Small World
When you’re travelling it’s quite common to bump into people a couple of times in the same city, after all you tend to go to the same sites and often end up following the page sequence. Bumping into people in different countries is not impossible but tends to be less common. Having it happen loads of times just gets stupid.
I met Alessandro, an Italian guy in Hongsa when he turned up as I did to volunteer at the elephant festival. We spent a few busy days together there but as soon as the event was over we both headed off in our separate directions assuming to catch up over email one day.
So it was quite a surprise then 2 weeks later when I was sat in a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and looked up to see Alex walking past. I called out and we caught up over a few happy hour drinks. We once again headed off in our separate directions, him south and me to take some pictures.
The surprise was even bigger the next time. I was in Saigon this time chatting to a Belguim photographer in a busy bar when I happened to look outside and see Alex once again walking past. He had just got in to Saigon and we had no idea we would both be there at the same time.
By this time we just gave up and ended up travelling together for a couple of days before I headed off on my motorbike trip and him on a different route. We’d meet in a few days but would work that out when we got there.
No need! I was sitting having lunch in Hoi An and there was Alex, walking past the café. Another big coincidence!
What was good about this was that we both had very similar interests and a similar sense of humour so we made good travel companions. We hung around for another couple of weeks until we said out goodbyes in Hanoi.
Alex is off to Thailand now and then back home to Italy so I guess the next time we meet will be an even bigger quirk of fate…. Although he has offered to take me round the Alps on his bike so it may not be purely luck!
I met Alessandro, an Italian guy in Hongsa when he turned up as I did to volunteer at the elephant festival. We spent a few busy days together there but as soon as the event was over we both headed off in our separate directions assuming to catch up over email one day.
So it was quite a surprise then 2 weeks later when I was sat in a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and looked up to see Alex walking past. I called out and we caught up over a few happy hour drinks. We once again headed off in our separate directions, him south and me to take some pictures.
The surprise was even bigger the next time. I was in Saigon this time chatting to a Belguim photographer in a busy bar when I happened to look outside and see Alex once again walking past. He had just got in to Saigon and we had no idea we would both be there at the same time.
By this time we just gave up and ended up travelling together for a couple of days before I headed off on my motorbike trip and him on a different route. We’d meet in a few days but would work that out when we got there.
No need! I was sitting having lunch in Hoi An and there was Alex, walking past the café. Another big coincidence!
What was good about this was that we both had very similar interests and a similar sense of humour so we made good travel companions. We hung around for another couple of weeks until we said out goodbyes in Hanoi.
Alex is off to Thailand now and then back home to Italy so I guess the next time we meet will be an even bigger quirk of fate…. Although he has offered to take me round the Alps on his bike so it may not be purely luck!
1 comment:
hi, yeah, it is really a fate! and thank you so much for introducing me to Alex! :)
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