On the road again. . .
This week finds me, once again, on the road. I’ll be covering over 20,000 miles in less than two weeks. The trip has already taken me through Las Vegas and Atlanta. As I type this, I am sitting next to my Father digesting a wonderful breakfast which Mom just cooked, feeling a million miles away from Asia.
Las Vegas was a one night stop over joining in the celebration of long-time friend Patrick Ku’s 40th birthday. A group of around 20 rendezvoused in Vegas for three days of golf, food, and whatever else they can find out there. Vegas is a weird place, of which could be a few blog posts in and of itself, but I will refrain.
I was only able to stay for about 15 hours, but I’m grateful for the time. The picture above is of Patrick, Eugene Kim, and Eric Tai. All these men are great friends, brothers in Christ, and fellow survivors of Georgia Tech.
In light of the fact that I am traveling and on the road this week (with almost zero free time), I thought it would be fun to simply write this post on travel. If you have been following this post, you probably have noticed that I write some of the subject of travel.
Here are some of my favorite posts I have written on travel:
- My worst travel day ever!!!
- 10 tips for surviving LONG flights. . . YOUR input desired!
- The 5 types of people you see on LONG airplane flights
- James Bond, Istanbul, and the value of relationships
- The (not so) highlights of my LONG plane rides this summer
- First Impressions. . . Z-land and the Z-people
I hope you have a good week!
P.S. Spoiler alert. . . next week (Monday or Tuesday) I will post an article on the time I spent a night in jail. Seriously.
something tells me there may not be too many posts on this. Vegas? You know you have a growing readership on this blog, a Vegas post could have interesting effects… No fear passionate John-followers, something tells me with the Ga Tech crowd… “Hangover” it was not
Tim, your latent jealous of Georgia Tech is painful to see. I will at least buy you a sweatshirt or cap one of these days so you can feel a little more like us.
Sorry we did not see each other this trip. Seriously bummed about it.
Sounds like a busy but great time back at home! Hope you make the most out of it with your family and friends.
With traveling, I think it’s always an interesting experience wrestling with God/doing the right thing in the face of the many curve balls that crazy people/flights/schedules may throw my way. It’s almost like going out into the crazy jungle to play real golf (practice what I’ve studied and been preached) after weeks of just practicing my swings (reading the Scripture or going to church in my protected environment).
I’ve only recently begun to follow your blog, but wanted to say I really appreciate all your posts. As a fellow Christian expat, a lot of what you say resonates with me. Thank you for all that!
Thanks for reading and commenting, Soomin. Love the sports analogies peppered throughout!
Yeah, this whole expat thing is a strange beast. Many highs and lows.
Great hearing from you!
Umm…all I can say is I cannot WAIT! to read your story on your night in jail. Richard and I were so grateful to get some time with you and your crew. Until next time…
Yeah, it was not a pretty picture, but hopefully it will make for a good post.
Great seeing you, Richard, and the others. Tremendous time with you guys. . . as always!
My great friend, Leigh O’Dell, pointed me to your blog after she met you on a flight from Atlanta to DC. It’s a little freaky how similar yours and Leigh’s takes on Christian growth and ministry, family and even singleness track. If she had a blog, it would look like she was copying yours – well, except the being in jail part. That one’s all you.
Carole, I enjoyed my flight and conversation with Leigh! We have several mutual friends, so it was fun meeting here. Good to know I have a kindred spirit in Leigh, so get her to blog. . . I would love to read her thoughts!
Thanks for reading the blog!