I never even realised that I’d lost it. Not until now, when I’ve gotten it back.
I didn’t know I had forgotten. Though now I vividly remember. I remember what things were like in the early days of this journey. What it feels like when everything and everyone around you has the power to overthrow everything you thought you knew about life. What it’s like to have an experience take up your whole being. And what it’s like trying to not let it slip through your fingers.
It’s just as bizarre as it’s beautiful. Morning comes and I open my eyes, as for the first time of my life. It’s day, and time and time again I literally catch myself trying not to blink. I don’t want to risk missing anything. Not until night comes and I close them again. Grabbing onto the tent floor as if doing so somehow would stop my head (world) from spinning.
It’s all back. Every little piece of it.
I know I can’t make sense of any of it just yet, which is why I’m not even trying. And it’s alright really. At the moment all I need to do is to stay on my back in the flowing river that is this experience, trusting that the current will take me wherever I’m supposed to go.
Ghana has come to an end and I’ve made it into Cote d’Ivoire. The palm fringed seaside has been replaced by lush, thick greenery and the only way I know how to describe it is that every imaginable part of this place somehow seems a little more intense than in it’s neighbouring country. The ride is larger than life and the main reason for it is very clear.
People.
A few months ago I was climbing grand volcanoes and riding 5 000 meter mountain passes in search for adventure. Here – I find it by stopping in a village to buy a few bananas. Or even more – has it find me, by simply sitting down to eat them somewhere (anywhere!) along the road.
Alright, friends. I’ll throw in a few random snapshots. But for now I’m afraid this is it. For now, I need to go back to be absolutely present in what is one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Haha. I have no explanation for this one.
Oh. More than anywhere else I seem to be posting stuff on Instagram Stories these days. For some real time glimpses of life out here, make sure to give @thebikeramble a follow :-)
Until next time,
Fredrika