Title – Smile
Date – August 2003
Location - Toliara - Madagascar
A smile to melt even the hardest heart is something you sometimes need to see when you are this far away from home. They remind you that happiness is relative and does not reflect your wealth or the country you come from. These girls live in one of the worlds poorest countries and in one of the poorest parts of that country, but they have million dollar smiles. Stopping to have a drink of water and a biscuit from my pack while walking across the island, they had within minutes ‘mugged’ me of the whole packet and all that was left to show for it was yet more smiles, definitely worth the price.
At Beyond The Blue we realise that no matter how much you prepare and no matter how fascinating and beautiful your destination there will be times when you feel like you are on another planet, there are days you will wake up and wish that the beach outside your door would be your back garden and when going to bed no matter how tiered you are just doesn’t seem like something you can face. We all have a longing for home at some point on a long journey away, it’s not something that makes you weak or particularly different, it’s just normal. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop will help you prepare for the hurdles you will need to overcome and can help those people who dream of travelling the world but just need the confidence to do it, realise those dreams. What we can’t do is replace the encouragement that coming across smiles like these can give you, when you are having a bad day, only you can do that.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – August 2003
Location - Toliara - Madagascar
A smile to melt even the hardest heart is something you sometimes need to see when you are this far away from home. They remind you that happiness is relative and does not reflect your wealth or the country you come from. These girls live in one of the worlds poorest countries and in one of the poorest parts of that country, but they have million dollar smiles. Stopping to have a drink of water and a biscuit from my pack while walking across the island, they had within minutes ‘mugged’ me of the whole packet and all that was left to show for it was yet more smiles, definitely worth the price.
At Beyond The Blue we realise that no matter how much you prepare and no matter how fascinating and beautiful your destination there will be times when you feel like you are on another planet, there are days you will wake up and wish that the beach outside your door would be your back garden and when going to bed no matter how tiered you are just doesn’t seem like something you can face. We all have a longing for home at some point on a long journey away, it’s not something that makes you weak or particularly different, it’s just normal. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop will help you prepare for the hurdles you will need to overcome and can help those people who dream of travelling the world but just need the confidence to do it, realise those dreams. What we can’t do is replace the encouragement that coming across smiles like these can give you, when you are having a bad day, only you can do that.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
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