As I came back to Germany I had so many ideas about justhalfaworldaway.com, but never the time to realize them. It’s a busy life in Germany. However, I want to keep this travel diary for my future journeys, even if they are just short holidays. So now I’m already back at work, doing my Monday to Friday 09 to 05 routine in the same job, living in the same apartment and share my life with the same people. But it isn’t the same anymore. Sometimes it’s hard and I feel really sad, but my incredible memories and my happiness about the opportunity to realize this trip make me able to smile again.

Today I will fly back to Germany. Now I have no words. So I just share what I’ve posted at Facebook:

“That’s it. Today is the final day of my first trip around the world. In detail:

days: 302
countries: 16
flights: 39
circles around the world: 1
max altitude: 5.200 meters
max depth: 30 meters
stunning views into the stars: 302
days I’ve spent in bed due to spoiled food: 2
happy days: 300
climbed mountains: 8
broken shoes: 2 pairs
scuba dives: 20
new languages: 1 (un poquito)
mosquito bites: millions (at least)
bus trips from hell: 9
serious accidents: 0
robberies/rapes/kidnappings: 0
attacks from coconuts: 2

But travelling isn’t a matter of facts. Since I had the courage to enter the unknown, this epic trip was guided by my heart and took me to the most beautiful places of this planet, let me meet so many lovely and funny people from all over the world and let me experience the amazing feeling of infinite freedom.
My journey taught me my limits as well as I realized that NOTHING is impossible. When I’ve planned this trip, it was not about finding myself. It was all about a terrible “Fernweh” which couldn’t satisfied with just another holiday. Now I’m going back to a place I called home and I don’t know if the person I found will ever fit in that place again.”