I’ve been traveling in Australia for almost three weeks. I’ve had fun the entire time, but have felt frustrated at times trying to figure out what to do and where to go. No a bad problem to have. While in Melbourne I spent so much time online sending out email requests to stay with people from Couchsurfing. It stressed me out. I’d been staying in hostels in Melbourne and spending a lot of money because I’m a diva and wanted a private room. Haha! I made the choice to go to Darwin with a couchsurfer named Violet. We talked about traveling together, but I knew she wanted to head west after spending three weeks in the northern territory. I wanted to head to the east coast and only wanted to spend 7-10 days in the NT/Outback. I made the choice to join a tour group in Darwin. The tour went for 7 days and visited every place I wanted to see in the outback. I was going to spend a good amount of money on the tour, but was happy with my choice. Plus the tour would give me the freedom of knowing where i’d be for 7 days. I booked travel to Cairns on the 13th after the tour. I was feeling GREAT.
On the tour bus on the way to Kakado I was in my head about my choice to take the tour. Should I have stayed wit Violet and traveled with her and other couchsurfers in the Outback? Didn’t I want to be willing to lean into discomfort on my journey.
Towards the end of first day on the tour I found myself sitting on a cliff in the Uber region of Kakado. It was beyond breath taking. I realized I didn’t make a decision to join this tour, but rather a choice. As much as my journey is about going outside my comfort zone it’s also about enjoying myself and meeting different people. No matter what choice I made it was the correct one. Besides I’m happy to spread some LOVE and joy to the tour.
