This morning I have been thinking about how lucky I am to have been able to travel to all the places I have been. I really believe seeing the world the way it truly is, not just through pictures or movies, is a goal everyone should have. I have been fortunate enough to visit every continent outside of Antarctica and Australia (on the list!) and have seen a host of amazing things.

Some of those amazing things have been the simplest: sunrises and sunsets. The thing about sunsets and sunrises is that they happen everywhere, every day, but somehow they manage to be different in every place you go. Thinking about the greatest sunsets I have seen around the world, I knew immediately which location I was most in awe of.

2006. Palolem Beach, Goa, West India. The sunsets here were unreal and this vibrant every evening. At sunset the beach would fill with people just sitting around quietly, staring at the horizon. Just minutes before there were old men hustling fruit, groups playing cribbage (hugely popular in India), people laughing loudly at the Nepalese momo cafe. Just minutes after people were bargaining for cheap wine #7 at the liquor shop, conversing about beach parties, and passing around joints. But for a few minutes in between it seemed like everyone was silent, focused on the small miracle happening in front of us, every night.

Also, here is Pom-Pom, the angora rabbit. He was the pet of a Swiss hostel owner I stayed with in Udaipur. Pom-Pom had more attitude than any dog or cat you have met and was fickle about who he liked and didnt like. Mostly he just couldnt be bothered.