1. Who are you?
My name is André Troost. I’m a 24-year old South African from a town called Paarl in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
2. Where are you now?
I am currently studying a Masters degree in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
3. What do you do when you’re not travelling?
Usually I’d be busy writing research papers about renewable energy or I would find myself on my family’s farm training show horses. Otherwise I spend my time discovering new folk and indie music, writing pieces about different travel experiences and spending time in the ocean.
4. What was the last piece of music you listened to?
A recent gem I found, entitled “At A Glance” by Message to Bears.
5. Tell us briefly the travel story you shared in LOST.
My story in Issue Two takes you to the craze that is the Oruro Carnival in Bolivia before a transcendence to the high altitude plains of the Potosi province in southern Bolivia. As the title suggests, Convergence is about the coming together of the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of Bolivia.
6. What do you love about travel?
The challenge of the unknown.
7. What do you hate about travel?
Loneliness.
8. Do you like to travel alone or with people? Why?
For pure enjoyment, I prefer traveling with people. Christopher McCandless was correct to a certain degree when he said that happiness is only real when shared. However, there is a different dimension of happiness that comes to the fore when traveling alone, which is the strife to a full knowing of oneself. There is no better way to discover this than traveling alone as this can be the epitome of loneliness and as such the closest connection with oneself.
9. What do you think about during travel?
The beauty and diversity of language. I also marvel at the kindness shown by locals to travelers.
10. Any future travel plans?
Haha. Don’t get me started on that! I still want to take the road across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo. Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico and Mongolia are also high on my list. Of course, this ought to be done only by public transport!
1.你是誰？
我叫André Troost，24歲，來自南非西開普省一個名叫“Paarl”的小鎮。
2.你現在在哪？
我目前就讀南非 Stellenbosch 大學可再生能源與可持續發展專業的碩士學位。
3.你不在旅行時平常會做什麽？
通常我都在忙於寫關於可再生能源方面的研究論文，要麽就是在自家農場訓練賽馬。另外我會花時間去找尋新的民謠和獨立音樂，寫一些關於不同旅行經驗的文章，或在海裏。
4.你最後聽的一首歌是什麽？
最近我發現的一首金曲名為“At A Glance”，由Message to Bears創作。
5.用一段話簡單地告訴我們你在《LOST》分享的個人旅行故事。
我的故事會把你帶到玻利維亞奧魯羅狂歡節的狂熱中去，再穿越位於玻利維亞南部波托西省的高海拔平原。就如文章標題“融匯”所指，它是關於在玻利維亞看到的、聽到的、聞到的、嘗到的一切的聚合。
6.旅行最讓你喜歡的是什麽？
對於未知的挑戰。
7.旅行最讓你討厭的是什麽？
孤獨。
8.你喜歡獨自旅行還是跟朋友一起？為什麽？
出於純粹享受的話，我偏向和朋友一起。在某種程度上，Christopher McCandless 的話是對的，他說幸福只有被分享時，才是唯一真實的。然而，另一種維度的幸福感會在你獨自旅行時到來。獨自旅行是為全面了解自己的一種嘗試。沒有什麽比獨自旅行能更好地發現這種幸福感，因為它就像孤獨的縮影，與自我的聯系最緊密。
9. 旅行時經常會想到什麽？
語言的美和多樣性；也會驚嘆於當地人給予旅行者的善意。
10. 接下來有什麽旅行的打算嗎？
哈哈。不要讓我開始！我還是想踏上從開普敦出發跨越非洲抵達開羅的旅行之路。哥倫比亞、委內瑞拉、墨西哥和蒙古一直在我榜單靠前的位置。當然，這些都應該是靠公共交通完成！
