Reasons

I'm taking this trip for a few key reasons.. to see who I am outside of my regular routine.  To understand how the world has changed since I last did a backpacking trip around India in 1992. To stretch myself physically with scuba, trekking and windsurfing. To deepen my yoga and meditation practice. To chill the fuck out after years of grinding work. To eat all the amazing foods. To give myself time and space to write. To explore the world as a single man after 20 years of back to back relationships..

It seems indulgent, to take this much time for myself, to burn all these fossil fuels to move me to the other side of the planet. But more than one friend has told me not to feel guilty and make the most of it. After all these opportunities don't come around every day and life is short. I've lost two good friends in the last couple of years and if those events taught me anything it's to grab this life and live it with all I've got.



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