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Are you feeling lost? Well, you've come to the

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right place. Welcome to Lostish, where we, Rose

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Chachko, and Emmanuella Kathreptakis, share

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what it's really like navigating your twenties.

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We're two semi -lost girls figuring out careers,

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relationships, wellness, purpose, and everything

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in between. Each week we dive into the highs,

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the lows, and the lessons of chasing your dreams,

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finding happiness, and learning to embrace the

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uncertainty. We're not here to pretend like we've

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loaded all together. We're simply just figuring

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it out with you. Episode six. Hello guys and

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welcome back to the Lostish podcast. We are very

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happy to be back week by week. Episodes come

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out every Sunday by the way. Every Sunday, usually

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I think we upload them in the morning, don't

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we? Yeah, we try to. We try to. But definitely

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on Sundays. That's our aim. That's our aim. So

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stay tuned for Sundays. Yeah, absolutely. Today's

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episode, we're actually going to talk about something

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that we're both very excited about and very passionate

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about. How traveling has changed our perspective

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on life, I guess, and just all the little nitty

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gritty stuff that comes with. traveling and basically

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and why you should do it while you can and while

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you're young take multiple perspectives on this

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kind of explain our experiences and how it opened

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our mind to a lot of things and how it doesn't

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need to be done expensive and how it's Really

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something that deserves to be done when you're

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young solo traveling as well I think we will

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cover that too because a lot of people are like,

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okay I want to travel but I don't really know

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who I want to go with or I think I want to go

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myself and meet people but I'm too scared You

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know, so I think we'll touch on that as well.

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And the reason why we want to talk about why

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traveling changes your perspective on life is

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the fact that we actually went traveling together

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for the first time and we've mentioned it in

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previous episodes but we went volunteering in

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Fiji so we were teaching and working in childcare

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what in February we did this program definitely

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one of my most memorable trip yeah it was it

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was one of the most memorable things well actually

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one of the greatest things i think i've ever

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done it was one of the most fulfilling things

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we met the most remarkable people and i feel

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like it opened our minds to a whole new world

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whole new world it's a place that's like four

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hours away from where it's not that far but it's

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it's completely different to our reality and

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where we live and how we live. And it just made

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us so grateful to be where we are. And Fiji is

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a beautiful country and the people are just absolutely

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magnificent there. It's crazy to see how much

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you realize you're stuck in a little bubble back

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at home when you go and explore and see all these

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new places and experience all these new people

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and new things. But it's so beneficial. I've

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always been obsessed with traveling. Ever since

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I was a little bean, I've been like that person

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that will rave on about wanderlust and wanting

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to get on my next flight and feeling like I could

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travel full time. But we're here to speak about

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obviously for the people who, yeah. Are a bit

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scared to do it or wondering if they should or

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prioritizing other things even though they really

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want to travel and stuff like that. The answer

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is yes, go go and if you want to go by yourself

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go act actually like think going by yourself

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is. sometimes better than going with people because

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it actually forces you so hard out of your comfort

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zone. It forces you to make connections and you

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don't understand how many people are traveling

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by themselves. Yeah. And then you guys stick

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together and you've got a pen power from the

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other side of the world. And you're not ever

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tied down to doing what anyone else. No, exactly.

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Because traveling, traveling can make or break

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relationships. friendships as well. I've been

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overseas with people that I have definitely had

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an interesting experience with traveling, but

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then I've also had an experiences with people

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like yourself who have been absolutely amazing

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and I could travel with you any day, any time.

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yeah so yeah the types of people we meet when

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we're traveling is just crazy like some of the

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people that i i've met some of the most beautiful

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people young old children grandparents like absolutely

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crazy insane people that i would absolutely want

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to see again in my life yeah um while i've been

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traveling and just the most kind -hearted like

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people ever so down to earth god but then you

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have that other side where sometimes you can

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meet some absolutely crazy cats out there and

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who are, I don't know, can be very intense or,

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you know, incredibly culturally different and

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culturally different is okay. Culturally different

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is great actually because you're allowing yourself

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to immerse into a new culture. Um, which I think

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is so, so important and it will, you know, expand

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your horizons and, um, life experience because

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Being stuck in a bubble is so real like I feel

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like so we were from Australia we live in Australia

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as you can hear by our accents and I think we've

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reiterated in previous episodes if you're streaming

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in from overseas but I feel like we are in such

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a bubble here you know especially living in Sydney

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whether you're in the eastern suburbs or the

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western suburbs or wherever you're from like

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you're in such a bubble and I feel like we don't.

