The Setup
I met a friend in MaiLiao, Taiwan that had some preconceived notions of Americans . . . he was asked me, “Why do Americans not like to see an animal before it’s butchered?”
“Because we prefer to believe that meat comes from the supermarket, not from animals” I replied.
The next day he mentioned that “Taiwanese people eat dog. Would you eat dog?”
Pics from the land of ‘la pura vida’–pure life–Costa Rica trip in 2005. As with Barcelona, Costa Rica is one of those places that you just fall in love with and vow to return to for an extended period of time. They both breath life–you can just feel it in the air, the positive energy just all around–which gives rise to huge ex pat populations.
Three years have past since I first stepped foot in Barcelona and fell in love with this majestic city and promised to make a move over here; almost one year has passed since making that move; now, time is fast approaching to make yet another move onwards, leaving behind this place that has meant so much to me.
Welcome to Tim Witting’s Nomad Diaries, where I’ll be detailing my wanderings around the world for the next half a year or so. Before I begin, first let me give a big Thank You to Pat and Sosten for setting up this blog enabling me to communicate with all of you. As of now, the scheduled itinerary of the trip starts from the smoke-filled coffee shops of Amsterdam, through Central and Eastern Europe down to Turkey, where I hop on a plane to Japan, then continuing through inland China and zig-zagging through Southeast Asia going down to probably Indonesia, possibly Australia.
