Heres a guy w/ a story… His name is Aldo from la Libertad El Salvador. For those of u who know, should get a good laugh out of this one… knowing i have been keepin in touch w/ him throughout the years. I met him almost 8 years ago in a bar down in mainland mexico (tres diablos). He was workin there at the time. … we partied, surfed, had a good time, but never thought to keep in touch. All i knew was he was leavin mexico to go stay with some chick in Canada? haha A few years later i had a friend go on a trip to El Salvador, claimed he had some local guy run up to him askin where he got his boards from, sure enough it was ALdo. another year passes i get word he is livin in LA (he sent me some email of him skateboardin?) now think how random this is… hardly know the guy havnt talked to him in years, but cool enough to send me sic skateboardin shots ha . Sure enough, a few months later i get another email: “Adam im workin in a pizza shop in NY, come by and visit?” i think he thought NC was right next to NY? Now some time passes, i end up goin on a campin trip down in Baja one weekend. wake up early mornin to go surf, then see some van pull up with 4 chicks, and whos in the back seat? ALdo Luna… it was classic! funniest thing ive seen. Apparently he was livin and workin in Tijuana? sketchy but he said he loved it? we had a great laugh. i gave him my board to go surf (bareback and freezing) then we parted again.Just yesterday, i receive this email “mente limpia en ULUWUATU”… he is stayin, surfin in BALI, for who know how long? the reason i post this… is for all u guys out there wishin this or wishin that. Here is a guy who comes from El Salvador, has very little money, isnt some pro surfer, doesnt expect to get anything out of his surfing. However knows he loves to travel and wants to go out there and surf good waves. The epitome “if theres a will theres a way”…
Thank you ALDO for the inspiration to travel… we dont even know each other, but i hope the best for u, and keep travellin buddy!!!
I hope this in inspiring! thats why i posted it…