[土耳其] 遇見智利女孩─Cloudia

 

(最下頭的英文版是應Cloudia的要求另外寫的，給可愛的Cloudia看的。

對我這個懶人來說，真是要了我的老命！

實在有點佩服我自己還寫出來了！

文法錯、拼字錯、亂亂錯通通不要罵我！最好也別花心思另外看啦！)

 

 

一個人前往棉堡的早晨，才踏上雪白石灰岩沒多久，就看見警察裝扮的人走上前來，比手畫腳要我脫掉鞋子走路，另外又指著前方的一個外國女孩，同樣要她脫掉鞋子。我們兩人都乖乖脫下鞋襪，冬天下雪的棉堡石灰岩地，根本就是赤腳踩在冰塊上，夭壽冰！外國女孩問我能不能幫她拍照，我當然欣然同意，我也希望她幫我拍照啊！這個女孩就是Cloudia。

 

 

因為拍照，兩個人聊了起來，從一開始的自我介紹到各地不同文化的比較，Cloudia操著十分流利又口音標準的英文侃侃而談，一開始你會以為她是個美國人，得要多聊一些才會慢慢聽出那西班牙語的口音。這個女孩來自南美洲的智利，今年才21歲，濃眉大眼長得十分標緻，是個高個子美女，也是個法律系的學生，利用暑假獨自出來旅行。第一次聽說有智利來的背包客，我有些吃驚，Cloudia也說南美洲大部分人的確貧窮，她的確是幸運的能夠擁有出國旅行的機會，也希望可以當一輩子的背包客。

 

Cloudia專挑台灣人眼中「危險的國家」來旅行，秘魯、阿根廷、南非、尼泊爾…到這一趟土耳其與敘利亞之行，一向是一個人的旅行，旅行中總會遇見不同的同伴，成為旅途中短暫的過客，其實，一個人的旅行並不會感到寂寞。聽到這裡，第一個在我腦中閃過的念頭是：如果是許多的台灣朋友聽到這樣的故事，也許會睜大眼睛露出不可置信的表情吧！哈哈…

 

 

 

在棉堡短暫的相遇，聊得開心，也這麼剛好，我們兩人的下一站都想要去Bodrum，儘管連住宿的資訊都還沒有，兩人還是決定就一起上路吧！於是，在棉堡的一天、Bodrum的兩天，到最後回到伊斯坦堡再度相遇，我們有段非常開心的旅程，也在短時間裡頭聊了好多好多的事情，對旅行的期待，對生活的觀念，對情人、婚姻的想法…我們有很多相似的觀念和想法，甚至連喜歡的男生類型也雷同，好朋友果真不分年齡、國籍、或文化背景，我真喜歡這個小女生！

 

 

 

Cloudia非常勇敢，總是一個人闖入我們認為有些風險的國家，她曾在敘利亞旅行中發了超過四十度的高燒，還好有個巴西人好心照顧她。她也曾在南非遇到小偷，趁他們一群人喝得酩酊大醉時，把他們所有東西偷了個精光，相機、手機、護照、現金，所有值錢的東西都不見了，她嚇死了！但也還好剩下的旅途中有好心的朋友伸出援手，幫她找到地方重新申請護照，也支援她剩下時間的吃住費用直到她回國。雖然是遇到恐怖的事件，但一點也不影響她獨自旅行的勇氣，不要因為突然發生的壞事情而打亂了心情，也不要因為一次糟糕的事件抹滅了旅行時更多的快樂與收穫，我也是這麼認為的！

 

 

Cloudia超級會殺價，她說：「任何事情都可以要求折扣！」裝可憐的說我們只是窮學生，然後以甜美笑容攻勢進攻，同時也要有意無意透露出「我們是了解行情的！」的表情，耐心的跟對方「盧」！日後我們一起旅行的日子，用這樣的招數，還真的都獲得不少好處哩！反正土耳其人都以為我只是二十出頭的年輕小女生，每次有人聽到我的年紀，總是不可置信的表情，我也樂得裝可愛來殺價！我們因此得到一晚10TL的住宿(原價是15TL)，一餐10TL的大餐(原價應該至少也要15~20TL吧！)，一次10TL的土耳其浴+按摩(原價是26TL)，九折前往Izmir的車票…其他零零總總血拼的事蹟，那就更不需要贅述來錦上添花了！

 

 

 

