Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Why Djanet was the best remedy to heal my soul ?

 

I believe that everyday, I should take time to review what I have done, what I have said, and in some moments life became overwhelming and no good things can prevail.

In a place like Djanet, all emotions get confused, from the surprise of seeing amazing sceneries to the sadness of not sharing them with the special one, to the fear of the trip to be finished too soon .

And as a thyroid free person, having emotions on free run is not always a good idea

So Djanet is the best choice because it is far enough of the capital ( so of work you cannot just stop your trip and get back to office) and it is in algeria, so no big stress for visa or ticket price

When travelling to tadrart there is no network, you can have a real electronic detox, so basically no need to bring your computer unless you do video editing then where will you charge it?? And better to put airplane mode to your phone to protect your battery ( yes in the desert you learn to save water and power)

Are you that kind of people that would open the phone more than 200 times per day? So in djanet unless you are taking 200 photos per day, you are going to rock the digital wellbeing stats.

So if no one is calling you, you will have to talk to yourself, and of course to the people around you.

Meeting new people, introducing your self, listening to others talking, trying not to cut people during the conversation, respect the order, this is a real exercise. And as they say in personnel development courses, you need to have active listening, and really be interested by what people are saying.

Doing that you will discover people that connect to your soul naturally, no pushing, just an eternal connection that have been revived, you will meet your self, your soul, your mind, your heart lost

what ever you see on daily bases is just amazing, and breath taking, and somehow external life is still influencing your mood, so you start living the moment, second after second, minute after minute, each discussion matter, each star in the sky matter, each seed matters. At that moment you will feel alive, you will enjoy, you will walk bare feet in the sand, you will enjoy the sun and the fresh air, you will be grateful for the food, for the wellbeing environment

 

when you go to djanet for a week you will feel that you went for a month, your heart will feel the peace, your mind will slow down and time will extend.

Djanet is a huge museum and tadrart is a gem, understanding the road, the montains the dunes, the dry rivers, animals traces on the sand, will help you to read the place.

Tadrart won’t be accessible without the touaregs, those people that made us their guests, and treated us as family, they taught us their region, they cooked for us, they shared their tradition, they heard our life and tried to show us a better one.

The touaregs are part of my daily life, each advise learned from them is a blessing, even their jokes have a meaning , they live life with respect and open mind, with understanding and without complicating, god gave us everything and we don’t have big troubles that could remove our sleep, this is the best line I got from one of them

Since that day I want to have a peaceful life I want to have the possibility to shut down everything and enjoy what god gave me

 

I am alive and I am Back!!!

 

Hello people,I am back, yeah 12/12/2023 somehow two years without writing, without expressing.

I went through crazy moments, I focused on work and tried to protect my mental health as much as I could.

Now , why am I back, what is happening? First I feel thank full to god for protecting me from any craziness od this world, then I thank God for blessing me with amazing experiences and people that make my life happier, better,…. Elhmadoullah I am happy

 

So ? what happened?

I did something crazier than skydiving or buggy jumping, I went on a trip to sahara in djanet by myself and I fell in love with life.

I will start from the beginning, I wanted to go to Dubai, yeah as usual I was ready for a 10 days of hot weather, swimming, tanning, sleeping, enjoying life with my best friend, unfortunately the trip was cancelled and I found myself exhausted, being too lazy to apply for any kind of visa, I considered travelling in algeria, and what can I say, I was looking for a place far enough to hear the sound of silence, nice enough to enjoy what I am seeing, and if the people around be can be cool it would be awesome.

I have contacted the agency, selected the dates, paid and started freaking out, I was going on an 8 days trip sleeping under a tent, in a sleeping bag in the desert. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Totally scared

It will be freezing, I cannot sleep on the floor, how about animals, insects, weird sounds, I was having a stressful life and I was stressing out my life more and more, and I wanted to cancel, no need to hurt myself more than this

I tried to buy the right shoes, clothes but this is not a trip where you can take 30kg, you have to be as light as possible, still you need to have your essentials.

I seat down and I have checked the pros and cons, why go why cancel? The most important cons, I was scared, the most important pros I was tired and reaching a complete burn out.

So let’s go it is time for Tadrat the magnificent Djanet

It all started with a late night, first discussion with the ladies of the group, I have met my best companion my brown sleeping bag, and let’s go , I wrote my usual few words on my traveling notebook, I have slept and started to wonder what am I doing?

Welcome to Djanet—there was a big picture at the airport terminal which is a very small room, with those ochre colors, I should have taken a photo .

And here we go, luggages in the cars , the driver was pretty nice, explaining that tonight we spent the night very near, and early morning we will move into the national park, after few kilometers and a sudden right turn we found our selves on rocky road till we arrived to our camping place, the tents were ready, just go inside get your stuff and sleep it is 3:30 am the sun rises around 6am, you will feel the hot sensation of the first rays of the morning, this is what the guide said.

Inside the tent I realized that I did it I am in djanet with a group of people that I don’t know, in the middle of nowhere, I kept my clothes went inside the sleeping bag and stopped my brain from overthinking.

The night was pretty short.

Few hours sleep , I could feel the light outside, went out and saw the sun raising up, everyone sleeping, some snoring even, but the sun was getting up, made a video for the family before to lose network, faced the sun and felt happy.

I knew that I have taken the right decision; I knew I am going to remember this trip.