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		<title>Week 1: I’ve reached the &#124; NW coast of France 🇫🇷</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[June]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 07:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My gear&#160;I&#8217;ve been on the road for 10 days now and spent 6 nights in my tent, including my earlier camping test ride. I can confidently say that I&#8217;m super happy with my gear now. After months of planning, down to the smallest details like a clothespin or a carabiner hook to Velcro straps, everything, and I mean everything, works perfectly and is tailored to exactly what I need. I have neither too much nor too little with me, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<figure class="alignright size-medium"><a href="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="225" loading="lazy" src="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-300x225.jpg" alt="Charging my digital gear" class="wp-image-5206" srcset="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-300x225.jpg 300w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-770x578.jpg 770w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-500x375.jpg 500w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear.jpg 2000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" src="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-300x225.jpg" alt="Charging my digital gear" class="wp-image-5206" srcset="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-300x225.jpg 300w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-770x578.jpg 770w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear-500x375.jpg 500w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-my-gear.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Charging my digital gear</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>My gear&nbsp;</strong><br>I&#8217;ve been on the road for 10 days now and spent 6 nights in my tent, including my earlier camping test ride. I can confidently say that I&#8217;m super happy with <a href="https://jtrvls.com/category/gear/" data-type="category" data-id="31">my gear</a> now.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After months of planning, down to the smallest details like a clothespin or a carabiner hook to Velcro straps, everything, and I mean everything, works perfectly and is tailored to exactly what I need.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have neither too much nor too little with me, and that gives me a great feeling.</p>


