I’ve been more introspective and reminiscent than usual these past few weeks. Maybe it’s the change of seasons. Maybe it’s because I need a change…. At this moment a year ago today (forgetting about the time difference) I was bouncing on a rackety seat on a minibus bound for the Bali coast, just me and a Finnish girl, […]
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Where’s My West Virginia?
Take me home, country roads, take me home. I met a friendly University student named Dawn when I was in China in 2009. Well, Dawn was her English name. She was one of my first Chinese friends outside of my co-workers. She studied at Donghai University and I met her and her BFF Monica at […]
Conquering the Trans-Canada Trail
Plane tickets are expensive. And by September of 2012 I had bought my fair share for that year, or perhaps a lifetime?? Regardless of all that time and money spent on elong.net or travelocity.com I was out of cash and needed to get to Montreal. I checked for prices on Greyhound.ca. Advance bus tickets were […]
Who Said You Can’t Go Home Again?
I had four months of living on the road in a backpack behind me, not to mention seven months of memories at the bookstore at home in Montreal; with all the drama, growth, losing friends while gaining new ones, and a new-found strength from wandering on my own that I wasn’t fully aware of yet. […]