About me

The story of a backpacker who just needs to take a step.

I was born and raised in a suburb of a thousand-year-old capital, Hanoi, Vietnam. I grew up in parallel with the rapid changes of a developing country. The desire to reach out to the vast world out there was formed in the mind of an eager child. My cozy little house is located next to the international airport, so I can see planes flying back and forth constantly every time I look up at the sky. Everything in life will follow its natural course.

I hated school as a kid. I used to skip school and roam around watching the world go by. I love learning, but not in a school setting. I felt that I was chained by the rules in school, by the pile of knowledge that was not exploratory. Actually, I don’t advocate that someone should have the same mindset as me, and studying is still an important thing in life when we do not know who we are and what we have to do. I simply want to create my own path. My mother was a teacher and my father was a civil servant, so I had to live a disciplined life in a “standard normal family“. I always wondered how much freedom a person could develop if they weren’t constrained by the common stereotypes of society, and what makes a person a person. My living environment has made me crave freedom of thought, and then freedom of behavior.

I found some material on how to control my dreams, at this time, I was just a 10-year-old boy. There’s nothing I’ve ever been more excited about than this. I look for ways to train the mind, then understand how the brain works. Since then, I have had two worlds to exist in, the real world with its dazzling material luster, and the world in my mind, where nothing is forever, and nothing cannot be realized through imagination.

In my dream world, I can learn what I want to learn, do what I want to do. I’m present everywhere I can be present, I control space and time. By the end of high school, I had mastered dancing with my mind. Then, I became addicted. I was so dependent on the experiences in my mind that I forgot what real life was like.

What had to happen happened, I was in chaos. I no longer have the capacity to manage and handle a world that is expanding endlessly. Broken emotions.

Collapsed.

Disordered.

Empty.

I no longer recognized myself. I lost all sense of purpose as everything passed. For a long time I thought, perhaps, the most quintessential things I had left were in the deepest layer of my subconscious. Until my friends invited me on a road trip across the beautiful country of Vietnam.

I get to see how wonderful life is in every place I visit. I have faith in myself again. I felt the adrenaline pumping through my veins. This was the first time I embarked on a real journey of discovery. This was the first time I learned the truth that I must live my life to the fullest in every moment I have left in this world. The journey marks the 18-year-old milestone, opening up endless possibilities in the soul.

I already know what I have to do. I have to become myself, with the desire to be the freest person of all. This is my life, and it’s ending one minute at a time. So stop trying to control everything and just let go.

Roam like a nomad, with no standard of living.

I travel for myself. I go where I want to go, admire the beauty of nature, blend in with the local culture, make friends across the network. Each country and each region has its own story. And my journey will definitely be more wonderful than ever as I explore from place to place. I’m mostly alone, but if you come along, it would be my honor.

I have been on my roaming journey for many years, going deep into the Amazon jungle, trekking across the Sahara desert and marveling at the wonders of the Egyptian pyramids, venturing alone into the bombed-out Gaza Strip, riding a motorbike across Southeast Asia and China, riding a horse like a real cowboy in the Texas desert, braving the harsh snow winds of Antarctica, experiencing tribal life in the vast savannas of Africa, immersing myself in the religious culture of India, bathing in the heavenly blue beaches of the Caribbean and most of all, I’m continuing my journey.

I do all kinds of work for the most important purpose to serve the journey. Sometimes, I was like a journalist going somewhere to do a report. Other times I existed as a simple laborer who could be found anywhere. I worked in restaurants, cafes, bars for low wages. Occasionally, I find jobs taking care of the farm. Most of the time, I self-taught more knowledge about web programming, UX/UI design, content writing, marketing, photography, and cinematography. All of this is intended to generate travel costs. The important thing is not to be afraid to do whatever it takes.

There were definitely trade-offs, because once I become a free-roaming person, I have to put aside the stable life that most people would strive for. But if that’s the price to pay, I’m willing. For me it is not suffering, the minimalist lifestyle of saving everything will be the choice without any complaints.

Think outside the box, learn about the values ​​you pursue, get out of your comfort zone, cultivate continuously, self-develop your personal abilities, and interact with global friends. I believe that the life of every human being living in this world is not about being perfect but about the process of evolution.