Girlo Nomads
02/2012
Under Arabic Sun
A permanent relocation to the Middle East could be celebrated as my most character enhancing journey until now. Unlike a fly by holiday that is logistically pre-empted, moving overseas requires substantial energy, mental accuracy, and frequent reality adjustments. It is a constant navigation through and beyond a web foreign faces, corporate and cultural refinements. The attainment of one goal only leads you to another point that is always shifting. Your world can feel destabilized as though you are living on earth that floats above fault lines.
02/2012
"Where you from?" She asked me. I didn't have time to respond, as she had already moved on to other queries. "How old is you? Children? You want hat? Fan? Umbrella?" I shook my head, as words were unlikely to break through the dense fog of questions. I stared quizzically as the tiny Vietnamese lady stood on the balls of her feet, straining to look into my eyes. I blinked profusely as beads of sweat and raindrops appeared like bulbs on my brow - apparently a typical welcome to Hanoi in rainy season.
01/2012
Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the most opulent place I had yet been, but what impressed me the most when wandering through is the beauty and sense of serenity the place inspires. Everything is made from gold and marble, but designed with such exquisite taste it truly inspired and introduced Islamic architecture to me. The only mosque I’ve visited so far but surely one of the most beautiful and opulent in the world....
10/2011
A few weeks after my 19th birthday I went on my first solo trip overseas. This is the story of how a series of small and manageable incidents, combined with my mighty powers of self-pity, made for a very memorable maiden voyage.
11/2011
To my amazement Turkey has a ton of religious sites, places where the Romans advanced on the Christians, the silk road, locations for Star Wars movies.
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