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Hello Frozen Hell...

Written by on March 17, 2009 – 6:45 am16 Comments | 28 Read this

Hello frozen hell… we are fly­ing back to Canada.

We have been gone for over three months now. As much as I would love to travel longer, I just have to be real­is­tic. We need to go back to Canada. We need to go back to work (er… find work). We need to set­tle a bit, again.

Back­pack­ing is tir­ing. I haven´t had a hot shower in months, and my book sup­ply is quite low (I rely on book exchange in hos­tels). We miss cook­ing and frankly, I wouldn´t mind watch­ing a cur­rent US movie.

We vis­ited 8 coun­tries, bused over 13,000 kilo­me­ters. 13,000 km. We sat on hun­dreds of buses, trains, boats, taxis. We walked till we couldn´t feel our feet. We looked around us like two kids amazed by the beauty of the world.

Have we changed in three months? Well, we are both tan and quite fit. Our Span­ish is bet­ter, although I can´t say the same for my Por­tuguese. We got a few scratches along the way, as well as tons of bites from mos­qui­toes and other uniden­ti­fied insects.

When I left in Decem­ber, I was quite tired of my job, and I had been look­ing for other oppor­tu­ni­ties. Not sur­pris­ingly, no one has pop on yet to offer my a dream job (i.e chocolate-taster, cheese-eater, book-reader, picture-taker…). Yet, I real­ized how much I loved to cre­ate art, whether it is writ­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy or draw­ing. I real­ized that work­ing in an office was not exactly a career choice for me. So I´m still not sure where I´m head­ing, but I know what I like to do a lit­tle bit bet­ter. That makes me con­fi­dent in the future.

I´m happy to come back to a coun­try I chose to live in, and that I like. My cit­i­zen­ship appli­ca­tion is hope­fully in progress and I can´t wait to be Cana­dian on paper. I´m also glad to see my friends in Canada. I shouldn´t be sad to leave, anyway.

I´m turn­ing 26 on Sat­ur­day, March 21st. I still have a lot to learn, and a lot to see.

Mean­while, see you guys back in Canada!

Panamá License Plate

Panamá License Plate

Costa Rica License Plate

Costa Rica License Plate

Perú License Plate

Perú License Plate

Bolivia License Plate

Bolivia License Plate

Chile License Plate

Chile License Plate

Argentina License Plate

Argentina License Plate

Uruguay License Plate

Uruguay License Plate

Brazil License Plate

Brazil License Plate

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  • Zhu says:

    @shionge — Thank you! I was lucky to be able to go trav­el­ing, I real­ize that. It’s been fun blog­ging about it!

    @Linguist-in-Waiting — It’s always good to come back as well. I wouldn’t like to live on the road for­ever… Three months 1\2 was plenty.

    @Seraphine — Thank you! I thought col­lect­ing license plates would be fun ;-) I loved my hot shower :lol:

    @kyh — Merci! It does pro­vide another view of the world, which is mostly why I enjoy traveling.

    @Bluefish — Thank you! It depends where you back­pack, but Cen­tral and South Amer­ica is very afford­able, cheaper than in Canada.

    @barbara — Merci Bar­bara! By the way, I hope we can meet some­times when I will be in France. I’ll be in touch!

    @Jennie — It was A LOT of kilo­me­ters… my Ipod saved my life on these long bus rides!

    @bumanguesa — Gra­cias, and nice to meet you!

    @Tulsa Gen­tle­man — :lol: Thank you! And the food posts are com­ing, just for you ;-) I felt the same with coconut water the first few times. It does take a few sips to get used to, but then it tastes yummy.

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