening yourself. It is new part of you. I can’t say that I travel very often. But I really like when I hold tickets to a new city. I like a sound of train, a hot tea with amazing landscape pictures, a long conversation with unknown people. And I want to talk you about my trip to the Carpathian Mountains and its consequences. It was summer 2019. My best friend had a birthday, and we decided to celebrate in the mountains. We were walking dancing swimming during 2 days. And we had planned to climb Hoverla last day. It was my second time raising on Hoverla. We decided to go the fastest way without guide. We realized that it would not be easy. The only motivation was the sandwiches. But sandwiches were not found in any of the backpacks. It was difficult to continue our way, but finally we had been at the top. I didn’t expect to see so much beauty. It was wonderful feelings when we were singing the anthem of Ukraine. We went down the longest road with many stones and mountain rivers. But the long and difficult way was worth what our eyes saw. I was caught when I almost fell. We threw away our shoes after we got into the swamp. But at the foot of the mountain the stories were not over. When we were coming back to home, my friend understood that wallet had been lost. There was money, a passport and other important documents in her wallet, without which she would not be able to get home. We came to my house and started calling the police. The friend lived in the rest of Ukraine. The wallet was lost in the Carpathians. And the statement was written in a completely different area, the police had nothing to do. She resigned herself to the idea of recovering documents. And When she was going home, she got a message. Unknown boy wrote that he had found her wallet. It was hard to believe. Do you understand that the planet is really round?! I know that there are kind people. But I didn’t expect that someone can find a lost wallet on the road, where people don’t climb. I can write for a long time about how cool it is to travel and conquer new peaks with your loved ones. And even longer I can write about the beauty of the mountains and nature. But this trip gave me something else entirely. I realized that in every situation we must remain human. And I realized that a boomerang law exists. If you give the world your good, it will surely come back to you. Open this world! And open for you a new beautiful people!