What would be a travel without meeting inspiring people? At the end an inspiration has nothing to do with a beautiful beach or an exotic country; the inspiration lives in people and their stories that I am privileged to come across during traveling.
This time I met Valencia who lives on a little, isolated island near the main coast of New Caledonia. As a young woman Valencia was leading a glamorous life of a rich lady in the French colony. Married to a successful and rich businessman she was used to luxury, flew in private planes, wore fancy dresses, attended elite parties and had just about anything she wanted. After losing most of the money fortune and separating from her husband Valencia has decided to start a new, different life. Many would probably fall into depression and regret for the rest of their lives of what they have lost; Valencia moved to this little island where she is surrounded by animals, nature and sea she loves. Her income comes from farming sheep and every day she works very hard taking care of them and of the the house. Her children live in different parts of the world and rarely they comes to visit. She adopted a local boy who is now an adult and his daughter is on many of the pictures above. As we said "good bye" Valencia said with a genuine smile "Yes, it is a different, less glamorous life here but it is a true life of mine."
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