Wandering Goat

Travel stuff by Miguel A. Villarreal

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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Anniversary

So a year ago today I was at the Marco Polo Hotel, admiring the characteristic water damage and bad muzak that makes Chinese hotels so endearing. And little did I know, even though I knew, I had six kick-ass months to go, and that's putting it mildly

So now I'm back and have been back. I'm trying to think of grand insights or philosophical conclusions that I can make but I'm drawing a total blank. It was great, and I guess I just have to forget it to an extent and move on, because the one thing worse or as bad as not doing what you want to do is living in the past. I realized this while wistfully walking through chinatown the other day.

On the explorational front I think I'm going to Turkey in August. Not quite as awesome as before but in theory where east physically and culturally meets west, which is something. Also it's the western terminus of the Silk road, which is what I was traveling last year at this time. Of course the temptation to keep moving towards the Armenian border and staying away will be severe, but that's probably a good thing insofar as going east from that direction involves passing through Iran, Chechya and Afghanistan, that is if you skip Iraq, which is probably too adventerous even for me..