Scottish Highlands - Exploring The Fatherland

Sometimes in life it's easiest to put one foot in front of the other and continue on the same path. That same path can often lead us astray and the only way to truly live is to find your... Welcome. I'm in the Scottish Highlands right now and I am going to some of the old rainforests that Scotland has to offer in the north and right now I'm at these beautiful falls and I have never seen anything like this in my life. Just truly jaw-dropping. I think the closest thing I've ever seen that was like this was in Hawaii and actually the mist and the rain have a very similar vibe but it's just great to be in the home of my ancestors and learn about my history, my family and just see what this beautiful country has to offer. So I'm on this little sketchy one-lane road right now so I probably should get back up to my car. I'm not sure where it's going to go. It's starting to rain pretty heavy so right now there is a hurricane I guess and we've been getting some extraordinarily heavy rainfall because of that hurricane last night. It was just absolutely intense. I slept in the car. Just moody as hell here man. Oh boy got a van turning around up here. We're at the Glen Etive Forest. I'm sure I'm butchering that name. All right good morning. I'm just above some rainforest here in Scotland. Down below I guess there's a trail. A local lady walked by and let me know there's a kind of like a secret path to the forest trail so I'm going to try to follow it now and see where it goes. I can't even believe how thick this moss is. It has to be at least half a foot thick. It would make an excellent memory foam pillow or bed. I can see this having a whole nice bed in the middle of the forest with this. I mean wonderful and this rock wall it has to be probably at least a thousand years ago. Judging by the state absolutely fascinating. Before I go on I really want to summarize my thoughts. I think pretty much my whole life I've been searching for a place of belonging and this is the second time I've been to Scotland and I have to say that for the first time in my life I do feel like I've found a place where I belong and you know this is my home of my ancestors and I feel it being here. It may seem silly but I would challenge each and every one of you spend some time where your ancestors came from to truly discover who you are and where you belong in this world. I think each of us are on a journey and on that note solo travel while I love having someone around me to enjoy the experiences with solo travel allows you to really connect with yourself ask yourself the deep questions to really try your soul and discover what life means to you. Meeting people along the way can be just as enjoyable as spending time with someone that you are already familiar with. The amount of people I've already met on this trip you know is in the dozens and I would say each one of them are going to be a memory that I'll cherish forever so don't let the unavailability of the people that you know affect your traveling experiences. Be safe each and every one of us needs to find who we are where we belong and our purpose in life and what really means the most to each and every one of us. So I'm standing right now in front of an old I guess you would say cottage but it looks to be all built out of granite and surrounding this area there's big granite blocks that have very thick moss on it so if I bump into a local I'll try to find more information on this but just fascinating to know that someone maybe even a family lived here at one point in this beautiful part of the world. Famous Harry Potter bridge I'm gonna try to get a non-touristy view if possible so we'll see we'll walk out a little bit. I've been walking a lot lately so thank you Scotland for that. Well there isn't a lot to this place it's just a beautiful bridge with a movie that or I should say movies that have stuck with a lot of us since our childhood in our teenage years and even new generations now. One of my personal favorites was when the car was flying over the bridge and I was really hoping for a flying car today but I think we're going to be disappointed on that one. It's making me want to go back to the car and go find a place to kick back and watch a Harry Potter movie for sure. I wish you could be here with me everyone. How special is this? Absolutely epic man. This is gonna be a long and steep walk. It's mostly provinces you know All right well I finished hiking up this pretty freaking crazy. Gotta love Scotland. All right it's about to get interesting the rain is coming down and we're not at the top yet. This old man reminds me of myself. You can see as he struggles up the hill the elation in his eyes as he reaches the end of his journey. Do you see views as angels see and darkness as devils may bring? It's through the fire and tribulation that we may live.