Which continent, exactly?

This blog's title isn't in reference to actual continents (I've now been to four), but is rather drawn from "The Third and Final Continent," a stunning short story by Jhumpa Lahiri, from her collection, The Interpreter of Maladies. In particular, I'm inspired by the following quote that summarizes the attitude I try to carry with me through life and on my travels

I am not the only person to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.

I love this. It calls on us to consider the tiny details of our experiences, both one-by-one, and in the aggregate, and to maintain a sense of wonder even about the seemingly mundane things that are the building blocks of our lives, and often, the glue that binds us to our traveling companions.

This blog began as a chronicle of my study abroad experience in Cairo in Spring 2008, and continued last year while volunteering in Geneva, and South Sudan with a wonderful organization, VIDES.

Now in graduate school, I'm returning to the Continent this summer while interning in New Delhi, India.

Please enjoy, inquire, and learn.

Friday, March 14, 2008

I may have photographed the Apocalypse. . .

While waiting for the Sunrise on Mount Sinai, I took this awesome picture that deserves an entry of its own. . . Somehow a flash was going off at the same time and I got this couple in the corner holding each other like the world was going to end. I don't know how it turned out this way, but I like it. A lot. And I hope you do to, for what little time we have left on this earth. Here's to Egypt.
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2 comments:

Allison said...

this is extraordinarily impressive. happy almost birthday!! love you!

March 16, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Anonymous said...

Wow...the pictures are beautiful!!
Thanks for letting us be a part of you adventures..
Much Love,
Aunt Lis

March 17, 2008 at 6:30 PM

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