蟻粉們是不是曾經都有過這樣一個夢，辭去工作拿起背包潇潇灑灑去環遊世界？
然而，現實總是很磨人。你總會想出各種原因打消這個念頭：
有的說沒錢，有的要養家、有的需供房、還有的說要照顧孩子等等等。最後就安慰自己：老了再說。
終于等到老了退休了，又因爲身體不如從前好，擔心錢不夠養老，願望再次石沉大海。
所以，蟻粉們享樂要趁早！套一句年輕人常用的話“YOLO”（you only live once，你只活一次），不要留下空白和遺憾。
就像這對31歲的新加坡情侶Martin和Jacinda，在大家都認爲應該“三十而立”，30歲正是大好時光應加倍努力打拼事業，他們卻毅然選擇辭職，買了一輛貨車從馬來西亞自駕遊到歐洲，實現自己的夢想。
妻子Jacinda是一名自由業主持人，而丈夫Martin則在企業打工。兩人相愛14年，貨車自駕遊的想法本來是妻子的個人夢想，雖然丈夫也認同，但沒想過這麽早實現。最終還是被妻子“每天的緊箍咒”說服了，認爲這樣的生活才是他們想要的。
Jacinda在接受網絡視頻24-hour traveller的一段采訪中說：
“我們覺得人生不可以就這樣：讀書、畢業、結婚、買房子、退休，間中完全沒有享受人生。我確實有朋友覺得，要在退休後才開始慢慢享受生活，那是65歲之後的事情（熬了30多年）。現在還要把重新雇傭年齡推遲到70歲。那麽，到時候人生已經要結束了，沒有時間享受人生了。所以，我們覺得年輕的時候就要開始。”
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當然，他們這個重大決定也遭到家人的反對。
Martin說，父母的第一反應就說：
“Siao啊”（發瘋啊），不用工作啊。
家人接著抛出一連串問題：
你這輩子想做什麽？你要自駕遊多久？下一步是什麽？你以後都不想工作了嗎？你要放棄現在的一切了？
他們還指出，對于一個離開職場幾年的人來說，工作前景並不那麽好，並質疑他最終回來時哪個老板會請他。
對此，Martin答複母親說：
“我工作很久了，已經10年了，是時候休息一下”。
這個回答讓工作了超多年的媽媽情不自禁地翻了個白眼。
Martin說：“我明白媽媽的出發點，因爲她覺得我是一個男人，需要找一份穩定的工作養家。”
而Jacinda父母對她的決定屬于比較支持的。她解釋說，因爲父母也喜歡這樣的旅遊概念，一家人從來不跟旅行團旅遊，她小時候就常常跟著父母去自駕遊，走到哪裏住到哪裏。（看來，Jacinda的自駕遊想法應該是父母啓蒙的。）
無論如何，他們咬緊牙關存了好幾年的錢，家人最後應該是沒反對的，兩人在今年7月8日開啓了旅程，從馬來西亞出發，終點是歐洲的葡萄牙。
貨車麻雀雖小，五髒俱全
他們的起居飲食都在這輛五髒俱全的貨車中解決。
情侶倆在馬來西亞買了這輛二手貨車，把它改裝成“大篷車”（caravan）還裝上了太陽能，共花費1萬1000元。爲了省錢，只要能親手改裝的，他們都會想盡辦法動手做。
愛環保的Jacinda稱他們的“家”以甘榜風格爲主，幾乎所有家具和設備都以可循環可再生的材料。
This was back then when we first bought the van and just finished removing all 11 passenger seats, ON OUR OWN!!!! ☀️👫🚐 You know, initially many people told us we couldn’t do it cos we had no idea what we were doing. It was true, we were never very hands-on people, living in the city, everything we needed, we bought. But everyone has a first time, if you wanna do it, we’d say just f***ing plunge into it and get your hands dirty. Yes we made mistakes and blamed each other for the mistakes we made (haha), but that’s learning. Learning to live life and learning to live together. 👫🚐☀️ So what are you waiting for? Follow your dreams and don’t look back ☀️🚐👫 . . . . . . #vanlife #vanlifediaries #vanlifers #vandwellers #myvanlife #hiacecamper #vanlifemalaysia #travelmalaysia #travelgram #asiatravel #vanconversion #adventure #advanture #roadtrip #homeiswhereyouparkit #sustainable #zerowaste #diyvan #responsiblevanlife #thegoodlife #camping #MJROADTRIPPIN #vanbuild
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他們親手拆了後座的11個椅子，車頂的內部粘上了椰子纖維來降溫，也做了防蚊網讓夜晚可以開著窗口通風。爲了節省位置，兩人也各自只帶了22件衣服。
住
貨車白天是客廳，有兩張長板凳：
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入夜後，就變成了臥室：
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食
情侶兩人都是素食者，愛做菜的妻子Jacinda負責掌管飲食。貨車裏有冰箱、餐具、幹糧、火炭爐、煤氣爐以及提供他們幹淨水源的陶瓷過濾器。
餓了，丈夫就地取材起火，讓妻子烹饪海帶湯，火堆同時也能起到驅蚊和取暖的作用。
丈夫生日時，妻子也在丈夫午睡休息時，親手做了一個生日蛋糕給他驚喜。
