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I have the honor of being invited to this special contest of the Top Family community by my friend @getheenspring in which I thank her very much for thinking of me for my participation, in which the challenge is to observe an image, think about what this image brings us and then write a story, in this opportunity is the photograph shown above which are some suitcases.
When I see some suitcases ipsofactamente comes to my memory that day in front of the river that separates Venezuela and Colombia by the border of San Antonio del Táchira, the political tensions of the country were in a very stormy atmosphere, the diplomatic relations had already been closed, besides psychoterror of the "trocheros" that helped the people to pass the cause of the river, At that moment on the Venezuelan side, ahead of me passed a family of four women and a man, without any suitcase in hand, all their belongings were carried by the trocheros ahead of me, on the other hand, I had to pass the river alone with them, only carrying two suitcases, one of them I could carry hanging on my back and the other in my hands.
I remember that passing a little more than half of the river the volume of water reached my chest, then I had to lift my suitcase above my head, not only so that it would not get wet but also to not lose it, then the river took it, it was in an instant that I stepped on a rock and slipped, I could keep my balance to follow the step, But in my veins I felt the adrenaline rushing and then the panic seemed, at that moment I thought, this stupid suitcase is worth more than my life, the weight of the suitcase on my head made it difficult to cross the river, but in the end it was a success because it can lead to the other side of the Colombian side.
Thanks to this experience, it always bothered me just thinking about using a suitcase and go out to travel, I knew I would not pass any river, but it made me sad to know how I had to fill a suitcase to travel again, the funny thing is that after a while living abroad, I kept thinking about packing my suitcases to return home with my family, a suitcase is perhaps bipolar because it can leave a place that we are going to miss and love, or it can be an adventure and a privilege to travel to a new destination to get to know.
And this was my small participation in the contest in the community Top family I wish much success to all who participate in this great project, like me, I invite my friends @mauroleonel and @alvarorvm22 to participate, good luck to all.
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