{"id":10862,"date":"2022-11-18T19:51:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/18\/sharon-sold-her-home-to-travel-the-world-then-the-pandemic-hit\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T19:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:51:49","slug":"sharon-offered-her-dwelling-to-journey-the-world-then-the-pandemic-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/18\/sharon-offered-her-dwelling-to-journey-the-world-then-the-pandemic-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon offered her dwelling to journey the world. Then the pandemic hit&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>In 2019, Intrepid traveller Sharon Cheung resigned from her job at a faculty. In January 2020 she offered her home to journey the world for 2 years. It was going to be her massive, unbiased, globetrotting journey. And then\u2026effectively, in her personal phrases, right here\u2019s what occurred subsequent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In January 2020 I offered virtually all the pieces I personal. My home, my possessions, all the pieces. I\u2019d resigned my job the month earlier than \u2013 working at a highschool, serving to youngsters who didn\u2019t have English as a primary language \u2013 and the plan was to journey the world for 2 years. The home had really been offered in August 2019, once I was in Ukraine of all locations; I used to be on an Intrepid journey and I acquired a name from the property agent saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve had an offer. What do you want to do?\u201d I paused for a second, then blurted out, \u201cGo for it!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, 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https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2-585x585.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-51848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2.jpg?ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-Intrepid-2-585x585.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The determination to promote all the pieces had been constructing for some time. I\u2019d been divorced for a number of years. Both my youngsters had graduated and began working in different elements of the nation. My job wasn\u2019t difficult me anymore, and I\u2019d begun to lose religion within the British faculty system. I believed, effectively this life isn\u2019t stretching me, I\u2019m not studying a lot. So I informed my son and daughter, \u201cI\u2019m going to sell the house. It\u2019s too big for me anyway. What do you think?\u201d And they had been very supportive.<\/p>\n<p>When I acquired again from Ukraine, I began clearing all the pieces out of the home. I had one storage unit, concerning the measurement of a double mattress, and that now holds all the pieces I personal on the earth. I suppose, technically, I\u2019m homeless. I gave most of my books and issues away to associates, or donated them to charity. The few objects I saved had been those with sentimental worth.<\/p>\n<p>Then January 2020 arrived, and my travels started! It was going to be two years of journey. After that? Well, I didn\u2019t have any plans. I had nowhere to stay, and nothing a lot to come back again to. I began in Greece, then wandered by way of Sicily and Spain, earlier than hopping over to Lisbon. This was in early 2020, when COVID was simply beginning to break, and other people had been turning into nervous. Having a Chinese surname had been a problem once I moved from London to rural Norfolk, however I hadn\u2019t anticipated it to be an issue in 2020. I\u2019d get numerous nervous seems to be in motels. It was a really unusual expertise. One supervisor mentioned to me, \u201cOh, you\u2019re English? We thought you were Chinese. We\u2019re going to send our children up to the mountains, where it\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Portugal, I flew to Wales to see my son for a number of days. I used to be attributable to fly out to Budapest, then Thailand. COVID was actually beginning to unfold by this level, and my daughter rang and mentioned, \u201cPlease don\u2019t go. I have a bad feeling about this.\u201d I used to be attributable to fly at 7pm that night. Just a few hours later, Hungary closed their borders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, 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https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-51853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car.jpg?ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-travel-car-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>What was meant to be a four-day journey to Wales ended up being three months of laborious lockdown. I used to be caught within the nation, unable to even cross the bridge again to England. I stayed with my son for a 3 months, then moved in with a good friend. I went from sofa browsing to a brief time period rental. Hopping from place to put. Living out of a suitcase.<\/p>\n<p>I needed to maintain the journey dream alive. As 2020 wore on, and lockdowns shifted and opened, I managed a number of weeks of journey right here and there. My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/uzbekistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intrepid Uzbekistan tour<\/a>, deliberate for my birthday in 2020, acquired cancelled (a number of instances). I swung between emotions of freedom and panicky remorse. Over lockdown I\u2019d have the odd day once I\u2019d suppose, gosh have I don\u2019t the precise factor? Selling my home, all the pieces I personal? But the following morning it\u2019d be gone and I\u2019d suppose, yeah, it was the precise transfer. I didn\u2019t want all that stuff anyway.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remorse my determination to promote all the pieces, even after the pandemic. Sometimes your plans don\u2019t work out, however that doesn\u2019t imply the choice wasn\u2019t the precise one. \u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This was a lesson I\u2019d realized a number of years earlier than. My ex-husband wasn\u2019t eager to journey wherever. Looking again, he was fairly controlling. But after I left him, the children and I moved from London to a bit of home in Norfolk, with a seashore on the finish of the street. And I realised my priorities had modified. In London I used to be going out on a regular basis, spending \u00a370 or \u00a380 on meals, shopping for a lot of garments. And after we moved to the nation I realised I didn\u2019t want all that.<\/p>\n<p>Six months after shifting to Norfolk, my youngsters and I had been in South Africa. Our first massive journey! We\u2019d experience trains and keep in hostels. I\u2019d get up at 2am and purchase low-cost flights and we\u2019d go all over the place. Little mini adventures. The journey bug bit us all. We made a deal, my youngsters and I, that no-one may complain on our journeys. We\u2019d every get to do one thing we preferred whereas travelling. We took turns selecting actions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-Intrepid-children-travel.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-Intrepid-children-travel.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-Intrepid-children-travel.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sharon-Intrepid-children-travel.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, 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youngsters grew up and went to school. I believed, if I need to get on the market and see the world, I&#8217;ve to do it by myself. So I\u2019ve been travelling ever since.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t remorse my determination to promote all the pieces, even after the pandemic. Sometimes your plans don\u2019t work out, however that doesn\u2019t imply the choice wasn\u2019t the precise one. My massive birthday journey to Uzbekistan didn\u2019t occur in 2020, however I\u2019ve rebooked for October this 12 months. Before that, I\u2019m going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jordan with Intrepid<\/a>. I\u2019m going to stroll by way of the Siq and see the Treasury on the finish. I\u2019m going to have my Indiana Jones second.<\/p>\n<p>The final two years have been a little bit of a curler coaster. I\u2019ve realized to be resilient and keep versatile. I\u2019ve began to get my French up to the mark, with solo journeys to Paris and Provence. I\u2019ve had per week in Cyprus, exploring each side of the inexperienced line. But most of all, I\u2019ve realized the extra you journey, the extra you see the world, the much less stuff you really want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to hit the street? Selling the home and all of your worldly possessions is unquestionably non-obligatory. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intrepid\u2019s small group adventures<\/a> to search out your subsequent massive journey. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] In 2019, Intrepid traveller Sharon Cheung resigned from her job at a faculty. In January 2020 she offered her home to journey the world for 2 years. It was going to be her massive, unbiased, globetrotting journey. And then\u2026effectively, in her personal phrases, right here\u2019s what occurred subsequent. 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