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We don't expand our horizons as much as... traveling

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forces us to, if that makes sense. Like traveling,

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you have no choice but to see a different part

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of the world, to see different people, to accept

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that there is difference and you're not going

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to find people that are going to be the same

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as you. Absolutely. It really, it makes you,

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and also actually when you're out seeing all

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these new things and experiencing all these new

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things, you actually gain a new found respect

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and like, where for other people but also for

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home and for your family and for stability and

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routine and all of that. Cause I know every single

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one of us has probably experienced at some point,

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like, yes, I know I could travel full time, but

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when you're in that moment, you're like, Oh,

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I missed the comfort of my bed or I missed my

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hot shower. The smell of my sheets or like, you

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know, my mom telling me to like go do my laundry.

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Like, you know, like, yeah. And we're saying

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that is a reason to do it by the way. Oh, 100%.

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You gain a new found respect for the world and

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for your. world back home yeah oh i really like

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that you gain and you found respect for the world

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and your world um so let's talk about How it

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doesn't need to be done in an expensive manner?

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Oh, you can do traveling on a budget 100 % not

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saying that you can't go That you you need to

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go overseas and be broke Absolutely not because

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you know what like you do need money You do need

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savings to go and travel but you can do it in

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a much cheaper way than a lot of people Not saying

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that if you want to do it in a glamorous way

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You absolutely can you can go and stay at five

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-star hotels, but it doesn't have to be don't

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let that stop No, it doesn't have to be but some

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people that's how some people want to do it some

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people want to do it cheap and literally, you

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know, house hop or stay in hostels or sometimes

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camp out. Like, you know how my favorite place

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to travel is? I don't feel like I'm on either

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two of those ends. Neither do I. I like experiencing

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the country for what it is. Yeah. What I mean

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by that is if I go to Fiji, I'm happy to stay

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in a volunteer home and go and eat street food.

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And if I stay in Dubai, I'm happy to stay in

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a five -star hotel. Yeah. And if I go to, you

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know, Paris, I'm happy to eat croissants on the

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corner cafe. Yeah. And in Greece, I'm going to

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stay in little Airbnb cabins that are right on

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the water and eat gyros every single day. I like

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experiencing each country for what it has to

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offer. And I think that's one of the things that

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people don't do enough. And you want to go, sorry

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to interrupt, but you want to go to... A country

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to see the country not because they have an amazing

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hotel and and you're going to stay in the hotel

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the whole time we actually had this thing so

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when we went to Fiji we did the first week in

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a volunteer home which was shared with like 20

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plus people and then we stayed in a resort the

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last three days of the trip and oh my gosh we.

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genuinely when we were in the resort like yeah

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it was great you've got the amenities you've

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got the big swimming pool you've got your showers

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you've got you know your nice bed sheets but

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We both said that the first week of our trip

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was the most unforgettable by far and we felt

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the most immersed in the culture. And if we had

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never, if we never had the chance to go back

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to that beautiful country again, that we would

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feel like we had seen it all. It also just makes

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you appreciate air conditioning. Oh my God. We

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were struggling hard because there was no air

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conditioning and Fiji is a very, very hot place.

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Let's just paint the picture. So we were in 38

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degrees. humidity, no air conditioning, just

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a loud fan in our room sharing on bunk beds that

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were wobbling with no like borders. We had roughly

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two minute showers that were cold, which was

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actually refreshing. Really nice. And it wasn't

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like a shower. It was a tap. Yep. Like it was

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like a little tap. We had to be worried about

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geckos and geckos and all the mosquito diseases.

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But it made it all the more fun. Oh, dude, because

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everyone is also in the same boat and we all

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became like really close with all the other people

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living in the volunteer home and we were all

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kind of in it together. And then obviously we

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got to the resort and we were like, oh, this

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is really nice. But it was like, no, it wasn't

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the same. Like, I feel like, you know, we didn't

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have to leave. Yeah. My most memorable parts

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of the country were not that. No, it was beautiful.

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Don't get me wrong, it was lovely. But like,

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it's just funny because every other time we had

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spoken to someone, because obviously Fiji is

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a big destination to go to from Australia, they

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were like, oh, yeah, the resorts are mad. There's

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all these activities you can do there. The food's

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incredible. The views are incredible. And but

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we'd never leave. Like you don't even need to

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leave. You don't need to leave your resort. Well,

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if I had gone and just did our last three days

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for our whole trip, I don't think I would have

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enjoyed it. I don't think I would have enjoyed

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it. No, no. Like I can do that here. Oh, yeah,

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absolutely. You just go book the Sheraton out

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and you know, have a vibe. You don't need to

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travel to a different country. Yeah, that's that's

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most certainly I think. Yeah. If you want to

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do it on a budget. Absolutely. If you want to

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do it expensively. Yeah. So fine. Same applies

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for everywhere. Really. I've spoken to multiple

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people that like, for example, let's talk. about

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some of our travel experiences and some of the

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things that we've learned along the way. So I'll

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talk about my most recent trip, because that

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was another really one that was most memorable

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other than Fiji, which was I went and did Scandinavia

