Impressions

Recently been having a series of very - colorful - dreams which often include vivid impressions of past events in my life, particularly places I have visited. Here are some of the most memorable experiences.

• Seeing a poisonous sea snake swim right under me while snorkeling in Jamaica when I was 12. I clearly remember thinking that the only reason I didnt get bitten was because it chose not to bite. Thats when I realized that being in the sea is really being out of the human element.
• Waking up pre-dawn on a 19hr. train from Chennai to Delhi, India with four older men staring at me, waiting for me to get up so they could play cribbage.
• My first time using Spanish while on vacation in Mexico during junior high. I was really proud of myself.
• The looks you will get as a single woman standing alone in a movie line in Cairo.
• Winning a booty-shaking contest in a Winnipeg, Canada bar (yes!)
• The pure joy of everything about the town of Dalyan, Turkey. The Kaunos ruins, families that sell honey on the side of the road. Lemons the size of your head.
• Realizing that street vendors in Bangkok are very serious when they say 'last price'. They hold grudges.
• Watching my best friend Nichole chugging mass amounts of root beer in a contest (we were 14) in Laughlin, NV then watching it all come back up. Some through her nose. (Yes, Nichole!!)
• The hurried Londoner that looked at me and shouted, "MOVE" on my first day figuring out the London subway system. Thank you random Londoner, you inspired me to figure it out very quickly.
• Sitting for seven hours in a grungy beach bathroom in Haiti while a woman braided all my hair into tiny plaits.