Guys, I just found out that I got selected for the Airbnb Secret Adventure.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
That's what adventure should do,
make you feel like you're being reborn again and again and again.
So, happy birthday to me.
[Laughing]
Who's going to help me pack?
- Me! - Me!
Thank you.
One to two pairs of trousers — I only actually have one pair of trousers.
Shirts, pants, shorts, no sexy underwear,
some socks
- In the end they said I got accepted. - What?
- I'm going around the world. - Where are you going?
- I don't know. - What?
This is the catch. It's going to be an international trip.
So I have to give them my passport.
I see red flags all over. I see red flags all over.
Patrice, that's wild.
So you just like show up at the airport and you don't know where you're going?
That's exactly — yeah, that's exactly what's going to happen.
Every morning this seems like the best idea ever.
And I can imagine all of the awesome places I could go
and the people that I'll meet and the food that I'll eat.
And then the afternoon and the evening roll around.
And the ambiguity of this whole situation
starts to creep in with a healthy dose of fear.
I'm going to run to the taxi, because we have to make it to the airport.
So I am very excited. I feel a tad bit nervous.
- Do you know where I'm going? - I don't know where you're going.
Oh yeah, oh yes. Oh my god, guys.
It's like gold in my hands.
So let's figure out everything now.
Oh my god, where am I going? Open me first.
Welcome to the first Airbnb Adventure!
Oman?
Deserts and mountains in Oman.
I'm going to Oman.
So it's like in here.
Hey, look at this.
Extreme adventure? What does that entail? That's what I want to know.
Welcome to Muscat.
Yeah, man.
I am Nabeel Al Ruwaidhi.
Hi babies, we are leaving Muscat
and mommy's going to go camp in the mountains tonight.
So I should be able to call you tonight and if not, don't worry about me.
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. Have a good adventure!
- She loves you guys. She loves you so much. - I love you. Meet David.
Hello, I love you too.
I love you. Bye babies.
You know I've never traveled by myself.
And to not have my children, who have been with me
every minute of every day for the past six years,
is going to be really different for me.
I'm about to have tea down here.
But I want my girls to grow up always saying yes to things like this,
and how will they know to do that if I never model it for them?
Just sling it over there.
So first time camping and it was amazing. Definitely going to do it again.
There were some interesting things that happened.
Lost my tent twice.
A couple of other people lost their tent.
But it was just a fun night, pure laughter.
World travel — it's on my calendar, my bucket list,
whatever you want to call it.
But I'm getting a little bit older.
I see it on TV and I almost don't want to watch the shows,
because it's like you're not going there.
You want to go there, but you're not going there.
I'd love to see what's going on with the rest of the world,
not just, you know, us.
OK, heading to a town called Bidiyah.
Not clear exactly what we're doing, but there's a bunch of sand dunes.
It looks pretty interesting from here.
You got a fly over there.
There's a fly up here.
Anyway, it's 112, pretty dang warm.
We're pretty close to our destination. We'll figure it out soon.
Everybody stay still.
Let me tell you, I just climbed up this sand dune
and I am panting and breathing for my life.
Woo!
How do you feel?
I think I thought at the onset that
the experiences would be something that, you'd be frightened.
But it'd be like, oh, let me just go ahead and do it.
But not things that I physically cannot do.
- Arms underneath? - Like this?
Yes
Guys, we'll do the briefing now.
We're doing a canyon.
We'll have to climb some small places
and we'll have to swim in some other places.
I think this experience is phenomenal, right?
I really didn't have any set expectations of like what I would receive from it.
But I think what I am receiving is much more substantial
than material experiences, if that makes sense.
Can you talk to me while we're doing this, so I won't have to think about it?
Talk to me or sing a song or something.
I think the combination of being with really positive, genuine,
sweet people, engaging in activities and taking in all this newness,
how can I take that and apply that to my general life value, you know?
So what can I take back with me besides what I might purchase at the market?
- You did it!
Where do I begin? I thought to myself, I said,
you know, I don't want to go home with a challenge unfulfilled.
I want to show up for myself.
So I just feel so grateful to be among such support
that enabled me to do that.
So yeah, really good. I feel really good.
Ivy, Cora,
I'm in the middle of the desert, and the sun just set.
And I'm on a camel!
The really cool thing that's happened on this trip is
every person has like cheered me on to keep going,
who's a complete stranger, which is why this experience
and just like meeting new people is amazing.
There are so many good people in the world.
You're really just going to have to let it soak in when you get home.
That's when I feel like the real
elements of what you experienced truly to sink into your soul.
It'll come to me later when I get home.
It's like, I'll think back and I'll go man,
what a treasure, what a special moment, you know?
And then it becomes that much richer and that much more
appreciated, for sure.
One of my greatest fears is going back home
and things just being normal again.
I don't want normal. You know, I want adventure every day.
I want to be in a place where I can challenge myself,
even if that challenge takes me to the brink.
So I sit here, my last Omani sunset,
ready to go home.
Grateful for this experience
to truly understand what adventure is.
An adventure is something that should change your life.