Thought deeply about this after spending large sum of money for car rental. In the end for the sake of new experience and considering cost of learning in USA I accepted. Yes. I can ride a motorcycle now. Not some automatic bullshit but a real one with clutch and five gears. I went to a real rocky place and it was so much fun jumping in rocks, avoiding big rocks, slowing down and maintaining speed in a sandy area trying not to fall over, thn I got to a real rocky area where only big trucks and SUVs can drive on. I fell by trying to ride in a narrow area between a mound and a Car. Instead of using break, ended up giving more gas. Realized my lack I'd experience to ride in this area. My two fingers scratched with middle finger showing deep wound where it showed white flesh inside, have not seen something like that since my childhood in Korea. But I wanted to continue, then I fell again. Did not get hurt but discouraged and became worrisome about condition of the bike when it would not start right away and locals staring at me and starting to come out to the road. Turned around.
Gave me more confirmation about myself that I have to really feel the burn, hurt, splash, slash, a big slap on my face, strong lesson for me to be cautious. Words from others have mere small effect. Am I too arrogant to think that I am different from majority of the people? Am I naive to think that people are too cautious, scared, less adventuresome than I am? Between me and myself, the answer is no. To show my humbleness, I feel like I am lying to people who showed concern and care to me.
Met a cool 19 year old girl who spike French as a native language, learned English in four months and Spanish in thee months. I envied her.
Maybe I will go back to meet her. But young girls quickly die out for me due to their lack of experience in life.
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