Freedom Now - A Journey into the Backpacking Culture. Chapter 3: On your own

„Yeah, that’s why… Freedom Now… I can do anything here. I can go anywhere. I can get Freedom. Now…” Japanese Backpacker Kohei elaborates in his interview. Searching for originality and authenticity, for emotional and sensual experience, more and more young people of the Western Hemisphere decide to leave their home for a period of time to get to know, far away from everyday life and its familiar comforts and living standards and far beyond any commitments, a wholly new, “different”, “adventurous” world. All they bring along is their backpack. More than 20 travellers from all over the world are being interviewed on variuos aspects of their excitement, the ongoing reflection and their personal progress within the experience. Giving you an idea what it could be all about.

Lonely Planet | June 4, 2009

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