An Ode to Backpacking
May 1st 2006 The most common question I get asked after "funny accent where are you from?" is by far: "Soooo, you quit a great job and went traveling around the world, why?". Since I'm not exactly sure what the answer is to that question, I usually pause for a bit which generally means that the person asking the question tries to find an answer himself: "What are you running away from?", "Are you trying to fin
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