Hello World!
Sep 20
Culture, Modernisation, Society, Travel about me, introduction, light traveller, steampunk 2 Comments
Hello world. I see so much that is chaotic, beautiful and intricate as I drift above you, observing the goings-on below. Not that I feel I am ‘above’ you, not in that way. But I feel like a light traveller, never resting in any one place for long, going where the breeze takes me.
I didn’t always travel this way. When I was growing up as the daughter of a diplomat, I used to get very attached to the various places we were posted. I remember, as a nine-year old, standing in our backyard and singing a teary goodbye to the grey British skies I was being forced to leave behind. My father had heard we had a week to leave the country before the government kicked us out, and the next day at the school I’d just begun to feel comfortable in was going to be my last. But that’s another story for another post…
Since that day, I have lived in eight countries and had the chance to travel to many, many more. I rarely stay in one place for longer than a year or two. I’m not the only one to do this—us global nomads are a rapidly-growing species. Nor is it always easy, as I long, at times, to settle somewhere and put down roots. But I do feel I’ve had the chance to see a little of this world and to do some interesting things in it, so I’d like to use this space to explore some of it.
This isn’t really a travel blog, though. More
