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Yea, I ate those.

The obligatory “I went overseas during my holidays and here’s proof of it” weblog post.

When people find out you’ve made plans to travel alone, they tend to say two things:

“You’re going to have so much fun,” and
“You’re going to meet so many people.”
Until our technology catches up with Total Recall, though, the outcome of such a trip is anything but certain. At home or abroad, you’re the sole proprietor of your own good time. Also, meeting people overseas requires just as much effort as meeting people downtown: you still have to approach, initiate, and risk being utterly misunderstood. If winning over strangers isn’t already your thing, a change in geography won’t automatically turn you into Bill Clinton. I had to find out as much the hard way.

I used to be the most poorly travelled person of anyone I knew. Sure, I wanted to see other countries, but I’d never made it further than making plans to make plans. I’d phoned friends up with ambitious ideas, taken noncommittal agreement as gospel truth, and then waited for months before following up. It was a wish-fulfillment strategy that made The Secret look pro-active.

Finally, I decided to stop waiting for the right permutation of schedules and bank accounts, and just get my first trip out of the way. I wanted to see as much of the world as possible, as quickly as possible. I called a travel agent and set a course for Europe. Alone. Without a more congenial friend around to ensure that we would, in fact, have so much fun and meet so many people. On March 10th, I embarked on a whirlwind tour by myself, spanning four countries in two weeks. These are some of the things I learned.

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The countdown begins.
It might seem short-sighted but as of late, the 18th is all I have been living for.

June 2010
Canada, I miss you so.

This is it you guize. Thailand awaits.

See you all in 5 days. I pray that this trip will be worth the time, that my volleyball abilities will quadruple and multiply like rabbits (eurgh h8rabbits4Eva), spend some quality time with the team and have a good get away in general. Peace out homie Gs. \m/

The last of my Canada film.
Till we meet again.

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Third of the film from my June trip to Canada. One more roll + more on my flickr.

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Abbygail gets to go home tomorrow. Happy happy!

More on my Flickr, and 2 more cameras to go!