Friday, April 24, 2009
And Our Next Stop Will Be....Bhutan
On monday I defended my creative writing thesis, my second novel called The Tiger-Wolves Stop to Drink. For the last three years, my mind has been absorbed in the situation in Burma and Thailand. But when you care about the people of a certain country, the tendency can be to become trapped in a routine that leaves other parts of the world left off the travel itinerary.
So, in search of new material, I'm considering a plethora of destinations that, like Burma, might somehow captivate my imagination and inspire a new book. Because Bhutan is relatively closed to foreigners, I'm automatically drawn there. It's a post-colonial faux-pas to talk about these places as quaint or primitive, but at the same time, countries like Burma and Bhutan are as close to time-traveling as a human can get. Unless you somehow have access to Superman's cape...
Other countries I'd love to see:
Pakistan
Syria
Lebanon
Colombia
Ethiopia
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colombia misspelled as columbia. sorry. couldn't resist
Writers are renowned for being horrific spellers. I take no insult.
please take insult
:D
congrats on finishing your program! please keep me updated on your next travel destination. i'll be in south india for another year....wanna cup of chai?
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