.... a part of you.....

....it seems like yesterday....

'Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.'

Anita Desai

lots of  excitement at our house ...... 

after 9 months travelling, my daughter returned home. 

unbelievable to me she travelled the globe with just a snowboard, 

a backpack (yes just one bag of clothes) and a huge heart and willingness to be open to new experiences, cultures, foods, and all you wonderful strangers out there.

From Japan, to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Spain. 

On to Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland, Scotland and England.  

Then Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, 

the Netherlands, Belgium and home!

She has ridden buffalos, balloons, kites, camels, pedalos, pushbikes, 

motorbikes, tuktuks, rickshaws, canoes, rafts, rubber-duckies,  

yachts and junks, planes...30 of them...trains, buses, buses  and more buses. 

And walked, and hiked, and walked some more. 

Photo:Claire J

So to all her new  ( and old) friends around the globe, who walked and rode with her, ate with her, swam and snored with her, talked, laughed, lent her some floor to sleep on,  and just helped and befriended her .... thankyou, from the bottom of my heart.

image from woodleywonderworks

And to all the warm, embracing  strangers who have served her a meal, sold her a ticket, driven the bus, given directions, and generally just helped her through your part of the world, .......another huge thankyou.

Because all of you have helped her return excited about the future, positive, adventurous, eager, confident, and supremely happy. 

What a blessing!  I'm a lucky mum......life is great! 

                                            Jo  :) 

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