Be honest /trv/, when was the last time you had a true adventure?
I cold-called my best friend from high school who I hadn't talked to in 16 years and invited him to do the craziest thing I could possibly think of. He agreed immediately. It was a great success.
>>2864340What did you do anon?
>>2864346I'm not telling. But I'd say the components which combined to make it good were a) forcing ourselves into a situation of true self-reliance, b) companionship (I haven't had friends since high school so this was a big novelty for me), and c) a creative component -- I'll leave that one purposefully vague.
>>2864340>>2864353I wish I had friends that loyal.My high school friends actually called me a loser because I didn't make any new friends after high school (except at work). I mean, they're right about me being a loser, but I'm a loser for other reasons, not because I valued them too high as friends.
>>28643012022 I walked part of the way of St. James. Took me a little under 2 months for around 800km. I met a lot of great people and it was an incredible feeling to just be a pilgrim experiencing the country. I didn't know in the morning where I was gonna sleep at night. I slept at some of the wildest places, ranging from monasteries to dodgy pubs to farms to under a bridge in my tent. I've never felt more free and at the same time I was very happy when I reached my destination and returned home. A month after my best friend took me with him on a spontaneous trip to Sicily. We didn't research anything, rented a car and explored the island. Many great memories of fantastic food, warm people, incredible views and insane motorists. My friend has since passed away and this trip is my most precious memory with him. I guess if you want adventure don't plan too much. Just do it, doesn't even have to be far from home. The world is vast and wonderful.
>>2864353>I'm not telling.Why the fuck not?
>>2864372Because he has a right to privacy and no one owes you anything.
2023I went on a trip to salt lake city to suprise my friends in a band on their tour. I made a trip out of it and rented a car and spent a few days in salt lake, then moab, then colorado then flew out of Albuquerque. It was the best trip ive done so far because of how varied it was. All i need to do something is a little push. Otherwise i dont have the motivation.
My last buddy adventure trip was in June 2018, when I quit my job in west Texas and ran off to Mexico with a coworker. We got drunk, drove like maniacs and almost got in big trouble a few times. Drove all the way down to the bottom of Copper Canyon on a whim, passed out in the hotel room, then hit the streets at 1 AM to see some guys with rifles dressed in black lounging around their pickup truck. They said "Good morning, Americans". The summer was also a lot of fun. I met some very tolerant, easygoing vagabonds and traveled around Colorado with them, smoking weed and chit-chatting the days away. A couple months later I returned south to the same place to lose my virginity with the chick who was my buddy's girlfriend at the time, kek. That was an adventure in and of itself, as the resort manager and his goons tried his best to get me thrown out of the park, but we kept eluding them with the help of sympathetic friends.But then I woke up in her bed and made a decision. I didn't want any girlfriend or travel buddies or drinking partners or friendzone bitches in my life anymore. I was going to cut a straight line across the path of everyone I met, refusing to let anyone pull me into their orbit. It took about three years to come to terms with this new reality, and then three more years to begin genuinely enjoying the feeling of total autonomy.
>>2864496Sounds like you had a great time and collected some stories to tell the grand kids
>>2864301I tried to illegally immigrate to Uruguay last year but no one would hire me and I started to get paranoid about losing all my savings and having to move back in with my parents and came back home after only 4 months.
Not for years, the world is so much smaller after covid. Nobody has money to travel, many destinations collapsed, borders tightened, visas are harder to get. And when you've been to most of the major destinations, well it becomes harder to plan itineraries.
>>2864698India and China have both relaxed visa requirements since COVID. eVisas are more prevalent than ever before. The world remains full of challenging roads that lead to spectacular places...but everyone's awareness of the world has become limited to the tiny selection of places that are trending on social media. Travelers, loaded with money but pinched for time, increasingly pursue luxury and relaxation in well-known places rather than roughing it on a venture into unfamiliar terrain. ADD brainrot has entrenched itself in the Third World, so you rarely feel like a superstar just for showing up as a white guy anymore. Many people still retain their natural curiosity, it's just more subdued. Plus side is, your social boundaries are respected much more than they used to be.
