Blog Philosophies

As a KRS-One song once said:
"So you´re a philosopher?"
"Yes - I think very deeeeply."

Morning blog addicts -
People say travel broadens the mind, changes you, lets you "find yourself."
These are just some thoughts / observations ive had since being away....

I´ll prob write it in bullet point style, to keep it remotely ginteresting.
hmmm where to start?...



As I said - people say "traveling can change you" etc.
Is this true for me?
Hell no! Im Robbie G!! HA3! Haha nah, I dont think traveling can change me much. Im too stubborn. I wont let it. Or maybe the type of traveling im doing is not extreme enough to change my whole outlook on life...YET. Or maybe I dont really know who I am, so how can I change something I dont know really excists... o-0 If anything traveling might give me time to think about the way I want to live my life when I get back to England. I´ve made a lot of notes on things I want to do when I return. Im actually considering doing a silence meditation course when back. Its a 10 day thing where you dont speak or communicate in any way AT ALL... Not to drastically change my life or anything, but to....challenge me or something....I dont know :-s

When we climbed the Inca Trail not so long ago, I came down wanting to push myself more physically and train for something else too. I´ve never ran a marathon, or climbed a really challenging mountain or anything like that really. I think i´ve come to the realization that im not going to be a rich businessman, or an actor, or footballer, or rich or famous. So I think achievements like this will leave a legacy behind. Something to boast about and tell future little Gurneys :p Something more than "I worked hard like a honest man, and died an honest man!"



Other travelers:
Most people ive met whilst traveling ive actually really liked. MOST of them. I know im naturally pessimistic when it comes to meeting new people, (which is my problem) but most people who travel are not ignorant arse holes. Or they wouldnt be out here in the first place. You get some pretentious idiots. Mainly fake hippies who probably lock themselves in cupboards and fart repeatedly so they can smell how pure and clean they all are. Dicks lol.

Im not interested in making new friends much. More focused on the ones I still have at home. I have a bit of a "hang on to what you have" mentality at the moment. I liked my life in England before I left. Ironic :-s

I dont like socializing in big crowds much either. Its a lot of effort. People have to fight to be heard, and im not that eager. Or that bothered to listen to the people who have won the battle for attention to be honest. I float off into my own world. I think im a naturally lonely or independant person 0:)

Cat (as you know) is a very open person who offers herself to people quickly. She is more bothered about other people, what they think about her. A large part of her traveling experience is about the people she meets. But everyone gets something different out of traveling I guess. I look within myself more...reflect :p
It didnt take long for the whole "Where are you from?" "Where are you going" talk to get old. Some people are like "Oh, you´re from London!" And they think they have you figured out lol.

But a lot of travelers seem to of had a more interesting life than yours too. Or more educated, or cultured or something. And their whole story of why theyre here, where theyve been, their childhood etc. And Im just like, "Yeh, I got kicked out the house most days. Played football and kerby on the streets, then came home."
Makes you realize who you really are and where you belong I guess. Where you came from and how you grew up might be common in your neighbourhood, but its worlds apart to some other peoples.



I asked Cat the other day:
"Do you think, if we had a lot more money, our travels would be a lot diferent? And if so, a lot better?"
She was just like "Yeah! We could do all this and that, and not care etc." I tried to get all deep about it. Like, when we saw hand-gliders coming down the moutains in Rio, we looked up and was like "WOW!" and smiled. But the hand-gliders at the top are probably smiling just as much and going "WOW!" too. Just for a lot more money...But she wasnt having any of it saying "We could do all these experiences and go home having done it all..." I tried to argue its not good to have everything at your finger tips....
ANYWAY, after having bank problems in Uruguay, where we couldnt withdraw any money. I realized my thoughts were bullshit lol. Some days we´ve been so broke, we´ve shared 50p biscuits for dinner, or gone to a restaurant just to get out, but could only afford a cup of tea, and then walk past other people eating delicious stakes and they smell so gooood. And walking past modern hotels, to get to our raggity dorm rooms to share bunk beds with our pet cockroaches :p I used to think, "HA! Look at these suckers paying 5 times what we do, and theyre staying just down the road and seeing the same sights as we do." Now, I have a slightly different view lol. But thats the travelers life!!



Hmmm - Am I home sick at all?
Not really. I missed friends and family quite quickly. Times gone fast though. Its crazy, the concept of time has gone all wrong. Seems like AGES AGO we were in Rio. But its only just over a week ago! When you travel on coach (some night buses), and go somewhere new for a day, then move on again, different weathers, different cultures, countries, landscapes, languages, etc.... It seems like 4 days ago could be last month! But at the same time, being at home doesnt seem that long ago. I guess facebook, messaging, talking to everyone just makes home seem so much closer.
On the coaches we get to see parents saying bye to their kids, before they go off somewhere else to work or go school or something. Reminds me of emotionally saying goodbye to all our friends indivisually, then our parents. I look out the windows of the coaches with my ipod in, and have a moment :p
I dont get home sick really though. We take it day by day, coz thinking of the amount of time we might be away for is craaazzyyy. I just think of being at work, scraping ice off my car, traffic, insurance rapings, and sitting in my bedroom in the dark - flicking through photos of me being here. Its been a pretty epic trip already, so looking back on it all, from home, and digesting it properly, will be madnesssss!!


OooooKay blog fans.
Think I´ll keep it there for now.


I´ll blog about the rest of our Brazil trip, and Uruguay trip soon.
Its very ginteresting...


Might even have more future "blog philosophies" if theres demand ;)




Keep your shorts tight - like mine and Cats daily budget
And keep it hood....


PEACE!!