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Enoshima 29 - Fishing

Life on the Road – Part 3: Reflections on East Asia

“Life on the Road – Part 1: Reflections on Europe” can be read here. “Life on the Road – Part 2: Reflections on Southeast Asia” can be read here. The unseen movements of time continue to march onward, kindly allowing us to collect a string of memories in their wake; the paths that we walk […]

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Vientiane Streets 8 - This Way to the World

Life on the Road – Part 2: Reflections on Southeast Asia

“Life on the Road — Part 1: Reflections on Europe” can be viewed here. After having returned for the second time from 10 months of travel, one of the most common reactions I’ve received from friends and family is surprise that I’m the same person as I was when I left, I haven’t resurfaced as […]

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Levanto Streets 8 - Pier

Life on the Road – Part 1: Reflections on Europe

The world is a vast and uncertain place, and it is impossible to know what secrets it holds for you.  The only certainty, however, is that you won’t be able to unearth any of these truths unless you’re willing to take the initial step and start exploring in the first place.  And just as every […]

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Travel Guides

Thoughts Prior to Departure

After months of preparations and years of day-dreaming, I’m finally about to embark upon the most significant trip of my life (at least up until this point).  I’d love to be able to say that the predominant emotion I’m feeling is excitement, but honestly, it is something more akin to nervousness and fear.  It isn’t […]

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Pondering the deep mysteries of life (and looking goofy doing it)

Embarking Upon a New Adventure

The world is a vast and wonderful place that is just waiting to be explored by anyone willing to step out on a ledge and give it a shot.  It is surprisingly easy, however, to fall into a normal routine throughout our daily lives — a routine in which we rarely break out of our […]

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