Background / Itinerary

I always feel bad or spoiled when I try to explain why I quit my job to travel around the world or at least some of the continents. I assume it is a First-World-Problem to have a well-paid and stable job, the freedom to do pretty much anything in your free time and still not feel happy. Anyway that was me and since I did not come up with an idea of a more fulfilling job I decided to go travel as long as I still can and have no valid excuses. A wise person would probably tell me now that you don’t have to travel far to search for happiness, because you can only find it within yourself, but I am not there yet ;-).
My general idea is to first travel to India and stay in an Ashram to train my body with yoga and my mind with meditation. I am not the most relaxed traveler (yet) so especially improving the mindset could prove itself useful later on and who knows, might even help to find this happiness. As mentioned before I did not plan far ahead, so I have no clue how long I will stay in (the) Ashram(s) and in India. I should leave by the end of March though, because that’s when my visa expires :-).
Within India I plan to travel from south to north with the destination Himalaya. After India I would like to travel east through Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and so on. Yes, that’s basically every country if you move east on the map, I probably won’t visit them all but will decide as I move along.
Depending on how well everything goes Central- and South-America are also on the table after South-East Asia but you never know, it might also be South Africa or Australia or even Europe.

1st entry

Yeaah! I finally managed to start my travel blog. I am at least 7 month late, because my original plan was to begin before I end (quit) my job. This was so I could give you the excitement of being there from the start. I guess my motivation was too low since “you” would have only been equivalent to 2-3 people :D.
I choose this name for the blog because I decided to only travel with a carry-on backpack (I hope I won’t regret this later on) and because my planning is also very minimalist ;-) and because I was thinking of a perfect name for days now and finally gave up so this will have to do.
Now I am about 2 weeks away from departure – hopefully enough time to figure out the basics of blogging.
Yes, this blog will be in English. It’s going to be my main language on this journey anyway and it will be easier to sweet talk people I meet on the road into checking it out ;-).