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| Scene from a marshrutka. Between Rustavi and Tbilisi. June 2012. |
Just about every weekend I was on a marshrutka from Rustavi to Tbilisi.
Friday, June 8, 2012, was no exception.
It may have been this very day when it struck me, just like this storm wave that I watched from the marshrutka window as it reared up to devour multiple villages and roving livestock. "It" being the idea of seeing the world one year at a time.
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| Scene from a marshrutka. Between Rustavi and Tbilisi. June 2012. |
So far, this plan for super s-l-o-w travel has been working out even better than I could have imagined.
What's surprising to me is that I spent the first two years post-Georgia (country of) in the USA - one year in New Mexico and the next in South Louisiana.
Each year, I keep thinking I'll be out of the US. My plan for 2015 was no exception - it was to be the year of Oaxaca, Mexico. Ah, Mexico - always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Maybe next year.
Instead, in a plot twist I didn't see coming, I'm going to do a second year in Louisiana. Not just Louisiana, but South Louisiana. Not in Lafayette, though. A different town.
South Louisiana has too much depth to study in only one year. I've barely touched on the Creole history and culture, the co-dependent relationship between Louisiana and oil, how the state is literally drowning, Indian history, and some things I'll get into later. Also, I want to get more into canoeing and get better at dancing.
Anyway, this time next week I'll be back in South Louisiana, looking for a new place to live.
2 comments:
Thank you - I'd love to do this! A goal his year is to take the Sunset Limited to New Orleans.
Hi Mizou,
Looks like this place has really got a hold on you! If you're passing through New Orleans, hope you'll look up a fellow Louisiana blogger (a dying breed, alas).
Arthur
(d.b.a. "Calliope Street")
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