Oh sweet, sweet Sicilia. I’m not sure what happened but along the ferry from Italy to Sicily, I lost my favourite hat and gained a new sense of adventure. When I first started my trip, I was gentle! I eased myself into the trip like lowering into a hot bath, the terrain accommodated and I dipped my toe in the waters of cooking for myself, staying in campsites and hotels, checking google maps and komoot *excessively* but now I am totally submerged in the trip (and this weird bathtub metaphor). I am happy to report that something has shifted, it’s been less about the destination and about the minute to minute of what I’m seeing and how i’m feeling, the bird calls outside my tent in the morning, the little orange flowers in the grass under olive trees, the smells coming in on the wind (lately pushing me backwards, like going up a hill all day long on flat…even downhill) and maybe at the very least just a little less afraid of being alone. Sicily for me was a st...
The next part of the journey has been hard to capture, it’s like trying to take notes of the film scenes that are projecting in the background of my head, but what is art if not a long essay of trying to capture life…or something? So, for you, and for me, I try…. What was meant to be a two day ride turned into six day journey filled with Amazinh culture, police escorts, bad encounters with men all set against other- worldly landscapes. On January 29th I wrote in my journal: The sun is actually hot. I am actually sweating. Possibly even burning. I’m at a restaurant outside of Agafay. A young boy goes by on a donkey. All day I’ve passed children working and I wonder… is it good for kids to maybe work a little? Is that an obscene thing to say? My cream pants are completely covered in mud and ripped from this morning leaving Marrakech. Despite that (and the crazy traffic close to the main square) it was hands-down the easiest capital city to leave of my trip yet. Af...
Sheep. Humid and cold. Cliffs. Highliners & Hippies. Ghost towns. Sardines for lunch in a plastic bowl with olive oil. White sand beaches. Uncomfyness. Sleep? No. Quiet roads. Colourful towns. Rainbows and flamingos. You guessed it, Sardinia! The night before I left for my biketrip, my friends and I met at Drummond beach on Saltspring and had a campfire. We threw freshly fallen leaves into the flames and set intentions for the upcoming winter. Everyone said “calm, quiet, peaceful, stillness.” I hucked three in and asked for adventure, movement and chaos. I love my friends and I hope their fire wishes are coming true because mine sure are. Sardinia was like an acid trip. The first half dreamy and sweet and the second half a tensioned nightmare. Sometimes you can really feel when you are on an island, especially if you are “stuck” on one (I only found after arriving the next ferry to leave was in three weeks.) But It’s not Sardinia’s fa...
Love the ocean sunset picture!
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