Cloudia很愛Party，只要喝酒的場合就會抽菸，也因為我們兩個都放得開，又能聊，到哪裡跟人家喝酒跳舞都可以玩得很開心！在Bodrum Backpaker’s附屬的小酒館裡開心的喝酒跳舞，又喝了一堆免費的酒(雖然我最後還是堅持付了兩杯啤酒的錢)；在伊斯坦堡的酒吧裡大玩「I have never ever…」遊戲 (類似國王遊戲)，把每個人的祕密都抖出來，輸的喝Sex on the beach把每個人都灌到酩酊大醉，回家睡到不省人事，真是瘋狂的夜晚…

 

 

 

Cloudia一個人旅行懂得保護自己，但也懂得享受旅途中的邂逅，她在土耳其遇到一個韓國男生，兩人一起旅行了三天，為了省錢住在同一個房間，睡在同一張床上，但那只是旅行，只是朋友，其他什麼事情都沒發生。另外一個故事，她在敘利亞旅行時遇到一個美國來的男生，在南非某種探險團隊裡工作，高瘦結實的身型，及肩的直髮紮成馬尾，Cloudia很喜歡他，他們一同旅行了兩個星期，24小時都在一起，像對戀人般的相處；但兩個星期過了，男生得要離開南非去工作了，沒有留下讓人眷戀的話語，他們就各自繼續自己的旅程了(註一)，Cloudia在前幾天還非常難過，但遇到我，我們又一起遇到其他人，她也很清楚的知道，一切都無須眷戀，應該開心地享受她的旅行。我欣賞如此的態度，也與我的想法不謀而合，難怪我們可以變成好朋友啦！哈哈哈……

 

 

 

我實在很開心能夠在旅行中遇到如此match的人，南美洲也是我很想去的地方之一，Cloudia也很認真的說，如果我去了南美洲，她一定跟我一同去旅行，作我的嚮導！我真期待未來的這一趟南美之旅，有Cloudia作陪肯定好玩加倍！

 

Sil碎碎念

【註一】

回來台灣後還陸陸續續跟Cloudia有連絡，知道她還跟那敘利亞遇到的男生還有連絡，看來是不錯！如果真有更進一步的發展，就衷心祝福他們囉！

 

 

Ok…Sweety, here it gose is writing for you…hahaha…

(Cloudia baby, it’s crazy for me to write such a long article in English. I am kind of proud of myself…hahahaha…)

 

I met Cloudia in the morning I was in Pamukkale alone. We took photos for each other and started talking. Cloudia speaks in fluent English which made me think she is from USA at the beginning. This girl, Cloudia, comes from Chili of South America. She is a tall and pretty girl who is only 21 years old. She is also a law department student and has trips in her summer vacations. It’s the first time I mate  a traveler who is from South America. It’s cool to meet such a cool girl in my trip.

 

Cloudia loves to travel in those countries which we Chinese may think they are dangerous to travel alone, like South Africa or South America. She visited Syria and Turkey in this trip. She always travel alone and meet different people in her trip. Most of the time, it’s not lonely to travel alone I think.

 

We had a nice conversation in Pamukkale and decided to go to Bodrum together. We also mate each other later when we both were back to Istanbul. We girls talked and shared a lot of things in few days. I have a great short trip with Cloudia which says that it’s nothing about ages, countries or culture to have a matched friends. I like this young lady !!

 

Cloudia is very brave, who always travel in adventuristic countries alone. She had a serious fever in Syria, and luckily there is a nice guy from Brazil took care of her. She also had been robbed till nothing left in South Africa. Those are all terrible thing but never let them to ruin your trip. Great things always have a better chance than bad thing during trips. I thought so, too.

 

Cloudia is good in asking for discount. “You can ask for discount with everything in Turkey” said Cloudia. Just showing your lovely smile, tell them we are poor students and be patient to ask for better price. It did work since Turkish always thought that I was a young girl. Anyway, we earned better price for a dorm room, a big meal, a nice Turkish bath, a cheaper bus ticket…and so on. It’s always nice to have better price.

 

Cloudia loves parties. She smokes only while she has a drink. We can always have fun in parties cuz we both are talkative and outgoing girls. We drank and danced in Bodrum Backpaker’s. We played crazy games in Istanbul and got drunk completely. What crazy nights we had, I love it !

 

Cloudia enjoys meeting new friends in her trip and also knows how to protect herself. She mate a

guy from Korea, they traveled together for few days in Turkey, that guy just a friend anyway. She also mate another cute guy from America in Syria. Cloudia likes him but had to say goodbye to him in the end. She may feel sad, but also knows that she could still enjoy her trip anyway. I admire her right attitude which is also my way. No wonder that we could be matched. Ya…….

 

Anyway, I will go to South America someday. Cloudia will be my guide and it must be fun there.