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with my boyfriend, which was actually very, very,

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very beautiful fun. Yeah, I've never seen, honestly,

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I don't think I've ever seen. Such beautiful

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landscapes in my life. I was obsessed with the

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place So we went and did like we did it in minus

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30 degrees Northern Lights hunting situation

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every time I like facetimed you you were like

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wrapped in a blanket Had like this like hat on

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or like fucking four scars Actually, so we can

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give some advice along the way, I was actually

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going to say one of my favorite parts of traveling

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is figuring out navigating that country while

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I'm there on my own. Like when we were there,

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we went through some rough experiences like having

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to figure out how to half speak Norwegian to

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a bus driver to get us up a mountain in Tromso,

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which is like in the middle of nowhere. It's

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not the capital. It's like all the way up the

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top, pretty much touching the top of the earth.

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um or like you know navigating when things close

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or whipping out a map do you know how many times

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i've pulled out maps when i've been overseas

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and literally just been like okay i don't think

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i've ever looked at a proper map unless I was

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overseas. Like here you've got the Google Maps

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which you can also use overseas but a lot of

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the time it's like you're walking around. It

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makes you very independent. It makes your brain

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go. I remember once, I'll go back to my Greece

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trip as well, so the year prior to that I remember

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once, it's just a funny memory, we didn't know

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how, I was on another trip with my boyfriend

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in Greece and we were island hopping and I literally

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remember having to connect my phone to the dingy.

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I think the Wi -Fi was called dirty laundry or

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something like that, the dingiest Wi -Fi. So

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I could FaceTime one of my friends because I

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couldn't like I can read and speak fluent Greek,

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but the maps in Europe, the train maps all over

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the place, people that no, no. I couldn't figure

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out how to get where she wanted to meet us. I

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had to join some dingy wifi, make sure I was

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connected and I could also see the map at the

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same time. So I could FaceTime her to be like,

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how do we get there? Can you meet us here? What

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trains do we need to stop at? It really, like,

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it builds your confidence so much and makes you

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like, I feel like I can conquer the world now.

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If I can figure out the map to Europe, I can

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conquer the world. Well, that's the thing. Also,

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yeah, tip before you go traveling. get the map

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of the place that you're staying at. Or like,

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you know, if you're... Download the apps as well.

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Download the apps. Oh, we need... That was one

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of my biggest tips. I downloaded all the Aurora

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apps that my Airbnb hosts told me to do. Get

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your guide is a great one. Get your guide. It's

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got all different excursions and tours for like

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a really good price. What other ones? Hostel

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World if you're looking for hostels. Booking

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.com, the G, everyone knows that I guess. But

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I mean more in terms of like when you're in the

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country, research and speak to the locals and

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see what they do and how they get around and

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what restaurants they eat at and what transport

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they use because you'll actually end up realising

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that you're having more fun trying to navigate

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how it is to genuinely immerse in their culture

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but you're also saving money. You are. In the

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long run, 90 % of the time. You know what's also

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a really good tool, sorry. just came to mind,

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TikTok. Oh my God. Anytime I go overseas or go

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to another place, TikTok is my best friend. Cause

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people are constantly posting cheapest place,

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places to go and eat in Bali, cheapest places

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to go and visit in Paris. Like, like, oh my God,

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TikTok would be your best friend. Um, Yeah, oh

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we need like a like a travel company to sponsor

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us because I feel like We will review the food

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we will immerse ourselves in the culture Okay,

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I want to speak about one more thing, okay one

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more thing post -travel depression The feeling

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of having to come back home as much as you want

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to and then having to mold yourself back into

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your normal life when you feel like there's so

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much more out there and navigating that and feel

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like you want so much more out of life now, I've

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experienced that. Every single time. I've experienced

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it after Fiji. Oh yeah. After Fiji, after my

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most recent holidays and trips. And oh my God,

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I've really like, I went to, I went traveling

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to New Zealand. I had never been before in me

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and one of my beautiful friends, Nisha. Shout

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out Nisha. Oh my God. Best travel partner ever.

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Um, we went and traveled New Zealand and we were

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there for maybe like, yeah, around three weeks.

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And I remember when I got back I literally cried

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in my bed because I know I did I like my little

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like my cat was in my arms and I was crying just

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like licking the tears off my face because I

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was so sad that experience had ended and I don't

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know why I think that country just really affected

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me in a weird way and it came at a time where

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I really needed to travel and get out and and

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have new experiences and meet new people and.

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I had the best time and same with Fiji. I was

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so sad after Fiji. We were on FaceTime being

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like we're so depressed. We want to go back.

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It's crazy because you end up feeling so disconnected

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when you come back. You feel so disconnected

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from your reality. And you don't want to be in

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the same old patterns you were in before. I don't

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know. Maybe that's just us. Actually, no, it's

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not just us. No, it's a universal experience.

