Beat yesterday

Go one step further

By Alexandro Lacadena Gómez

October 3^rd, 2023

We, humans, have been always trying to discover what's out of our safety area.

But when internet and all those commodities appeared, we slowly stopped going that extra mile, because, well, it's easier to browse a site searching for shots rather than going outdoors and find by ourselves.

The point here is: how do we feel about loosing that enthusiasm to explore the outdoors and LEARN about the world? Most people will say that we are now better than before, and, somehow, I agree to that. But, am I the only one thinking that we need more contact with the world to improve our relationships and how we behave? Humans are destroying the world, we are polluting everywhere, hunting every animal, being absolutely stupid ones with each others, losing the humanity that we think that we had… for what. The days that we have the most (food on our houses, running water, internet to learn about everything that we can, and can not imagine, cars, etc.), are the days that we value less those amenities. wow… wow… and WOW.

There is a fantastic quote that says the next:

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, only read one page. ”

What do you think about that? Absolutely STUNNING. I am no guru neither any famous nor important person, I'm a normal human that thinks daily about what I'm doing, and some time ago started to realize how good travel made to me.

Sharing time and experiences with people from other places taught me about being grateful for what I have, what I'm able to do, and everything that surrounds me.

Those things that the world showed me are what I really want to show over here. Long story short, to understand a bit more of me:

I started my big presence on the internet with a generalist blog that blew up before social media times. After years, I started a travel blog that just spotted beautiful places; and, after a lot of years, I decided that my way to go was going to have a travel agency: GoThombi. Not a general one just pursuing to sell trips: a nature specialized company focusing on safaris, creating astonishing experiences that impact on people creating a positive impact in conservation. We sell trips that people love, while they learn about animals and nature, getting to know why it is important to protect the environment. And impacting in each area we visit, working with local NGOs to improve local communities and wildlife protection.

On top of Table Mountain while working with GoThombi

I feel so lucky being able to travel this much (BTW, it's never enough, this is like a drug), and I try to engage others to this “opioid”. So, you can expect here a “Behind the camera”, or, even better, “Behind the trip” experiences from what my job, and my hobby, are. As a YouTube would say: subscribe and like posts. You can also follow me in other social networks like Instagram, Flickr, Vero, or, even YouTube where I will start posting more. Otherwise, you have my whole portfolio of links here.

Can't wait to start this path: forcing me to edit more, write more and stay accountant to myself.

Alexandro Lacadena, petaqui, watching a cheetah pretty close — Learning from wildlife is something that teaches you about how to really be a great human. Respect.

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Beat yesterday as a way to live. It doesn't mean having to make huge differences, rather, trying to improve day by day, little by little, fighting against all odds, against your bad days and days that don't feel link a good day to work.

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