Byron Bay, a small town on the east coast of Australia, was the starting point of my very first trip around the country at the end of June 2016. The countless experiences I was going to live in the twelve months that followed marked me deeply and changed my life forever. So inevitably, when I decided to start writing a novel inspired by this initiatory journey, it was with this memorable episode that I chose to start... Exactly 7 years later, I offer you a slightly shortened version of the first chapter of this book, which I hope to complete in the next few months!