沖涼上大號
兩人的沖涼用具只是一個非常輕便的收縮盆，外加一個攜帶性淋浴筒，就讓他們在戶外也可以享受熱水澡的快感。
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Jacinda介紹說，若他們靠近沙灘時會選一個安靜的地方，穿上比基尼洗澡。
We will never forget these summer days. Us, as city folks, slowing down and enjoying a day of just doing nothing. Sitting by the river, chatting about life and eating nature’s fruits. What an amazing day. ☀️👫🚐 Looking back, we had truly taken life’s simplicities for granted. We asked ourselves what were we fighting so hard for in the past; money, career, name, to the point where we wouldn’t allow ourselves to enjoy life as it is. We now realised we were too afraid to quit the game of “who is more successful”. No matter how hard we pretended, in reality it was a showdown of whose diamond ring, car or home is more luxurious. Let’s be honest, we tried really hard to win the game but 99.9% of the time, we never won. Somehow someone would come along with a bigger car or a bigger pay check. We tried to chase but we never got there and eventually it dawned upon us that no one could ever win this game and so we gave up. And that was the best decision we’ve ever made. ☀️👫🚐 Here we are, all our stuff packed, living out of our tiny van, exploring the world! Our aim, in a nutshell, is to experience a slice of life in every country, rich or poor, exchange life stories with locals and most important learning humility. We wouldn’t say we have mastered the skill of not accumulating things, but we are practicing, collecting more meaningful and long lasting items instead of things we’d throw away without blinking. ☀️🚐👫 So yeah, this is what we’ve discovered about ourselves for now. Till next time, we’ll update you guys again! . Follow @mjroadtrippin . . . . . #vanlife #vanlifediaries #vanlifers #vandwellers #myvanlife #hiacecamper #vanlifemalaysia #travelmalaysia #travelgram #asiatravel #vanconversion #adventure #advanture #roadtrip #homeiswhereyouparkit #sustainable #zerowaste #mjroadtrippin #diyvan #responsiblevanlife #thegoodlife #camping #MJROADTRIPPIN #vanbuild
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而小便，他們一般都會在戶外（草叢）解決，大便則會找公廁。Jacinda也坦然，有一次因爲忍不住了，在沙灘附近找到一個很安靜的草叢，挖了一個洞解決，完事後再埋起來，接著用海水洗手。
當然自駕遊一路上會遇到很多意想不到的事情。特別是在荒無人煙的地方睡覺時……
the previous night, we parked & slept by this beach under the stars and by 11pm we were sleeping soundly in bed….. and…. . At midnight, we awoke to banging on our van door.. we opened our eyes & through the curtains, we saw bright headlights, followed by blue blinking lights. Must be the police. We opened our windows & 2 uniformed officers were right outside. they said they‘re from immigration control & asked what