I've met them.

You know all the times when you daydream about traveling and you imagine all the interesting people you'll get to meet? In your mind, they will be freaking hilarious, laid-back, down for whatever, and talk in funny accents. And of course, they will think you're equally awesome.

Meet Rich and Dave Moses.

Within hours of meeting at the hostel, we hiked a mountain and then missed the last bus into town and conned our way onto another bus with a suicidal bus driver who would swerve all over the road, scream in Welsh, and then honk and wave at people he almost hit. It was amazing!

Anyway, I met those two at the hostel in Wales before going to my first farm and ended up meeting them a few days later for a beer. I ended up forgetting my bus money and my host (Anita the hippie) was so upset about it she drove off and left me to walk the last few dozen miles. Yeahh, things had started to get weird. Long story short, Ellen the Angel (below) picked me up and drove me to meet my friends, chatting the whole time about how wonderful it is to see young people traveling. Whatasmile!!

The whole car ride I'm very charming, laughing at her jokes, asking about her kids, offering her chocolate, you name it. Finally we got to the clock tower where Rich and Dave were and I thank and hugged her, reminded her she is so pretty and young-looking, and joined my friends. They bought me beer and nachos and caught me up on more stories about how the country of Wales hates Dave (most recently he had stepped in dog poop in the hostel kitchen) and the more they talked, the more I laughed and by the time a bird pooped on Rich's face, I was almost snorting.

We met up again the other day and they made us dinner, we skipped rocks, drank beer, attempted to dunk biscuits in tea (harder than it looks), and said our goodbyes the next day. I headed off to England, the two of them had absolutely no agenda except getting me to the bus station. Isn't that amazing? What an incredible way to live, to just wander and meet people, share experiences and a few laughs together, and then go repeat it somewhere else.