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I met an old man once on a bus ride near Jeonju; I was going hiking. The man was 80 years old and really wanted to talk to me. I don’t know if it was just to practice his English or because he was curious about me, but he wouldn’t let me read my book. That’s ok, it […]
Getting over the initial culture shock of living in Korea was really hard for me. When I first got here, life was pretty depressing. I was excited to get to a new country and in awe of everything I saw around me. But I was disappointed by Busan — from what I could see, it’s an ugly city. […]
There’s something about living in Korea I like a lot. The sidewalks. Not all of them, but a lot of them are made from old tires. The ground is then soft to walk on, easier on the knees. But it’s a good use of an otherwise useless product. I don’t know whether the process of grinding up and […]
Get back to Cuzco late on a Sunday night after hiking el Camino Inca to Machu Picchu. Find out Monday that I have nearly a week to kill before my eighteen-hour bus ride into the jungle. Up at 4:00 on Tuesday morning to catch a beaten-up old bus to Puno at 5:30. Sleep most of the way. My […]
I think this is long overdue, since I’ve been here for three months. My first impressions of South Korea and my experience in this country so far. I can’t entirely fill these pages with anecdotes and day-to-day life because it’d be too long, but what I can do is give my first impressions of South Korea. So here […]
Familiarity. Confidence. Sometimes you have to let go. Now try incompatibility and uncertainty. Transitions aren’t always easy. That’s what I told myself when I decided to crop my hair shoooort before travelling sola to Ecuador and Peru for three months. The locks fell away and I was smitten. Why did I ever have long hair? External self-discovery before […]
I was out on a day hike in Killarney Provincial Park, located on the shores of Georgian Bay between Parry Sound and Sudbury, Ontario, when the idea struck for the March for Merazonia. It was early May, the weather was beautiful, the northern verdure was blooming and blossoming in every direction, and I was inspired. I thought to […]
Found three abandoned baby squirrels in a nest, one already stiff and cold! So I rescued the other two… One suffered from dehydration (on the left above — notice how the skin is a bit wrinkly), and only made it a week and a half :((frowny face). Was able to rehabilitate the last one before releasing it into […]
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