Changchun, China

I love squid!

May 2009- June 2009:

When I had first arrived I felt that everything was hard. New and excited as it all may have been at the time. I had a hard time facing the fact that I spoke Cantonese and not Mandarin with my Chinese face working against me at the time. Facing a huge language barrier and cultural differences. After two months of bull shit it was time to find a new place to be.

Leaving Edmonton

May 2009:

It was time to say good-bye to my dear loved ones and the place I called home. I was ready to take that large step forward into the unknown. Walking  the new paths not knowing where they were leading me. I didn't realize this then but I do now, I had to let go of my past. I was very much attached to the person I believed was going to be in my future.

I know that I have done some traveling before mostly in the west of Canada on road trips. China on a tour and seeing family every year...even Hong Kong, China and Thailand  with my best friend.

I think this is going to be my self test, my Everest to become an independent traveler....see the world in my own eyes with no outside influences.