I've just started this travel diary while backpacking through New Zealand. I've been to many countries with my family, but this is the first time that I've gone somewhere far away by myself. Exciting, scary, worrying, and more of that (for me anyways), but I know that I will look back on my trip and feel proud, that I've done this by myself, that I've learned new things, and that I've pushed myself to do things that I find scary/new/different.... full info