In the next few posts, I am going to consider the impact of my travels (so far) on my own understanding of Life, the Universe and Everything and attempt to make some general observations about how I see the world now that I’ve been around it some. This is my “state of the world” address, The Big Picture as seen by yours truly. But first, as a prelude, and without further ado:
The Top Five Questions I have been asked since returning home from my travels:
- What is the most unusual or disgusting food you ate while traveling?
Unusual is probably Guinea Pig (Peru). Most disgusting is definitely the Durian (Malaysia), topping even the “parts” in brown sauce that made me puke for a week (Ecuador).
- Does everybody hate us here in the good ol’ USA?
Yes, but mostly they hate George Bush.
- What is it like to be home? Any culture shock?
It feels like I never left, mostly. Everything and everybody is more or less exactly the same. But American life as I left it and found it again does seem stranger and sadder than it had before. In a land of such abundance and personal freedom, there is an over-abundance of confusion, fear, and pain.
Which brings me to questions 4 and 5; questions that I will spend the rest of this post (and the next couple posts) attempting to answer.
- What have you learned about the world?
- How has traveling changed you?
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