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Every single person that has gone traveling to

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the extent that, like not just a family holiday,

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like we're talking, going out and seeing the

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world. Like actual travel experiences. we'll

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understand where we're coming from. Also, and

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it applies to short trips too, sorry, but like

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even if you're going somewhere for three days

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to a week, the same thing could happen. Change

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of complete experience. Also, Can I just say

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you need to volunteer in a different country

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once in your life because oh my god like I think

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I'm gonna be volunteering overseas every year

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it completely changed my life like my whole perspective

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on life and nothing mattered in that moment I

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was like oh my god I not only do you feel like

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you're doing good but it's the best way to connect

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with people it's the best way to immerse yourself

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in. immerse yourself into a new culture, into

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new environment, new people. And you feel like

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you're getting something more out of it. Obviously

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we always wanted to travel together, but we were

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like, we want something a bit more fulfilling

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than just going and sunbaking. Like we want,

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no seriously, nothing wrong with sunbaking, we

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love sunbaking. We live near the beach, we could

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go to the beach in Bondi anytime, any day. And

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we were obsessed. We had, oh my God, experienced

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those little kids. The kids, oh my God, the kids,

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the people. Teacher etta. Oh Guys we're gonna

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cry on the pot for the first time um Yeah, oh

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actually one more point that I just remembered

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that I written down you really wit. It's so funny

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to witness What every what different countries

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and what different people consider to be a good

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life? Do you know what I'm trying to say my like

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Lord if a good life in Sydney? just even just

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back home like a good life in Sydney compared

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to a good life where I used to be living in Dubai

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compared to a new life in Greece for example

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that's just the three places I've experienced

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the most is actually crazy and then I look at

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places like what people considered a good life

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in Scandinavia or in Fiji or in London I don't

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know wherever like it's so shocking to me how

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so some people are so happy with so little Fiji

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is a perfect example of that. Oh my goodness.

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To have a good life in Fiji. I've never met more

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beautiful people. I've never. You need family

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and human connection. That's it. You could be

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living on the street, but as long as you've got

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your family there and you can have some food

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and you've got your people, nothing else matters.

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We visited a village. So at the school that we

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were volunteering at, the teacher took us, beautiful

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teacher Eta took us to her Fijian village and

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introduced us to everyone. And the village is

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pretty big. Like I don't know how many people

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live in there, maybe like a hundred or so. Everyone

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knows everyone. Everyone's feeding each other,

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bringing cakes, bringing, you know, salads, bringing,

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like, they all grow fruit. They're all bringing

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it to each other. You'll see the kids playing

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outside together, including everyone. Like, we

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were there. Everyone was saying, hello, come

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and join us. Do you want some food? Let me make

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you some tea. Let me do this. Bula Bula. We literally

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wanted to come back and get Bula tattooed on

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us. Yeah, because it was just like, beyond. Trip

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touched our hearts human connection. There you

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go. Mm -hmm. Let's see Is there anything else

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you think we need to touch on before we wrap

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up? I Think those are the main parts. But yeah,

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I think if we'd have to give one piece of advice

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to anyone If this hasn't convinced you enough

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already to go out and trace your travel dreams

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You can always come back home. Yeah like don't

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ever feel like you're going to be stuck even

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if it means booking a one -way ticket somewhere

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you can always come back home you can always

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come back to your comfort but you'll never regret

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or have what ifs if you yeah do and do it while

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you're young you know do it while you're young

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because The older you get, the kind of more responsibilities

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and life gets a little bit serious and things

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like that. And I feel like doing it while you're

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young, while you can, you know, go and get a

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new perspective on life and meet people that

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will form your circle later on in life is amazing.

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So please go and do it. We know that there's

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situations where people can't prioritize traveling,

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even if it means doing it in a cheap way. But

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if you do have the opportunity and the only thing

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stopping you is your internal thoughts, we promise

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you won't regret it. Yeah. And it's not something

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that like you can save up and you can work towards

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it. Put a little bit of money in your savings

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every time you get your paycheck. Like I think

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that's the one thing that I'll never regret spending

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money on. No. Like I was literally saying this

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to my friend at work the other day. I was like

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$2 ,000 on a designer bag. You could not catch

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me dead. $2 ,000 on a plane ticket. I'm there.

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Take it. Take my card. Yeah. That's literally

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me. Yeah. And it's a really good, good, good

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spending opportunity if you are going to spend

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your money. Spend it wisely guys. Yeah. Oh, well,

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that's us. That's our trouble. We're going to

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go back to our next trip guys. We are. We're

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going to go back and plan what we want. We really

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want to go to Japan next, don't we? Yes. Japan

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or Canada. Wow. Okay. Let's go do that now. All

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right, you can everyone and we'll catch you in

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the next one