Despite being 26 years old, I am still largely incapable of growing any facial hair. This distinct lack of facial hair in combination with both my face and lifestyle has ensured that I still get asked for ID when I buy alcohol in the UK and that when I meet people for the first time, they ask if I am a student. “I was, four years ago.”
Since leaving Istanbul to hitchhike to the UK, I have not shaved. That is around a month. During this month, I made a revelation: I have a ginger beard.
Today I, along with two free spirits, am hitting the road on the biggest bicycling / rafting adventure of my life. If our old bicycles make it to Slovakia, even more of us will be building a raft and floating down the Danube in search of Romania. We will be the Pirates of the Danube. And pirates need facial hair. Today, I have shaved and a few days ago, I cut my hair short. From now on, I’ll go for the natural look.
Goodbye ginger beard. Hello adventure.
Any plans to visit Poland? It is so close to Slovakia and so many great things to see!
I LOVE Poland, I was there for about a month last summer. No plans to visit this time around unfortunately, but I WILL come back.
Got to say I liked the beard! Good luck on your new adventure.
It’s coming back