China (October 2010)
I just realized I never wrote about China. OOPS.
Edit: October 2010 I went to China. It was awesome. I saw the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors, Tienanmen Square, Beijing, Shanghai, etc. I desperately needed that trip at the time. My life felt incredibly stagnant, like I was going nowhere, doing nothing, and meanwhile time was slipping by without me. I existed just to age and die while caught in a time loop of living out the same days over and over. Hell on earth, really.
The trip helped keep me sane. It gave me 9 months of preparation, budgeting, and paperwork, combined with the anticipation and excitement of knowing I would be making the trip of a lifetime. Then 10 days of nonstop action, experience and education. And many more months of savoring the memories, reviewing pictures and videos, and distributing souvenirs among family and friends. The trip made one of the hardest years of my life more bearable, as I waited for better opportunities to come my way.
Mel
Edit: October 2010 I went to China. It was awesome. I saw the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors, Tienanmen Square, Beijing, Shanghai, etc. I desperately needed that trip at the time. My life felt incredibly stagnant, like I was going nowhere, doing nothing, and meanwhile time was slipping by without me. I existed just to age and die while caught in a time loop of living out the same days over and over. Hell on earth, really.
The trip helped keep me sane. It gave me 9 months of preparation, budgeting, and paperwork, combined with the anticipation and excitement of knowing I would be making the trip of a lifetime. Then 10 days of nonstop action, experience and education. And many more months of savoring the memories, reviewing pictures and videos, and distributing souvenirs among family and friends. The trip made one of the hardest years of my life more bearable, as I waited for better opportunities to come my way.
Mel