Well, the jet lag is starting to get to me. By the time I was resting and finishing up my last post yesterday, I was not in a good place. I’m sleep-deprived, hungry at all the wrong hours, and just generally a grouch. I’m very lucky that I ended up with such a kind man,Continue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 2”
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Chiang Mai: Day 1
We landed in Chiang Mai exhausted and fussy. After a brief spat about whether our taxi driver was trying to rip us off (he wasn’t and I’m an idiot who can’t convert currency), we were taken to our guesthouse. A gated wall surrounds the Awana House, so we got a bit of a reveal momentContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 1”
On the Unexpected
I knew it would happen eventually. No big trip could happen without (at least) one. It’s basically a law of nature: the unavoidable logistical nightmare. Sometimes it’s lost luggage, or a stolen bag with your passport in it. Sometimes you’re too sick to make your flight, or the hotel lost your reservation and is bookedContinue reading “On the Unexpected”
On Journeys
Joseph Campbell thought that every great story was, at its essence, a story of the Hero’s Journey. A protagonist receives a call to leave his ordinary world for a journey into a scary and wondrous land, his subconscious manifest. He finds friends and foes, tempers his character in the fires of inevitable tribulation, achieves hisContinue reading “On Journeys”
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