July 12, 2007
Dalian (CHINA)
Re-Establishing a Forgotten Habit
Sorry for the dearth of posts recently, but I have been stuck in a bit of a rut and somewhere along the way I lost the habit of writing regularly. It is tiring work keeping a journal going, especially one everyone can read – I am constantly editing what is publishable and what is best kept private. For those who know me well, you know I am a very introverted person who does not like sharing my thoughts. Thus, when I don’t have stories to share the webpage will naturally slow down. Plus, I am not a machine and constantly changing homes (and lifestyles) will wear anyone down.
Fortunately, things will start picking up soon (although it is not like research in China is “taking it easy”). At the end of July I fly to Beijing where I will spend a couple days going out with friends. Then, I will catch a 25 hour train to Hong Kong where I will stay with more friends and collect visas for my backpacking trip.
The destinations are the following (as always, I have yet to plan how I will do it all):
Hong Kong, China, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. Over the next few weeks I will highlight what is so amazing about each of these countries in anticipation of the prolonged 45 day backpacking excursion.
All this without even taking into account Tokyo, which will become my new home starting this September.
Maybe all is not doom and gloom after all.
I will post more regularly from now on.