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Bagan And The Days That Were Like Two

From my personal journal. “Our days are split in two. We go to sleep twice and we wake up twice. This morning, I’m up about an hour before dawn just as Evie is also waking.

Kien Lam
9 months ago

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  • Some of you may be surprised that I’m online since I had planned on turning off my phone after the World Nomad Games. I did not. Plans changed. Life happened. For the last weeks, I have had such an experience that no words I find can begin to describe it all with just one post. I have encountered love, loss, friendship and witnessed near death. I’ve felt the warmest hospitality and kindness and also unnecessary hostility. I’ve seen a culture that is in ways completely backwards and ugly and yet within it, some of the brightest souls I’ve ever met. People who have have changed my life. I’ve met people who deserve much more than Bishkek or Kyrgyzstan could ever offer them. And some who don’t truly believe that yet. I’ve been on the news for both good things and bad. I’ve spent many sleepless nights at times and yet some days I feel fully energized despite those few hours of slumber. I’ve found friends old and new who have been there for me at all hours of the day and night. You know who you are and I love you from the deepest depths of my heart for that. I’ve felt butterflies in my stomach and I’ve felt my heart go empty only for it to be filled again. I’ve seen wonders and curiosities that made me stare wide eyed and some that made me laugh. I’ve seen behaviors that make me sick to my stomach. If I’m being vague, let me clarify something. There are some amazing women in Kyrgyzstan and I’ve met no men here that deserve them. In fact, I’ve met no men here that have made me feel anything but anger or disgust. I’ve seen very little of this country and yet I feel like I’ve learned more about this place than most of the other countries I’ve explored. Yesterday, I finally left Bishkek. Part of me wanted to stay for the rest of my trip and part of me knew it was time to go. I’m alone for the first day since arriving here. Today, I hiked to the top of Sulaiman-Too in Osh and watched the sunset alone. It was beautiful and my mind was clear for the first time in months. Life is so...strange sometimes. There have been moments where I have wanted time to stop forever and hours that never seemed to move when I pleaded for tomorrow to come.
  • First look at the 2018 @worldnomadgames. Horse riders preparing for the opening ceremony kicking off in a few hours. #worldnomadgames
  • When SF weather is nice to me. #sanfrancisco
  • Hello Tokyo. I see you.
  • Sometimes you just have to hang in there...under a dock...over glacier water. #norway
  • Always tumble dry low.

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