Hobo Stylin...

When i was a kid – and that is a long time ago – my favourite tv programme was called The Littlest Hobo. I used to be glued to the screen, and the song was so catchy – so i have included it here for your enjoyment!



I think that even at such a young age, a part of me resonated with this wandering vagabond of a dog, and now as an adult wandering the earth – i feel even closer to what that dog represented. In the song, the lyrics speak of ‘maybe’ settling down, but until then ‘just keep moving on’. Well ‘then’ has arrived for me and i am ready to return home and begin my new profession.
This is due to two reasons mainly, one being budgetery constraints – basically i am running out of money and the second is due to me finally feeling ready to return home. Initially there was an element of feeling like i had failed because i am not going to make it to all the countries that were on my list, but i realised that i would feel like more of a failure if i arrived home in South Africa with huge debt (my credit card is for emergencies only, and thankfully i have not had to use it so far) and then would have to spend many months working to pay off a holiday.
The part of being finally ready to return, is where i arrived at while i was on retreat, and so i am spending many hours on my little computer trying to prepare for my life in South Africa, so not quite being all here, but it needs doing. I need to get my UK degree recognised by the relevant authorities in South Africa, so it is gathering all the correct paperwork for that process to start happening. Then i need to find a job – preferable starting the day after i land!! Etc etc.

I managed to get my airline to fly me to SA from Sydney for just a nominal fee and airport taxes – which is quite a relief, so that means that i will not be returning to the UK before heading home – to be honest the visa process looked like a nappy-full, so i decided to just go straight home.

So this wandering hobo is gonna settle down for a while... ;-)