Click here for the audio version of this post. My alarm was set for 2 am. I had a 3 am pickup to the Kuala Lumpur airport (I was heading to Brunei that day). I didn’t really sleep much knowing that I was literally getting up in the middle of the night, so when I… Continue reading Brunei
Click here for the audio version of this post. I am on cultural overload. Each and every time I sit down to write, I think of my day and it is so hard to capture every thought, every view, sound, taste, interaction. I want to get it all out, so it doesn’t slip away from… Continue reading Malaysia
Click here for the audio version of this post. I had to get a COVID test the day before I left Bali, so that I could enter The Philippines. I figured I would just find a local clinic, but in searching for one, was able to find a service that came directly to my hotel. … Continue reading The Philippines
Click here for the audio version of this post. I was day 8, or was it 9, into my trip. I was losing track of the days, of the time. And it was fabulous. I had done the majority of what I wanted to do from a site seeing standpoint in Bali, so I got… Continue reading Bali, Indonesia – The Process of Letting Go
Click here for the audio version of this post. I continue to be humbled, overwhelmed really, by the experience of this trip. When I go to bed each night, I sleep. Like really sleep, often for ten hours or more. Now it could be the heat – it’s usually upward of 90 degrees each day… Continue reading Bali, Indonesia – The Kindness
Click here for the audio version of this post. This trip is about a lot of things for me. One of them is facing my fears, looking them straight in the face and conquering them. I woke up today pretty early, well before the sun had risen. I crawled out of bed and went across… Continue reading Bali, Indonesia – Embracing Fear
Click here for the audio version of this post. I continue to be overcome with emotion. I wonder when I will stop getting teary-eyed at the reality of my dreams coming true, or when the random smile appearing on my face will stop. It’s been a long journey from Atlanta to Bali. In total, I’ve… Continue reading From Australia to Indonesia
Click here for the audio version of this post. I am giddy with excitement. Masks are required in the Sydney airport, and seriously, if they weren’t, there’s no doubt I would have gotten some strange looks. As I got off the plane and walked through immigration, customs, and towards the train, I couldn’t help myself… Continue reading Sydney, Australia
Click here for the audio version of this post. There is phrase that is used all over Costa Rica. ‘Pura Vida.’ The literal translation is Pure Life, but it’s said all the time to mean ‘I hope you live a chill life,’ or ‘I hope you feel relaxed and enjoy life,’ or ‘I hope you… Continue reading Getting to the South Pacific
Click here for the audio version of this post. I woke up around 2 am in a cold sweat. ‘How am I going to unravel this?’ I didn’t sleep the rest of the night thinking I had made the biggest mistake of my life. Just a few days earlier, I had put in my resignation. … Continue reading The Beginning of a Dream
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