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10 months...or 310 days
14 countries / 19 languages
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Indonesia
Singapore
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Turkey

- Considering the amount of land I have covered, I have taken only 12 flights
- Favorite country - Nepal, with Vietnam as a close second
- Least favorite country - Singapore (sorry Luis but I did have fun there)
- Overall favorite foods by country - Nepal, Malaysia (but only Penang-Thanks Dan), Thailand

- Lived six weeks in a place that was without electricity 12-16 hours a day
- Longest time without a shower - 4 days (Indonesia)
- Longest time without a real shower (meaning rinsing with water while wearing a sarong) - 9 days (West Nepal)
- Most showers in one day - 4 (both Thailand and Indonesia)
- Different types of whiskey sampled - 16
- Cheapest beer - $0.40...in Vietnam
- Longest bus journey- 28 hours (Nepal)
- Longest train ride - 16 hours (Vietnam)
- Least amount of money spent in one day which included accommodation - $7.40
- Most amount of money spent in one day on only accommodation, food, beverage - $68.00
- Most expensive country overall with the exception of Singapore because I think of it as a city - Malaysia

- Spent 9 days in quarantine dealing with a month-long severe eye infection
- Suffered bronchitis twice, strep throat once, something doctors thought could be Dengue Fever, twisted knee which caused me to miss the Mt. Kinabalu hike in Malaysia and other minor viruses
- Twice, thrown up on by children on buses
- An old woman tried to hand me her bag of orange vomit on a 12-hour bus ride in Laos
- Ate BBQ rat and lizard as well as various smoked animal organs (Nepal)
- Attended weddings in two different countries (India and Nepal)
- 2 Regrets: Missing a really interesting train ride in Cambodia, and not spending time at an Ashram
- Sang solo in front of local people 8 different times in three countries

Every Moment

To see the touch of the moment ıs to be alıve.
To feel the touch of the moment ıs to be aware.
To lıve the touch of the moment ıs to be free.
To leave a touch on the moment ıs to be yourself.

I walk the paths of the unknown to better understand.
The understandıng ıs there but the dots do not connect.
To complete the pıcture, I have to stop walkıng and reflect.
The reflectıon I see ıs what I know I want.
What I want ıs harder to achıeve than what I have walked.
I wıll take a step further to antıcıpate the future.
The future ıs only ın the unexpected.
To know ıt would make the path unpassable.