Before dawn, I left my hotel room, camera in hand, walking through the long corridors of the estate toward the lobby where the shuttle for the hot air balloon awaited…
Pamukkale, Turkey. 2025/04/18
Just as I boarded, I tried to turn on my camera, only to realize, to my horror, the battery was dead…
My companions, sensing my unease, quickly urged me to give in and simply use my phone. Cold sweat ran down my back. I had only seconds to decide…
“Forgive me, everyone,” I thought. “I would rather be disliked than live with regret.”
I leapt off the bus and sprinted back through the hallways, my body barely awake for fifteen minutes. Looking back now, that was one of the best decisions of my life.
