17 countries. 259 days. Thousands of miles. 67 blog posts. 56 books. 1 stolen wallet. A million new friends. And I’m finally home. I’m writing this from my place in Toronto with only a vague shimmer of a realization of what has happened to me over the past nine months. I have sat down [...]
Posts Tagged ‘travel’
It’s Over; I’m Home
Posted in Canada, tagged gap year, Toronto, travel, travel writing on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nairobi
Posted in Kenya, tagged Backpacking, Nairobi, travel on September 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dust. Dust is my second impression of Kenya. My first is of wonderful, helpful people who lead us to the front of the line at security and pass us through in under 5 minutes, and pick us up at the airport as promised. But it is night, and I can’t see anything of Nairobi. So [...]
The End of “To-do”?
Posted in Pre-departure, tagged gap year, travel, travel writing on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
With only 8 days left until my flight, I’m supposed to be in countdown mode. Instead, I feel like I’m still ‘crossing off’. My to-do list is still a million miles long, but today I finally feel like I can see the end of the road (or the page, as it were!). I took my number [...]
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In the words of one wise professor, Amy is fulfilling the true calling of every English literature student and "becoming a vagabond."
This year will see her leaving her two homes -- Canada and England -- to chase the summer around the world with fellow adventurers Sarah and Jason. She will travel to eastern and southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and south east Asia during a ten-month hiatus from school and the real world.
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