Has it really been that long since i left home? Or has it really just been three months? I guess it depends on how you look at it. Time has just flown by. I'm so glad i've kept a blog going or i would have no idea what i've been up to.
I have flown, i have walked, i have rode, i have buses, i have trained, i have boated, and i have cycled all across this huge continent. It seems like i have gone so far. Yet when i look at the globe, i can't even find where i started, where i've been, and where i am.
The world is such a big place.
And yet, is so small.
I'm at my planned 1/2 way point time wise but i realize that i'm still not even 1/2 way through my journey. The biggest, best, roughest, scariest, shadiest, loneliest, cheapest, longest, most dangerous and wildest journies are still to come.
I've had good times and bad. I've been robbed. My friends have been robbed. i've been ripped off countless of times. I've had bad food. I cut my foot. I have too many mosquito bites to count. I've been sick. I've been locked out of my room. I've been locked out of my hotel. i've been lost so many times that i've lost count. I've been sad alone in my room. I've been scared alone in my room. I've missed home countless times. I've met the strangest stupidest people i could ever imagine. i've seen unimaginable brutality. I've seen poverty. I've seen the ravages of warfare.
But i think most importantly, i've seen, felt, and experienced.
This is what i'm here to do. And this is what i'm doing.
I will have to relax and reflect for the next two weeks (see drinking, partying, relaxing on the beach, diving, climbing, hiking, etc...) and plan the second phase of my journey.
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Island of Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei), West Timor, and the Philippines are next on my list.
How long is it going to take me?
3 comments:
It seems like you have been away for a long time. At times I feel like its been forever since Ive seen/ spoken to you. I am very proud of you! I am amazed you liked the fish, although fresh fish is always nice. I know you would have hated it if there were lots of bones :p
Enjoy, fresh seafood from there is amazin.
MERRY CHRISTMAS DUDE!
since you are supposedly half-way done on your adventure, i hope you'll be back by summer so that we can celebrate your birthday....here, in vancouver!!!
is it already half way? vancouver hasn't forgotten you.. christmas is not the same without you.. mom and dad are coming over tonight to celebrate with colin's family... a littler turkey this year.. only 14 pounds.. hope wherever you are on christmas you remember to call home.. take care.. merry christmas!
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