I have the itch. You probably have the itch, too. Most people have some kind of an itch, anyway. For me, the itch comes from the travel bug. For some people, the itch comes from the cocaine bug. For others, the itch comes from bed bugs. I think that, of all the bugs to get an itch from, the travel bug isn’t such a bad one. The travel bug is a lot better to have than the lice bug, even though it can’t be killed with a bottle of RID shampoo.
I’ve been working full time for a little while as a teacher at a language school, also helping in the office. I really like my job. The owner has talked to me about possibly managing a branch in Katy, where I live, when it opens in around 6 months. Exciting. Scary. That would mean I’d stay here longterm. I’m really not ready to settle, and I kind of want to continue traveling around. Who knows, I may be staying here for good, aside from the occasional trip. Still, I’m ready to get out there.
My younger brother just got back from Beijing for some drum thing. I don’t know, really. He’s an awesome drummer and went to Beijing for it. Beijing freekin China. I was jealous like no other, and he came back feeling he needed to revisit. The bug had gotten to him. We started discussing a possible trip to East Asia for next Summer, and I’m getting a littleeee excited about it. He wants to spend a couple months seeing the big cities: Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hanoi, Saigon. I’m down for that, but I would probably stay a while longer so I can revisit the countries that I so quickly passed through three years ago.
A couchsurfer in Morocco once gave me the idea to ride a motorcycle from the Hanoi to Saigon. In spite of my terrifying near-death experiences on Vietnamese motorcycles, this thought intrigued me. How does a motorcycle tour of SE Asia sound? To me, it sounds pretty sweet. Also, does anyone out there have experience with hitchhiking in this region? Shoot me an email.
I don’t know if I’m going back to France yet, but I’m pumped about planning to travel again soon. I’ve been settled for about a month now, and feel like I need to get the move on. I don’t want to sit here and dry up like my dog’s poop that he leaves all over the house.
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Kev! If any one feels you-I feel you! I miss going and being other places too. I’ve interviewed for a job that’s a big girl job and I’m a little scared that I’ll get it…we shall see. I know we’ll both be back somewhere else eventually.