Not much
happened today, but I need to write down the date and day number or I will lose
it all together. Today we started at our usual early walking time and only
walked four hours with many stops. The environment has changed to that similar
to Arizona, or a desert, with sparse rough shrubs and many red rocks and
endless dust. It doesn’t seem to be that terribly cold yet either, even though
we only have one more stop at High Camp, before crossing the Thorong La pass
and heading just over the crest to Muktinath. I don’t really like arriving at
our post for the night this early in the day though because I usually don’t have
much to do. Lately I have been entertaining myself with the book of crossword
puzzles that Erika gave me for “the boring times” as inscribed on its cover. Who
would’ve known I would get quite so much use out of it :P
It’s pretty lonely traveling by
myself, and I know it wasn’t really a choice to begin with, but I really wish I
could have a travel buddy. I have made a few friends here and there, but they
come and go, we end up going different ways, and stay at different hostels. The
big problem is most of the trekkers speak other languages. I have only met a
handful of other Americans and was so excited when I did. I am getting used to
not understanding people around me, which is strange and ridiculous. For the past
three months almost, I have more often than not, been unable to understand
those around me. It feels like a whole new level of exclusion, a whole new
level of alone. I am in a room of many people, yet am all alone at the same
time.
I don’t mean to come off as depressed;
it’s just a mix of being hormonal, being terribly homesick, as well as cold,
and also having so much down time to lament. Meeting new people every day is
exhausting, more than you could imagine. I am starting to crave normalcy, something
I never before thought I would want so much; I dream of familiarity, of seeing
the same thing when I wake up everyday. The nomadic life is great, but you can
only take so much before just wanting to go home, and I think I am ready to go
home.
I love you all <3
Addy
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