Archive for the Post-Travel Category
“Did I just say that?” I thought to myself.
The first time the words came out of my mouth in Bishkek, I couldn’t believe they were mine. That was when my pal, Erica, turned to me and said, “Why can’t you? If going home right now is what you need or want in order to be happy, then just ...
Brooke vs. Kazakhstan, Post-Travel | September 10, 2008
Two years ago I seriously started thinking about long-term travel - seriously in the sense that I deemed the money in my bank account solely for the purpose of the "big trip", set a date, and started planning where to go. I recently came across the traveler pre-trip profile on bootsnall.com and tho ...
Brooke vs. Post-Travel | August 27, 2008
Was not leaving 110 degree weather
Was not leaving dust storms
Was not leaving behind a crazy landlady
Was not having to take another marshrutka ride
Was not packing up the apartment
Was not saying goodbye to the language school
Was not getting reacquainted with my comfortable, big bed
Was no ...
Brooke vs. Post-Travel | August 11, 2008
El fin del viaje. After Copan, the end of the trip was inevitably drawing near. It sounds silly to say this, but we felt as though we had come full circle, in more ways than one. Not only were we exiting out of the same city we had arrived in nearly 8 weeks before, but this time our perspective o ...
Brooke vs. Guatemala, Post-Travel | February 27, 2008