we were doing here. Martin explained we‘re Singaporeans traveling in our van. they spoke really nicely & even apologised for disturbing & left. so we went back to sleep… . Again at 1am, Martin woke me up and bright headlights were pointed directly at us. Zzz. This time there were no blinking blue lights. Martin said he was going to check it out & walked towards the car. I watched from inside but the lights were so glaring I couldn’t see anything! Now I was worried sick and regretted letting him go alone. if he got stabbed or killed I wouldn’t even know! Luckily after a few (agonising) mins he came back but in search of our passports. He said they were plain clothed police, showed him their badges but were being really rude and demanded to see us. I was now super frantic, wondering what if they were robbers instead?! Martin insisted i stay calm and follow him. As I got out of the van I smelled cigarette smoke. Made it worse, chances of them being thugs got higher. Their car was about 50m away and as we came close they really looked like 2 thugs sitting on the bonnet smoking away. Martin handed them the passports and they checked it under the headlights, cig still in one hand. Martin explained again we‘re a married couple on a road trip here. They asked a few routine qns & finally sent us away, this time kindly telling us to park our van near the chalets where it might be safer and even reached out for a handshake to apologise for intruding. . After we re-parked, though it took a while to recover from our thumping hearts, we had a peaceful rest after. we were just left wondering Malaysia’s security like better than we thought ah (at least in the desaru area?) also, mental note: needa work out a plan in case we meet real robbers next time man…
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兩人在開啓旅行的第二天，他們把貨車停在迪沙魯（Desaru）海灘處過夜時遇到“驚險”事。
Jacinda在帖文分享說，晚上11點和丈夫睡得正香時，當地的兩名便衣移民與關卡局官員敲門問話，在他們一番解釋後，官員才離開，兩人繼續進入夢鄉。
然而到了淩晨1點，又有車燈照射他們的貨車，丈夫Martin決定下車一探究竟。留在車上的Jacinda因燈光太刺眼什麽都看不見，擔心得要命，後悔讓丈夫一個人出去，擔心他被襲擊或被捅死都看不見。
在她膽戰心驚時，丈夫走回貨車說要拿護照給對方看，並說對方是便衣警察，也出示了證件證明，但他們態度非常不好，並要求見兩人。Jacinda擔心對方僞裝，其實是搶匪，有所遲疑。
丈夫讓她保持冷靜跟著他走，而Jacinda一下車就聞到煙味，讓她覺得對方是搶匪的機會更高。走近時，她又看到兩人向小混混一樣坐在車蓋上抽煙，讓她害怕得心撲通撲通地跳。
所幸的是，對方聽了兩人的解釋後，問了幾個常規的問題，就非常有禮貌的告知他們應該停在更安全的露營區。
Jacinda感恩馬來西亞比他們想象的更安全（至少在迪沙魯地區），同時也提醒了他們要想好一個應對真歹徒的計劃。
情侶倆人的追夢故事讓網民羨慕直流口水，感歎自己沒有勇氣，被現實生活綁住，喊這對小情侶代他們完成自己的夢想。
這位應該是上了年紀的網民說，
50年前他也想這麽做，但要幫忙父母分擔照顧七個弟妹，接著又到照顧自己的家庭，工作對他來說是非常重要得。隨著孩子慢慢長大，夢想也不了了之。
這位網民說：
“我向你致敬”，多麽希望自己有這樣的勇氣去抛下一起自駕遊看世界開眼界。
但也有人覺得這對小情侶是因爲幸運，不愁吃不愁穿過著優質生活，加上他們的父母都獨立，應該也有錢，所以才可以不顧一切去追夢。“我的建議是，盡情享受你的生活，享受旅行的每一刻。但是請記住，不是每個人都像你一樣幸運。”
小情侶目前將會在東南亞呆一段時間，明年3月才會開往中國，接著前往歐洲，祝他們一切順利。
