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>> Journal of a sojourn in the Golden Triangle
Aug 5: Night, Singapore
Been raining on and off. Not a good time to visit Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Laos, not when the roads aren't too good. So I hear.
Still, the prospect of travelling always sounds alluring.
Planning for a trip, that's always been a highlight for me.
Anticipation, pre-trip preparation: get your jabs, buy the necessities (plus a few luxuries to savour on less-than-scintillating days), book your flights, etc. Every mundane task completed is a step closer to the beginning of another journey.
Anticipation, pre-trip preparation: this stage is a journey itself.
You move from one task to another, before reaching the destination, the plane, train, boat or bus that will take you away from home.
And then, Tingling Anticipation comes with her sister, Fluttering Butterfly.
I always feel her in my tummy pre-departure.
From the recess of my tripping mind, scribbles of the most dubious quality:
So, I guess we will go.
So, I guess we will go because we are tired.
So, I guess we will go because we are tired and need to do another type of tired.
So, I guess we will go.
What of the things we leave behind?
What of the things we leave behind we should sort out before we go?
Before we go, we should sort out some things we leave behind.
Before we go, we should sort out some things we leave behind so we can take some along.
So we can take some along to travel with.
To travel with so we can use them to kickstart our journey.
To kickstart our journey is not to leave everything behind.
To leave everything behind is to deny who we are now.
Who we are now is why we are going, on this journey, to travel.
Sep 28: Midnight, Singapore
Two days to go.
Packing.
Anticipating. Fluttering Butterfly.
This trip was made from Sep-Dec 2002.
Next:
Highway halt
1 comment:
I know this feeling, and when there is nothing else left to be done, you just have to wait. This is the hardest part.
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