When I came back from a trip to South Asia for more than two months at this time last year, the most frequently asked question was, "Is India really like that?" Just after the end of this year, I came back from a trip to North Korea. The same question is just a different subject. "Is North Korea really like that?"

I don't want to go to some places that others don't want to go to deliberately to show off my travel experience, nor do I have the courage to go to such a country to look for the excitement of life. I just have too much curiosity to be satisfied in my twenties. It's just that after traveling for so many years, I always believe that "if I treat people well, people will repay me with kindness".

Growing up in my childhood didn't make me a person with outstanding personality. Fortunately, the seeds buried in my heart for instability made me taste the sweetness of freedom and freshness after my first hard seat trip in generate after the college entrance examination. After four years of hard work to make money and save money, I have completed countless trips. Under the influence of good movies and new ideas, I began to discover a different life.

When I was a senior in Xi 'an that year, I sent an email to langmusi, which is not too far away, and applied to be a volunteer in a youth hostel. It was a long email. Later, the boss of the Youth Hostel, who is now my closest relative, told me that she didn't intend to go that winter. In winter, langmusi was very cold, except for a few tourists in the New Year, and almost no one visited it on weekdays. For a youth hostel, it was unprofitable, and she was pregnant at that time. Moreover, in recent years, she was stood up by volunteers.

But she said that no one had sent her such a long email. She believed that I had never met before, that I said I would leave my hometown in Jiangxi for Gannan Tibetan area on the third day of the New Year's Eve, and I also believed that she was a good person. With trust in each other, we did what we can all call "the first time".

Facts have proved that such courage and trust have enabled us to form a lifelong friendship. I attended the wedding of her and her Tibetan husband, and witnessed their children go from being in the belly to a smiling baby and then to a little girl holding my hand and telling me stories. In recent years, besides going home, I will say that I have returned to langmusi.

In the second half of my senior year, my volunteer trip continued. I went to Xiamen and Qinghai, and went back and forth to Xi 'an School for defense and graduation. Two very different regions have brought me very different gains.

In Xiamen, you can go to sea with sailboats for free, wake up and sleep on Gulangyu Island for free, and shuttle through the alleys of this semi-new and semi-old old city, pretending that you are no stranger to all this, telling yourself that you have a lot of time here and don't have to rush.

In Qinghai, I drank wine with a large group of people. That's where I learned to drink. The bosses of youth brigades and their friends are people with stories in my eyes, and they also have the same name-blue sky rescue team members. It seems that ordinary people from all walks of life in the city will take a helicopter into the Grand Canyon for search and rescue during the holidays, organize a safe hike in ghost city, reinstall the snow-capped mountains to clean up the garbage ... and I also rode Qinghai Lake alone, which made them praise this southern girl who is not so tall.

in this short half year, I found that I hope my youth will be spent in the time when I recall it, rather than blindly stepping on the road that everyone thinks is right at a loss. I have always been very clever, and I began to realize that there is nothing to be afraid of being different from others.

in my first year of work, I chose Shanghai, where there are many opportunities. I worked as a raiders editor on a travel website. My salary was not that high, and I was quite happy at work. But I knew from the beginning that I wouldn't stay in the city that I had been to many times, so I made an appointment with myself in October: I would go to the neighborhood I wanted to go to within ten months and then leave.

When I left, I probably thought that I still had enough money, so I first went back to the northwestern part of my heart, along the legendary Silk Road, and back to langmusi, where I worked as a store manager and sold gadgets. I experienced the edge of life and death when I helped Tibetans to herd sheep, but I was knocked down by sheep and trampled by them. I had a thought in my heart, so I went to Xinjiang. After writing so many strategies, the beauty of northern Xinjiang and the legend of southern Xinjiang are always in my heart. In case the accident comes before tomorrow, at least I won't say I regret it. In Xinjiang, where the riots just ended a month ago, I saw incomparable purity. Countless cars from northern Xinjiang to southern Xinjiang, green leather carriages crowded with Hui people, and temporary sleeping yurts at the foot of Tianshan Mountain are all things that I think I can brag about for a lifetime at that age.

After my trip to Xinjiang, I decided to go to Chengdu for a simple reason. When I met new friends in Chengdu later, I always said, "I ate two Sichuan dishes in Korla that day, and I thought Sichuan food was so delicious, so I might as well go to Sichuan." I like the work in Chengdu very much, which makes me discover the possibility of another life, just like a ticket circle I sent, "I am a wandering Wang, but I can also be a proud meow."

Chengdu is a petty-bourgeois city, connected with Chongqing beside it, forming a literary circle with a unique atmosphere in the western region. Later, people who knew me thought that my literature and art were due to my work in Chengdu and the excellent people I met. They let me discover that another charm of words and pictures records not only stories, but also feelings. Although the word "feelings" was said badly, I respected it in those years when we just put it out.

What I want to say is that many people are afraid that they will be out of touch with the society after a resignation trip, but I believe that if you put your heart into the journey, everything you gain will become a bargaining chip in your future life. Your story, someone will invite wine to pay for you.

In the end, I chose the graduate student of this major, English. My parents are very pleased. They have been good at English since childhood. From primary school to college, they rebelliously took a test in psychology and failed. Finally, I chose English because it is useful.

I chose to go to Lhasa to prepare for the exam two months before the exam. However, I didn't like Tibet before, because too many people went there to "save their souls" and made me feel that the land was polluted. But that's not the case. It is pure and will never be polluted.

