January 2010
21 posts
scroll thru all 70 pages (1+year/7 continents) of...
This blog goes up to 70 pages and covers the end of 2008 and entirety of 2009 through 7 continents. Enter: “/page/2” (up to 70) at the end of the www.ruralroutenomad.tumblr.com url to skip through. Or, use the archive button above to go month-by-month. Or, use the tags above to go continent-by-continent or country-by-country….
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Epilogue from Elkader, Iowa
For the first 2 weeks I barely moved, sleeping as long as possible in my high school bedroom, eating Mom’s cookies and watching James Bond VHSs from a big-movie-box-my-dad-picked-up-at-an-auction-somewhere (amazing, the lack of language/cultural/currency problems 007 encounters country-to-country). I bought a juicer and a pair of snowshoes, and after the 2-week-slumber, joined Elkader’s fitness...
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December 2009
18 posts
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Now You're Back in New York
It was a relief to get back to New York. Though-completely-exhausted-after-not-sleeping-in-nearly-48-hours, I deboarded at JFK and breezed through immigration (getting that final stamp in the passport), and continued through to the Air Train and the subway, getting the right transit cards-the right trains immediately w/a profound sense of familiarity. I made it to Genet’s apartment, petted her...
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November 2009
113 posts
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Notes on Ethiopia from the...
Ethiopia is the only country I’ve visited that goes on a completely different time-day-month-and-year. Their 1 o’clock equals our 6AM and 6PM (which makes sense for starting the morning and evening on a “1!”). Their calender is currently 6 years, 11 months, and 7 days behind the Gregorian (the difference constantly changes b/c their months and years are different...
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