Its time for the unknown, the chaotic, the unexplained. Borderline anarchy.

My name is Nate. Tomorrow I finish work. My entire life, I have wanted to do nothing but travel. When it comes to the human hierarchy of needs, I'm a textbook case. Most of my essential needs were sorted out a long time ago. Food, shelter, friendship, love, respect of others and respect from others, are all being fulfilled. I've since moved on to savings accounts, insurance policies, career, home - is that what life is really all about? No. Now that the basic needs have been taken care of, I can finally dedicate my life to the only thing I have ever really wanted to do - see the world.

Its time for the unknown, the chaotic, the unexplained. Borderline anarchy. Why? I want to understand the entire planet, the entire human condition. Why? Self actualisation, dude. It's about the journey, and the destination. As yet, I don't have a destination. In a few days time, I will book a plane ticket to take my partner and I from Perth, Australia, to Bali, Indonesia. From there, it will be a long journey, preferably, staying away from planes. The entire plan so far is Perth to Bali, stay a few days, go somewhere else, repeat. One day, we should pop-in to the Netherlands, where my mother now resides. But, thats not the destination.

In my mind, this is a guaranteed way to get the holiday of my dreams. Simple, just three steps. One: leave my job, two: purchase a one-way ticket overseas, three: use the ticket. Surely, it shouldn't be too hard from here; a trip to Indonesia can be had for a couple hundred. Today I Googled: "ferry from Jakarta to Phillipines". First hit: "Indonesian Ferry Sinks - 29 Dead". The next few Indonesian ferry related hits were all to do with pirates, bombs, death, generic melee, and old fashioned tropical diseases. So, perhaps a bit more research may be needed. I'll do it on the way to the airport.

Why? Either I wither away, spending my life working for heartless, prescription drug taking, narcissistic parasites in one soul-less company after another, or, I don't. The amount of time I spend in any one place will be decided by either the quantity of delicious ethnic meals that cost less than a dollar, or a preponderance of abandoned soviet era military bases and miscellaneous modernist architecture.

The plan is to continue blogging, unless pirates steal my laptop. Next update will come when there is something to report. I guarantee you I will show you the world in a unique way, so check back. In the meantime, if you haven't already seen my blog on Perth, Australia - my birthplace and home, check out 6000 TIMES. The updates over there will soon be put on hold.

Nate.