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08) Touch of Peru (18)

09) Bolivian Rhapsody (27)

10) It's Chile Here (7)

11) Argentina Again (9)

I’ve pulled this stunt before… Nearly 3 years ago, I left my job and did a RTW for 1 year. The ramblings of that trip are posted in Bootsnall RTW Travelogues ‘The Year of Living Differently’ at http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/the-year-of-living-differently.html

And now… much to my parents’ chagrin… I am still at it! I just left my job but for lack of money, I will only travel for a few months through South America.

In 2002-2003, I traversed through the southern end – what I call the ‘ice-cream cone’ portion of South America : Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and back to Argentina.

This time round, as I double-cross South America again, I hope to go through the ‘ice-cream’ portion: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and if possible, Peru, Chile and back to Argentina.

Why am I doing this? What am I searching for? What do I gain from travelling? Well, it will take pages to try and articulate my feelings. To quote Pico Iyer, the famed travel writer, or more likely to misquote him (as this is from pure memory after casually glancing at the back of one of his books’ cover) : “I do not know what I am searching for but I hope I never find it.” (or something to that effect!) That sounds about right for me. So, we travel on…

Well, wish me luck and feel free to leave your comments! I look forward to an interactive blog.

besos,
trisha sng…:)

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3 Responses to “The Night Before the Trip”

kenhuocj Says:
September 10th, 2005 at 4:11 am
that’s such an un-singaporean thing to do 😉
we’ll done ;-))
and i again shall savour your words of wisdom from the road;-)))

a bookmarking your muddy footprints onto my login favourites
thumbs up- a five for your adventurous spirit – meegwetch
k

joks Says:
October 23rd, 2005 at 4:44 pm
I might pull a one off like that soon……
I can already imagine the faces of the family.

But first it will be into the rat race for a couple of years….sigh…..

kudos for your unrelentless and adventurous spirit!!!

guess I might set a trish fan club when things get really mellow with work…

meanwhile…you go girl and rock on.

rite_of_spring Says:
December 18th, 2005 at 9:54 pm
hey, you’re not a typical singaporean….or asian 🙂

quite envious of your continous adventure….anyway, will plan for a big one next year.

merry x’mas and happy new year!

regards,
lee

katja Says:
February 8th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Carpe diem ! See the world 🙂

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