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Aaron Hunter Start Date: Jan 16, 2025 - End Date: Oct 15, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
  • Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

My Travel Story

by: Aaron Hunter Start Date: Jan 16, 2025 - End Date: Oct 15, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
5yrs ago I was in two near fatal car crashes that left me unable to work.and looking at life in a wheelchair without surgery. Through my persistence to regain my livlyhood and my health I was able to begin healing myself from my injuries. The medical professionals and Acc had abandoned me and just gave me pills to mask my pain and symptoms. My partner and I met online and after12months of talking she decided she wanted to meet me. I was totally open and honest with her about my situation. While I had regained much of my health I was still damaged and living very roughly. I hadn't worked for so long. I was living my  near derelict caravan at a friends house and she came to visit me.  The moment we met i felt all all my anxiety and stress wash off me and we hit it off. She accepted me for who i am and my life as it was then which i know is a qualitly to admire! She returned to Japan soon after though we both knew we wanted to spend our lives together and began to plan our next meeting. It was decided she would travel to New Zealand with a view to obtaining a visa and staying long term. She would work while I completed healing to a point where I could work. Another 12months went by,..she gave up her business as a hairdresser and used the money to to travel over as a friend had lined her up work we thought and she could get a work visa. Sadly the job fell through just before her arrival leaving her unable to stay for longer than 3 months. We tried to gather enough evidence together to apply for a partnership visa but by the time we gathered the documents the fee had doubled and we could no longer afford it. She returned to Japan again..both very much in love and dedicated to each other but deflated that we had to separate again. My wish is to now find the money I need to show her and her family the respect they are worthy of by traveling to Japan to meet her family and announce my honorable intentions of marriage as we have already discussed we desire our future to be together. Sadly still being struggling financially I turn to asking for anyone kind enough to offer assistance. I feel I'm currently working on starting a business but due to my treatments and injuries I could still be months away from starting up. My whole life I've never stuck my hand out for help,but going through a period of needing help to look after myself I discovered that there's no shame in asking and you never know until you do. I open my heart to all the help that is offered me. With thanks and love...✌️
  • Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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