Saturday, May 21, 2011

Asian Adventure

Who: Me and Vasae.  We met in 2009 while studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina for a semester.  We were randomly placed as roommates and have been best buddies ever since.  There's absolutely no way to describe Vasae- she's quite literally the ying to my yang and I'm beyond fortunate to call her a close friend.  In attempts to explain her I normally tell people that I save all her emails in a special folder in my inbox titled: "vasae/ my soul's progression."  She's an amazing friend, a savvy traveler, a wonderful poet/ genius and a soul sista for life :)


What: a backpacking trip.  I hope to thoughtfully, openly, and inquisitively experience as much as possible along the way.


Where: Nepal, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia

When: Start in Nepal in April and end in Indonesia in August.  Vasae will go back to the states and I hope to find a job teaching English in one of the countries we visit that has a possible and community-based need for a teacher... we'll see about that when the time comes!


Why: How could this ever really be answered?  But to attempt, I'll paraphrase Phil Cousineau: "Integral to the art of travel is... to break away for however long it takes to once again truly see the world around us.  It's the art of re-imagining how we walk, talk, listen, see, hear, write, and draw as we ready for the journey of our soul's deep desire." 

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