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As the time draws closer to my departure, I am ticking off one item at a time. I now have my passport in hand, most of my clothes are ready to be packed, I have bought a new camera tripod, had most of my injections for my trip, had the maximum acupuncture to try and stabilize the collapsed disks in my lower spine and finally, I have collected the currency I ordered.

I will naturally be ordering more currency in different forms, but for the time being this is the cold hard cash I will be carrying with me, sixteen thousands pesos in all.

As my departure grows nearer (currently just 10 days away), I grow nervous and excited at the prospects facing me.

I am not alone in my hatred and growing sickness towards the uk. I know many people who live in the uk and almost every single one of them is sick and wants out. Good luck to you all. We all need our dreams.

What I have been though and my friends are going through reminds me of a song called “Night Train” by the Bouncing Souls. Here are the lyrics:

Goodbye to me and you.
Goodbye to the life we knew.
One last long embrace.
Let go and walk on through.

I’m leaving everything behind for a peace that I can’t find.
The ghosts that roam this house
like winter air right through our souls.
And it feels like dying.
It just feels like time to go.

Going down south to dream another dream.
Maybe check out Memphis, Tennessee.
Take the night train and an extra pair of jeans.
Can’t think of anything else I really need.
And all my experiences ride with me.

This town is dead to me.
And I can’t stop chasing my dreams.
I love you more than anything,
but what you want I could never be.
I love you more than anything,
but only alone can we both be free.

Goodbye to me and you.
Goodbye to the life we knew.
Wipe the tears from your eyes.
Let go and walk on through.

It also reminds me of another song by the Bouncing Souls called “Better Things”, the two lines that really stick to mind are:

Here is hoping all the days ahead
Won’t be as bitter as the ones behind you