The Thrill of the Unknown: Why Travel is Always a New Adventure

Being a traveler is something I like, and that's due to the fact that traveling has been one of my favorite hobbies since I was just a child. I've come to enjoy the thrill of going and coming, the cool breeze that blows my hair as we drive through the road, the prospect of seeing new places, learning new things, trying out different cultural food, clothes, and the like, and learning different traditions and cultural norms, while also, in the process, gracing my sight with the beauty of nature that such places are blessed with.

One of the things that made me love traveling from when I was a child was because my parents are well traveled, and aside from the fact that they're sitting us down to tell us tales of the different places they've been to, which will leave us imagining how it'll feel to be there in person and experience the same, they also took us on some of their travel exploration, and that's one of the major reasons I've been to different other African countries, even though I was quite young then.

And with that brooding my love for traveling and I myself following the trend and have been well traveled myself, although I'll say most of mine are within Nigeria, and during the course of those travels, I've been to about 20 states among the 36 we've; unfortunately, the phone I use in taking pictures got stolen, so I don't have pictures to share for them.

So in the light of that, I believe my experience and love for traveling will greatly aid and inspire my ambition to be a travel blogger, and with that being said, I'll love to share my experience at one of the places I've been to, and this has to be the last time I traveled. I hope you enjoyed my tale about the place and everything I like about it.

One of the last times I traveled was down to Erin Ijesha Waterfall. It was a water fall located in Osun State and in the village of Erin Ijesha. I guess that's why the waterfall was named after the village. It was a very beautiful place, and a lovely one at that. With nature surrounding me, I just had some aura of peace and tranquility, and my friends that went had a great time.

The village itself has some modern structures, yet few are still the ancient mud houses we used to have in the past, leaving a bit of the past infrastructure architecture of the ancient Yoruba people. Also, most are farmers, and we were graced with food items and fruit that we sold at a much cheaper rate.

After exploring the village for a while, we had laid a visit to the waterfall that's located deep inside the forest, but we had to pay a gate fee that was cheap at just a thousand naira—that's less than one dollar. After the payment, we began hiking into the forest as we journeyed towards the waterfall location.

As we got closer, we began to hear the sounds of water dropping heavily, giving us a signal that we're close, and on arriving, it was just mind-blowing, a beauty of nature that got me standing in awe. My friends soon ran along, trying to change their clothes and dive it. I soon came out of my engrossment in the beauty and followed suit.

Diving into the water fall and the small river under it, it was so cold, like almost fridge-level cooled, but then it gives the body a cooking sensation of chill and satisfaction. Overall, we had fun, played in the water, and took pictures before getting tired and leaving. At the village, we went to a local restaurant to eat pounded yam with egunsi soup and bush meat, which just crowned all of our expenditure and made it a one to remember for everyone.

I really enjoyed myself at that place, and I think the government or community should do better in making that place more appealing, to the point where it'll pave the way for more tourists to want to come and explore it. It doesn't seem to be given much value, and I hope it would be. Some countries out there are earning a lot just from tourism alone, and one of such is Rwanda, so hopefully we'll do better with all the beauty of nature we're blessed with. Aside from that, I'll definitely love to visit the place once again, as I enjoyed every aspect of the village, the sight, the food, and the waterfall itself.

All photos are taken and edited on canva.