Wednesday, July 4, 2012

big in granada

big skies


big avocados


big trees


big colours


big friendships


Just two days into Granada, Nicaragua with my beautiful travel partner Brenna, I can't help but feel we're at the beginning of something amazing, something life altering, something unforgettable, something big.

This morning over breakfast, we discussed an idea I've wondered about before. Whether you travel for a week or a month or a year, after the travels are over you feel a specific range of feelings when reviewing your photos.

It's easy to think of the pictures from early on in the trip as being less informed and lacking the worldly wisdom of later pictures - your clothes tidy and clean, your skin unworn and not yet blazed by the sun.

Around the middle of the trip, the photos are happy and care-free: the mark of a traveler truly amid the journey, thinking neither of the beginning or the end of the travels. For me, this is where I usually find my favourite travel photos.

When it comes to the final pictures of the trip, they seem to hold the knowledge, sadness, and already nostalgic feeling of a trip coming to an end. Sometimes you even stop taking pictures for days at a time.

Every trip has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And though this trip through central and south America together begins now for us, it's hardly the beginning of our journey as travelers together: we've traveled Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Japan, Thailand, Burma, and South Korea together.

And it's certainly not the end.

12 comments:

  1. Well, isn't this the greatest blog post of all time.

    By the way, you forgot "big hair"...

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    1. big hair, big excitement, big muffins, big plans... you're the best travel buddy!!

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  2. awww I miss Granada! It was my first stop during my Nicaragua/C.R. trip. The one where I caught the travel bug :)

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    1. wow really! i caught the travel bug when i was in brugges in belgium. it just took one waffle covered in melted chocolate :) what season did you visit nicaragua? we are hitting up rainy season in little corn island now

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    1. gracias hyunwoo^^ we are having a really great time here in nicaragua. when you have a chance, you should bring mikyung to central america and travel together. i'm sure you would love the chill vibe, and speaking spanish!

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  5. What a tree! Now it's my wallpaper.
    Ah, and big sunglasses.

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  6. You're friend seems cool and that meal looked absolutely delicious!

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    1. it was my first meal in Nicaragua^^ gallo pinto!

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  7. <3 I love those pictures and I know this was from three months ago, but I'm so excited for you girls!

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