I spend all evening loading photos onto my tablet and calling up information about each destination so I can tell Arai more about the images as I display them to her. The whole experience really makes me want to travel more, even after my trip to Kyoto. I stumble across a blog of a woman traveling the world all by herself, and I get sucked in to her site for over an hour. Her photos and stories about living out of a suitcase, abroad, far from home, and having the time of her life captivate me and hold me hostage. She’s been everywhere, and she’s so good at blogging and photographing her locations that people pay her to come and blog about her experiences in their hotels or resorts.
I’ve only got one more year left in college before I graduate, and even though I’m working hard and doing well, finding a job in this market is going to be tough. I wonder if I could take some time to travel and write about it, from a diabetic’s viewpoint. That might be interesting! I would need to brush up on my English and write in both languages, but I like the idea of either traveling alone and setting my own schedules so I can stay on top of my insulin or traveling maybe with Koharu. She understands me, so I bet we’d make good traveling partners.