Tuesday, 3 December 2013

The Consolations of Philosophy


On Tuesday we celebrated our six month anniversary. With nervous excitement, this time six months ago, David and I embarked on a journey we couldn't quite explain, with no real plans. To travel: but was that enough of a plan? 

I've spent a fair bit of time mulling over why I want to travel; what's the point, I suppose. But six months have passed, interest on our student loans have kicked in, and I'm still unable to answer that question with any true philosophical answer. Other than it makes me happy. I'm not saying I wasn't happy not travelling (work out that triple negative), it's more that this feels like the right thing now. Deep. 

And so, with a smile on my face (most of the time), we've walked the streets of nine countries, smiled with the locals; frowned with some of them, and spent many an hour watching the world pass by from trains, planes, cars, bikes, scooters, tuk tuks, and boats. 

And so the journey continues. Still with no real plan; but with happiness as the driver. 




- Hana 

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