no Myanmar...most people are trying to get out of Myanmar; I'm the only idiot trying to get in.
so, the problem w Myanmar is: things change at the drop of the hat. The lonely planet is littered with warnings like 'at the time this was written...' 'check with government officials...' and 'its up to the discretion of the Myanmar government...'. I'll just use the word subjective, to put it simply.
last I read, the country offered on arrival visas for tourists. Apparently that was a 1 month offer (can countries do that??). Soooo, I was about to board my flight and BAM! they denied me access to the gate. No visa, no entry.
I called my uncle who lives in san Fran, bummed w the fam for 2 days, sulked them in my sorrows, pulled my act together and reset my course of action.
the interesting thing is that this is my professional job: planning and damage control. I feel like the older you get, the more your life becomes about risk management. I'm not too sure how I feel about that. Actually, I know exactly how I feel and I hate it. I just want to be invincible for the rest of my life.
so I'm off to India in 2 days (for sure). I think I may go to rishikesh. Its a little ashram town in the both w a yogi yoga instructor.
is it weird that there is a part of me that is dreading India? Don't get me wrong, I love India. But. My experience in London has made me fearful if traveling. Hence the whole risk management topic. Aside: I dislocated my elbow bouldering in London. It was miserable.
I won't let my fears control me. There's a lot left for me to learn from India. I just wish I was going some where new too :(. Ah well, just a few more years. I'm not ready to be a 40 year old, conservative adult, who sleeps next to a financial calculator just yet ( but, maybe I'll never be that person!). I'm gonna be 25 and as snoop and wiz would say: young wild and free.
India...here i come!!
so, the problem w Myanmar is: things change at the drop of the hat. The lonely planet is littered with warnings like 'at the time this was written...' 'check with government officials...' and 'its up to the discretion of the Myanmar government...'. I'll just use the word subjective, to put it simply.
last I read, the country offered on arrival visas for tourists. Apparently that was a 1 month offer (can countries do that??). Soooo, I was about to board my flight and BAM! they denied me access to the gate. No visa, no entry.
I called my uncle who lives in san Fran, bummed w the fam for 2 days, sulked them in my sorrows, pulled my act together and reset my course of action.
the interesting thing is that this is my professional job: planning and damage control. I feel like the older you get, the more your life becomes about risk management. I'm not too sure how I feel about that. Actually, I know exactly how I feel and I hate it. I just want to be invincible for the rest of my life.
so I'm off to India in 2 days (for sure). I think I may go to rishikesh. Its a little ashram town in the both w a yogi yoga instructor.
is it weird that there is a part of me that is dreading India? Don't get me wrong, I love India. But. My experience in London has made me fearful if traveling. Hence the whole risk management topic. Aside: I dislocated my elbow bouldering in London. It was miserable.
I won't let my fears control me. There's a lot left for me to learn from India. I just wish I was going some where new too :(. Ah well, just a few more years. I'm not ready to be a 40 year old, conservative adult, who sleeps next to a financial calculator just yet ( but, maybe I'll never be that person!). I'm gonna be 25 and as snoop and wiz would say: young wild and free.
India...here i come!!
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