Alas, I am now in Iran! After a couple days journey over the hills of south Turkmenistan, I carefully trotted over the border into Iran, where a young machine-gun toting youth made great pains to be my porter, even shooting his gun in the air many times and nudging its muzzle against my back in a friendly, hopeful gesture.
I thought t…
ADVENTURE IS A PATH. Real adventure—self-determined, self-motivated, often risky—forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind—and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.
Alas, I am now in Iran! After a couple days journey over the hills of south Turkmenistan, I carefully trotted over the border into Iran, where a young machine-gun toting youth made great pains…
WHew! After a country-hopping flight from Portland to New York to London to Amsterdam to Berlin to Prague to Istanbul and, finally, to Ashgabat, I have arrived! I am in Turkmenistan! The porte…
Rio Veradonir
Chuck,
I had no idea you were a Jetsetter!
What? Don't they have nude beaches in Turkmenistan?
Seriously, that was an inspiring story. I hope my germanic journeys are that eloquent.
-Rio