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<figure class="alignleft size-medium"><a href="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="169" loading="lazy" src="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-300x169.jpg" alt="Nacho full geared up &#x1f3cd;" class="wp-image-5207" srcset="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-300x169.jpg 300w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-770x433.jpg 770w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-500x281.jpg 500w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-300x169.jpg" alt="Nacho full geared up &#x1f3cd;" class="wp-image-5207" srcset="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-300x169.jpg 300w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-770x433.jpg 770w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up-500x281.jpg 500w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jtrvls-nacho-full-geared-up.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Nacho full geared up <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f3cd.png" alt="🏍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></figcaption></figure>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Nacho</strong><br>And yeah, <a href="https://jtrvls.com/bike-bags/" data-type="post" data-id="837">Nacho</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f3cd.png" alt="🏍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> He’s performing like a dream!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">No hill is too high or too steep for him. Even on straight provincial roads, overtaking that tractor when needed is no issue. The high torque of this 23-year-old machine is just amazing. I couldn&#8217;t have made a better choice in motorcycle for my taste/needs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He&#8217;s an efficient, consistent, and reliable workhorse/travel partner.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Yeah, what can I say! I&#8217;m having an amazing time and I&#8217;ve got a permanent smile on my face.</strong></p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Me, myself and I</strong><br>Yeah, what can I say! I&#8217;m having an amazing time and I&#8217;ve got a permanent smile on my face. I didn&#8217;t expect to enjoy sleeping in a tent so much. But staying in a hotel or Airbnb every now and then is nice too.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of persuing stupid careers or relationships… I should have done this much earlier in my life and I recommend everyone try traveling like this at least once. Not necessarily by motorcycle, but treat your soul to a long journey through a country or continent. I asure you… you won’t regret it! Now I just want to see the whole world and follow in the footsteps of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Marco Polo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ibn Battuta</a>. I&#8217;m currently in Normandy, specifically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Beach" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gold Beach, Asnelles</a> and heading towards <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mont Saint-Michel</a> soon.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can <a href="https://jtrvls.com/stats/" data-type="page" data-id="1367">follow me here</a> and don&#8217;t forget to check out my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jtrvlsthewrld?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube channel</a> for weekly videos.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thanks for reading and see you on the road!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">HPPY TRVLS <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/270c-1f3fd.png" alt="✌🏽" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
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		<title>To see the farm is to leave it and&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[June]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Authenticity 💎]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When people can&#8217;t label you or put you in a box, they have this incessant need and drive to try and force you into some kind of label or box that they want to perceive you in. It&#8217;s actually quite fascinating to watch people get so riled up about it. That&#8217;s why taking the self actualization path to fully actualized as your true self meaning your most authentic self is one of the most difficult things you can do in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When people can&#8217;t label you or put you in a box, they have this incessant need and drive to try and force you into some kind of label or box that they want to perceive you in. It&#8217;s actually quite fascinating to watch people get so riled up about it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That&#8217;s why taking the self actualization path to fully actualized as your true self meaning your most authentic self is one of the most difficult things you can do in a societal social engineered world; the prison planet.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So I don&#8217;t ascribe to any political parties, or groups, I don&#8217;t ascribe to any religious institutions. I don&#8217;t ascribe to any corporate career or whatever. I am being me my most most authentic me and I&#8217;m living my purpose and I&#8217;m not part of any groups of any sort. And I don&#8217;t agree with those things. I don&#8217;t agree with religion. I don&#8217;t agree with politics. I don&#8217;t agree with there being a hierarchy of masters and slaves in this world. I do my own thing, I am me.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>My life&#8217;s work is living that out in my most authentic way, which requires a lot of study, a lot of building of my own skills, my own self mastery and so on.</strong></p>
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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><a href="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" loading="lazy" src="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel.jpg" alt="To see the farm, is to leave it &amp; travel" class="wp-image-4774" srcset="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel.jpg 800w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-300x300.jpg 300w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-100x100.jpg 100w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-770x770.jpg 770w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-500x500.jpg 500w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-293x293.jpg 293w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-390x390.jpg 390w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-585x585.jpg 585w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel.jpg" alt="To see the farm, is to leave it &amp; travel" class="wp-image-4774" srcset="https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel.jpg 800w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-300x300.jpg 300w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-100x100.jpg 100w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-770x770.jpg 770w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-500x500.jpg 500w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-293x293.jpg 293w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-390x390.jpg 390w, https://jtrvls.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jtrvls-quote-to-see-the-farm-is-to-leave-it-and-travel-585x585.jpg 585w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></noscript></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">To see the farm, is to leave it &#038; travel</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But people get so riled up about this and be like what you have to be part of something. You have to be able to be labeled as something. I even had a heated discussion a while back, I said that I don&#8217;t associate like I don&#8217;t call myself Curaçao native or Dutch. They got so mad and they actually said to me, but you have to, you have to, and I was just like, I don&#8217;t have to pretend or confirm that I am.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We&#8217;re all from this place here. Like the lines we made and call them countries. That&#8217;s all make believe. That&#8217;s why things are called Make believe, because it makes you believe in something that is actually inherently not the case and not true.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You see even patriotism people get so obsessed with like, and again it’s game of I&#8217;m better than you&#8217;re less. I just don&#8217;t play those childish games with people and they can&#8217;t stand it.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They don&#8217;t know what to do with it. Because you&#8217;re socially engineered to think that that&#8217;s how things go. Everyone&#8217;s got to be in their groups. We&#8217;re just animalistic beings, right? And we&#8217;re just trying to find our groups and we want to compete with other people&#8217;s groups and that’s bollocks, lower consciousness way of thinking that you&#8217;ve been engineered into.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So I broke out of that by first awakening, which is the first step it&#8217;s just the beginning. And then going on to your conscious evolution journey to self actualize, which requires you to actually have a self to not be just in this hive mind group thing. It requires you to stand firm in truth and in your most authentic expression.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And for me travel is one of the best way to achieve that level of freedom and authenticity. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What’s your way to be your authentic self?</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hi there! Welcome and nice to see you here on my first blog.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My name is <a href="http://faq" data-type="URL" data-id="faq">June</a> and I was born on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curaçao">Curaçao</a> on October 18th 1975 by Venezuelan (mother) and Surinamese (father) parents. And growing up on <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.curacao.com" target="_blank">Curaçao</a> has its advantages, like&#8230; we speak standard 4 languages, namely; <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento" target="_blank">Papiamentu</a> (native), Dutch, English and Spanish. Pretty cool huh?  When I was ten years old I moved to the Netherlands where I grew up and lived until my 30s. Then I move back to live on Curaçao for 7 years where I worked at the local TV station and later my own video production company where I produced numerous commercials, infomercial and TV programs. Also a self-produced travel program called Travel Info. This was an attempt for me to fulfill my passions whilst satisfying  my urge to travel. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Fast forwarding 7 years, life happened and I was back again in the Netherlands. Bought a old motorhome and motorcycle and the intention was to travel around Europe.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But then… I ran into an old love. We reconnected, moved in together and soon the travel plans with the motorhome were canceled. The camper was sold, I bought a Macbook and started to work on my digital nomad career. We traveled together to Venice, Barcelona and in 2016 we traveled for a month to the country of her origin, Morocco. We landed in Marrakech and 5 minutes in the taxi I immediately fell in love. It felt like I&#8217;ve been here before.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After 5 days in Marrakech, we rented a car and started our Moroccan roadtrip adventure that lead us to cities like: Essaouira, Agadir, Tiznit, Sidi Ifni, Taroudent, Aït Ben Haddou, Ouarazazate, Casablanca, Rabat, Cheffchauen, Fes and Ourika. We visited all of the beautiful places like Legzira beach, Mausole Mohammed V mosque, Tannaries of Fes, Akchor and many more. We covered a total of 3550 km in one month with our trusty rented Dacia Logan. The most fuel economic car I’ve ever experienced. We stayed at some wonderful riads and ate some amazing tajines along the way.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Morocco inspired us so heavily that we started a business together and moved to Marrakech in 2018. The company was doing amazing, but there where many challenges in our relationship. 2020, Covid-19, lockdown killed us. The relationship could no longer be saved according to her. We broke up, she fled and I decided to stay in Marrakech and try continuing with the business. But it was only for a short period of time, it was like poking a wound with a needle.</p>


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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I took the plunge and quit the business and chose for myself. I had enough giving up everything for others and in the end all I was left with was sadness. I am a hopeless romantic and have no luck with women. So I decided to pick up my old idea and that was traveling around Europe with a motorcycle.  This time I will proceed no matter what&#8230; so I sold everything, bought a <a href="https://jtrvls.com/bike-bags/" data-type="post" data-id="837">motorcycle</a>, <a href="https://jtrvls.com/category/gear/" data-type="category" data-id="31">kit</a> it out with <a href="https://jtrvls.com/ortlieb-back-roller-panniers/" data-type="post" data-id="817">panniers</a> and more!</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On this website I am going to share all my experiences, challenges, happy and sad moments with you. You can also follow my journey and stories through my socials:</p>



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