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Old 7 Jul 2006
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Does hitting the road solve personal problems ?
I was pondering..... How many people end up on the road to run away from problems or go in search of a better life ?

Sure, most of us love to travel and love the experience of overlanding and all it brings with it but we usually end up where we started, as we were , with the exception of broader experiences and a fatter photo album.

Does loading up a bike and dissapering into the sunset change lifes or does it delay and bury problems which will resurface as soon as you run out of petrol money ??

I often sit here, stressed with unpaid bills and the thought of Monday morning monotony thinking would it be easier to sell up everything i own, load up the bike and see where I end up and what ill be doing.

Anyway, thought id share that with you all for no reason at all
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Cool not the solution itself, but..
You have a point when you say that maybe being on the road is a way to escape. Escape from a situation, somebody or even the police(in case you just robbed a bank!)

Maybe being on the road is not the solution itself, but is a way( from several more) to know who you are, what are you capable of and what you don´t, ,like you say most of the time you will end where you start but some will be different in you.

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I'll be honest with you. When I left on my last trip it was because I suddenly realised I'd not really been enjoying life that much. My business was barely breaking even, I was bored a lot of the time, my feild of work turned out to be very different to how I imagined it and I realised too late that girls don't like poor, independent guys. I remembered my life as a snowboard bum, caning my money without a thought for the future, doing irrepairable damage to my knees and back, and loving every minute of life.
I never expected my trip to change my life (and it hasn't) but I had a bloody fantastic several months for the first time in years. Now its back to work for a year or so, then back on the bike for more adventures!
Lifes too short to plan for the future. Do it all now before it's too late.
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you can only find what you are looking for. start to travel without any expectations. whatever you find on the road, let be them your expectations. it was what i have done. and at the end of travel i've found my self.
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I think for me it is about commitments, and dependents.

I don't own a house, don't have an exceptional job and only have family ties.

Once asked on a management training course "when would you like to die" I replied, "when no one is dependent on me", meaning anyone that I feel responsible for.

What stops me from travelling more at the moment are, two children, two dogs, a wife and my father (he lives with us).

When in a few years my father has gone, along with the dogs, (they're all geting old) and my kids have left home, providing me and the wife are still alive and able to, we shall travel.

I won't be running away, hiding, trying to find myself, etc. I shall be taking my experience of life, thus far , a little further.

I'll have no ties, no commitments, and no home.

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I suppose everyone has reasons to "Hit the Road", and in my case, I am travelling to experience travel. Have the time off school and funds. Looked at three bikes so far(I wish the Honda XR650L was a little shorter for me) as I like to do a little off roading/exploring. cheers all, rio_perros <*)*)*)*)>{

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