by Sam T. Fontes

BETWEEN TRAVEL AND ANSWERS. THE REASON BEHIND IT ALL
247 cities across 32 countries, and still, it was never enough to just pass through: I chose to live in four of them.
For years, I told myself these travels and experiences were about “fun” and some kind of cultural immersion. But honestly, without even realizing it, I was just running. Running from the realities of my own life (realities you’ll start to understand with each entry in this blog).
I saw myself as a free spirit, detached from everything and everyone, convinced my calling was to be more than just a traveler, to be a citizen of the world. And in many ways, I became that. The constant search for adrenaline and new experiences led me to moments some people can’t even imagine, moments others would call crazy, and for many, the kind of experiences they’ll never have in a lifetime, but that I lived in just 30 years.
Little by little, those experiences started to shape something deeper. That “citizen of the world” turned into something more: someone who observes, who questions, who tries to understand. A student of human behavior. A reader of emotions. A breaker of patterns.
In every story I share here, you’ll see different versions of me. A 15/16-year-old trying to be the “perfect” Mormon kid, never really looking inward, only learning how to reflect what was expected on the outside. Then a young adult, still deeply religious, studying at a Mormon university, who already knows who he is inside, but isn’t ready to accept it, and makes a quiet promise to take that truth to the grave.
And then everything shifts.
You’ll see the version of me who, as an adult, goes through transformation and acceptance, lives a deep love story, and, in the most painful moment of his life, does what he’s always done, throws himself back into the world.
But this time, it’s different. This time, I’m not running.
I’m trying to understand.
The experiences become more intense, more confusing, sometimes even destructive, but always driven by one thing: the search for connection, with others and with myself.
This is TRIGI TOUR, an anthropological blog built on real, raw, human stories. Stories no AI could ever create.
The story of me and the world.
Before, now, and forever.










