An old bit of musing that I wrote while leaving Jakarta after a whirlwind – yet tedious – visit to process my research permit in 2012. Posted in Medium
Category: travel
Not in my country: From across the Pacific. With timeless words from Freya Stark. And some links.
Travel, if done thoughtfully, makes us feel more like citizens of the world rather than being defined by the perimeter of one country’s borders. Borders are irrelevant to my concern for the well-being of humanity. But the serious threats now facing progress, rights, and equality in my adopted country, the United States of America, have…