Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan - what a place!
Well, rather than some mushy, tear-jerking rant about how 2007 was a good year, but 2008 is going to be an even better one…yada..yada… I have decided to just make a photo history of the year’s adventure highlights. It’s not complete, but its enough eye porn to make you want to travel anyway. 
There are a lot of photos so I pity your soul if you have a slow connection.
Enjoy!
….and Happy New Year!!
My playground
In the last 2 years, I have been to 15 countries…..far less than many of my backpacking counterparts that I have met. However, throw in 2 trips to Alaska, which can be every bit as expensive and adventurous as international travel, and the fact that I lingered in many of the places for months rather than just weeks, and it really doesn’t seem that bad. I covered some ground.
The problem is….I haven’t even scratched the surface!
In Tibet, where snow and rough terrain would many times make the road impossible to find or navigate, travelers would leave each other with the blessing of “May there be a road”.
As I sit here at home in front of a fire, Christmas tree, and surrounded by family and friends, I can’t help but be grateful. There is no doubt that I have truly been blessed in life. Since I began vagabonding in Jan 2006, my life has changed in ways that I never expected.
I just want to wish a Merry Christmas to my friends that are scattered around the world. A world which I have spent the last 2 years doing my best to better understand, and to make just a little smaller. I am proud to say that I have met some of the finest people in the field, people that I would do anything for.
Some of these travelers are at home with their families, but others find themselves alone in exotic places that are foreign, cold, and maybe dangerous. Or hopefully they are dancing barefoot in the sand on some tiny island. If you are, dance enough for the two of us.
No matter where you guys are tonight, I am thinking about you. Be safe, and may there be a road.
Kentucky, USA
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