Comments on: The People Who Shaped My Life https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/ Travel Better, Cheaper, Longer Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Michele Roberts https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-977189 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 08:57:40 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-977189 Great story ! There are always who inspires us to do different things and share the joy of togetherness with us. they are the people we never forget in life and always feel gratitude towards them. Last time i trekked with an adventure company, they have inspired me to complete my whole trek as in the starting i felt like giving up, they regained my confidence.

]]> By: Sophie mautan sanhanat https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-972822 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 05:43:02 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-972822 Even though we have never met before, I also have to thank you for writing this impressively memorable article, which I truly can feel mixed feelings from it: loneliness ,happiness and freedom. I am about to turn 30 this year. You do remind me and many people of keeping making every day of our life meaningful.

]]> By: NomadicMatt https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-969794 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:41:04 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-969794 In reply to Sonal.

I doubt they would even know who I was but I always wonder myself….maybe one day! Maybe one day!

]]> By: Sonal https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-969783 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:31:22 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-969783 Hi Matt, just out of curiosity – did those 5 backpackers ever find you (now that every traveler reads your blog) and are surprised that they were your inspiration?

]]> By: Achi https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-373007 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:17:45 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-373007 In reply to Aye.

Yeah, you right, Aye! just like the book ‘The Five People You Meet In Heaven’ by Mitch Albom. 😀 *please ignore the previous comment* :p

]]> By: Achi https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-373005 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:12:25 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-373005 In reply to Aye.

Thank you very much for sharing this, Matt! God bless you even more! Hope to see you in my travels around the world, just as the same with you. Good people bring out the good in people. Cheers to them! xoxo

]]> By: Cheryl https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-372104 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:03:07 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-372104 Hey Matt!

Great post. Kind of reminds me of “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”, was that an inspiration at all? I definitely agree with, and love, this quote: “Life is filled with strangers who shape our lives, both good and bad. All the people you meet leave a piece of themselves with you” (just tweeted it from @CheElizaga!). As an annual traveler myself who studied abroad in Spain, I’ve found that it’s not necessarily the destination, but the company. I can’t tell you which twist or turn I took to the Albaicin or more than 3 facts about the Alhambra, but I do think often about the couple from England who toured Granada and fell in love with it so much, they moved there on a whim and opened up a bar. Meeting people like them is so mind-boggling, and makes me wonder if I’ll ever grow the cajones to do something like this.

I have a question for you, because I always hear about solo travel from men. What about us women? Safety is certainly a huge concern living in the U.S. and having toured Europe and Asia, I can say that this is still a concern everywhere. I guess the obvious response would be to find a travel buddy or two to traverse with. Any thoughts? 🙂

And another question… have you found that Europeans are more adventurous and daring when it comes to country-hopping/relocating, as opposed to Americans? I noticed that many spoke about 3-4 languages and with so many countries just steps away (obviously an understatement), being open and exposed to new cultures was a norm.

Thanks for your time, glad I stumbled upon your blog!

Salud,
Ché
@CheElizaga

]]> By: NomadicMatt https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-369822 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:01:50 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-369822 In reply to Gloria Atanmo.

You’re welcome!

]]> By: Gloria Atanmo https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-369551 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:41:34 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-369551 In reply to Tiffany.

AMAZING!!! What a beautiful story! <3

]]> By: Gloria Atanmo https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-people-who-shaped-my-life/#comment-369550 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:39:01 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10245#comment-369550 Wow, Matt!!! I can’t stress enough how reassuring this post was. It’s amazing how life works in a sense that some of the best things to happen to us are unplanned. As I randomly stumbled across your blog, I’ve been doing nothing but researching and reading for the last 3 hours as I prepare to set sail across the Atlantic and live/work in Europe for 8 months. I’ll be backpacking immediately after and it’s so refreshing to relive memories of my last European excursions and remember just what about traveling that made me fall in love. I can’t wait to share this passion with the world on a larger platform and list you as one of my inspirations. Cheers! xx

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