Comments | johjohjoh: Pre-tour musings

johjohjoh

Pre-tour musings

Feb 21, 2010 08:53

41 days.

In 41 days I will leave Perth with nothing but my bike, my bulging panniers, and a flock of squawking seagulls smashing around inside my stomach. Although technically the tour has not yet begun, I have decided to start writing now, so that one day I can look back at this and see how I was feeling before my arse was a pink calloused lump of ( Read more... )

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ataxi February 21 2010, 04:38:41 UTC

Hooray! The unburdened life is transformative.

loic February 25 2010, 18:09:38 UTC

seriously.

firefly21 February 21 2010, 09:51:13 UTC

It will be such an amazing experience, and you and Dunc will have so many special memories that you create together and can look back on - even the bad experiences are still shared ones, and bring you closer :)

Be careful collecting wild vegetables - don't touch any mushrooms!!

Also, if you need someone to babysit your huge box set of Carcassonne while you're gone, you know who to call :P

dearanxiety February 25 2010, 18:40:36 UTC

in some ways your journey is quite different from ours, but in some ways so similar. your scared list, i could have written. actually, if you look back, i'm sure i did. other than mountains :)

so i just want to tell you, 9.5 months in, that some of those things will remain hard and scary. for me it's one and two. and the last is on my mind. but never ever not worth it. and the truth is, when i AM in touch with people i know they miss and love me and aren't going anywhere. as for you, i'm glad we'll have some time to get to know each other right before you leave. i feel like my life is totally changed by this journey and i'm glad i'll get to share that with you two before you go off on yours.