Love sitting in a quaint little cafe somewhere, sipping a nice cup of coffee while poring over my maps and planning for the trip ahead, watching the world go by and feel just a little weary and that little bit older.
I seem to have a predilection for that Starbucks outlet outside United Square, in Novena, Singapore. Watching the water cascade down the fountain-wall from my favourite seat on an idle weekday afternoon is always nice, you feel that you have all the time in the world, and with it the ability to do anything you ever wanted to.
Particularly memorable was sitting down in there, before Christmas last year, with a hot Christmassy drink in hand, and planning for my first crazy adventure that would see me travelling overland from Hanoi weaving through Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia before finally reaching Singapore city, Singapore. It didnt materialise though, very sadly. But the audacity of it, for a first timer. Brings a smile to my face today, to think of it. To borrow from David Stirling, Who Dares Wins, and that young lad of 16 planning that madcap overland trip on such a low bank budget probably played a huge role in me realising who i am today and who i want to be, a vagabond at heart, existing for myself and none other, and a backpacker.
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