During the half year in Lhasa, from late autumn to early spring, there were not many tourists in the off-season, but there were many Tibetans who didn't have farm work on their hands. They made me see the beauty of life without wanting anything. I have no faith, but I enjoy turning menstruation, because when turning menstruation, I can really get inner peace. I also like drinking tea, even if I gain a lot of weight in Lhasa, I don't mind. I prefer to wear sunscreen and go out to climb mountains and bask in the sun, which makes me feel happy in winter.

In Lhasa, I met many "La Piao". They "dream as horses" here because they have a deep love for this land in their hearts. They decided to stay and live, which made me envy and admire, because living in Lhasa, only dreams are not enough. I saw that everyone's efforts, entrepreneurial efforts, and working efforts are 111 times harder than those in the mainland.

During my six months in Lhasa, I not only completed my own promotion, but also witnessed more difficulties behind a seemingly beautiful life. I began to understand, "You can disagree, but please respect other people's lifestyles", and I began to find out what kind of life I should want to live, and whether I can afford such a life and stick to it.

With the convenience of Lhasa's geographical location, I came to Nepal from the border, and then went to India from Nepal to start my first solo trip abroad. From the time I was interviewed at the Indian Embassy in Kadu, I guessed that it would be an extraordinary trip. After all, it was a country that was amazed by the whole world.

I traveled to nine cities in northern India in 25 days with LP and a 51L big bag. At first, it turned out that Shao Yibei said in Zhihu several years ago that Northern India was the most cost-effective travel destination she had ever visited.

North India is like a huge history museum, loaded with everything I have only seen and never seen in history books. Those relics and ceremonies make me feel unreal, but they exist forever and always happen. Those poor people, whether they are living in poverty or well-dressed intellectuals, seem to have come out of TV, or I have got into Indian TV. Those shabby slums and beautifully decorated villas sometimes make me feel sad and indignant about the gap between the rich and the poor, and sometimes lament the exquisite art and culture of India ... This is a contradictory country, which completely opens my contradictory heart, just like many foreigners I met told me, India has been here, and what else is incomprehensible.

as for safety, I know very well that I don't go out alone at the most basic night. As I said before, I have good intentions and get along with others on an equal footing, and most of them get the same state of mind.

I met an aunt who poured water for people on the roadside. When I stood behind a child and gave her my mineral water bottle, she looked up at me and smiled. She scooped up a spoonful of ice water from a big jar on the side and poured it on me. At that moment, I felt extremely cool.

I met many kind-hearted young people. When I took the bus and train, I helped me communicate with the flight attendants, reminded me to get off at the station, helped me to buy train tickets, and led me to destinations I really couldn't find ...

I met lovely children, a traveling family, shook hands with me, took photos and talked, much like I met foreigners in my hometown when I was a child ...

Of course.

After India, I also stopped by Thailand and Vietnam. This trip to South Asia and Southeast Asia for more than two months broadened my horizons, made me realize something I didn't believe before, and seriously thought about whether I could do something good as a human/China person, so I strengthened myself as a translation major, and my biggest dream was to introduce the real and beautiful but unknown China.

In fact, because of my childhood experience, I feel very weak about my family. I used to think that I was wrong. Later, I found that many people, like me, are a little more relaxed and will try their best to invite their parents to play in the city where they temporarily live. This time in the northeast, the farthest from home, I also asked my father to come and ask him if he wanted to go to North Korea. I think his eyes are shining.

There are many people who have been to North Korea. Because they can only join a group, many people think that they are more at ease. However, it is also possible that all of them go with a group, so there are not many strategies that can be seen online. Before I set out, I watched this four-day and three-night trip to North Korea from Dandong. I set foot in three major cities in North Korea, and the food, accommodation and transportation were arranged very well. In fact, it can be said that it was very good. The tour guides are all very kind little girls. When they talk about the American invasion of them, they will sob with tears in their eyes, which makes me a little at a loss for a while.

Pyongyang, the capital, is like Dalian in the 1971s. There are no beautifully designed skyscrapers. In winter, people walk on the road, ride bicycles on the road, queue up for buses on the road, and dress up completely. The slogans on the roadside are very similar to those in China in the past two years. I can guess what they say without asking.

although the accommodation is arranged in a remote place, it is not practical to go shopping in the city with several peers, but I am deeply touched by arranging for us to take the Pyongyang subway and sit in the meeting room of the 38th dividing line in Panmunjom. After all, they are trying to show us their goodness and their expectation for peace.

Shortly after I went to North Korea, I actually went to South Korea. I talked a lot about North Korea with my Korean sister who I met in India last year. She envied me for going to North Korea, and carefully looked through the photos about North Korea in my photo album. At that time, we sat in the National Museum and talked about history and reality for a long time. I often saw my future in her who was several years older than me, with independent thoughts, which was what I liked.

I still remember that when I left the office to close the door after the graduate interview, several teachers in it could not help feeling in Chinese that "she looks so small and has so rich life experience". Also, I like the fact that my boss in Chengdu once called me a "tramp" when introducing me to the outside world.

Traveling is probably a contradictory thing. On the one hand, I always have innocence and hope in my heart because I meet too many goodwill, and on the other hand, I gradually grow into a harmless person because I meet too many extraordinary people. But this is not a bad thing, and it will not be contradictory to death.

I hope that my life will always be like this, I can travel and live freely, I can always make a living by my own preferences, and I will do something useful with my major and experience in the near future.

finally, I want to say that no matter how your family background affects your life choices, you will get luckier and luckier when you find yourself not too late, and work hard and have good thoughts.