Let’s review.
Twenty three months ago, I was packing way too much stuff to bring halfway around the world. Twelve months ago, I was coordinating a Special Olympics competition with 78 kids. And four months ago, I was leaving Mongolian soil for the first time, wondering if I had the stamina to return. Traveling in Vietnam was both refreshing and frustrating. More often caught in swarms of tourists than not, I stupidly expected to be able to set myself apart from the average traveler. Instead, I resigned myself to being another faceless dot in a crowd, consuming the space designed exactly for that.
Three months ago, I turned 31. That is all. (more…)
A BROAD IN BLUE SKY 