Reasons Why I Am Mildly Interesting #1:
Two years ago, I decided to quit my job, pack up my life, cash in my savings, and travel for a while. No real plan or destination, I just figured I'd see some of the cool stuff in the world that I was going to miss if I stayed where I was ... I figured once I had tenure in my teaching job and bought myself a house, there was no way I'd ever leave. I had every intention of keeping a travel blog, but the best I did was emails home, a Flickr album, and the occasional post on Travels with Swatchy. I do want to share my travel stuff here, though, because it was the most amazing set of experiences!! I can't even tell you what was my favorite - a month of yoga in the Bahamas? Trekking in Thailand? River tubing in Vang Vieng, Laos? 6 weeks in Italy? Portland? Fiji? 5 Months in Australia?
But I WILL tell you about all of it, eventually. Bit by bit, most likely. But it's a start.
I have been home for periods on and off since then, and the itchy feet are calming down a bit, but not nearly as much as I thought - I walked past the travel book section at the library the other day and got weak in the knees. There are so many places I haven't been yet! Including England, where I am MOVING in just a few weeks!
So tell me, where have YOU always wanted to go?? Maybe it will be next on my list ;)
What a big subject... my wander lust has just started to reawaken lately. At the same time, I mostly long for places I've already been... Paris, hiking in the alps, certain parts of India, more time in Sarajevo. What I'd love the most is to go hiking in forested mountains somewhere, or many somewheres.
Posted by: Sasha | 04/04/2009 at 02:42 AM
Funny to have to go back and forth between our blogs like this, isn't it?
India is tough to travel to/in, but sometimes that's part of the appeal, it's like an initiation, you know? I used to find that really satisfying--now I've gotten soft ;) Overall it really depends where you go, though. They say the South is much easier and people are really, really sweet there. I love being in Varanasi/Banaras (which is where I met my husband), it's so beautiful with this old city by the river and a more rural, laid back attitude, and so many religious shrines and events, and lots of foreigners living there semi-long term... Also the Himalayas are just so wonderful and relatively easier. Nepal was also really lovely and is a bit more, well, orderly. (Except for the riots!) I find Delhi quite overwhelming, Rajasthan (including Jaipur) is really beautiful but it's a tough desert culture, Calcutta is quite intense but culturally very fun... that's pretty much everywhere I've been!
Posted by: Sasha | 04/10/2009 at 12:23 AM