andrew.wurster

view of sydney's darling harbour from taronga zoo

so i’ve been in australia for quite some time. about six weeks now i suppose and i should be out here a spell longer.

fantastic times. living a mile a minute and enjoying every bit of time out here.

thankful for the opportunity.

grateful for my loving and supportive family.

pleased to keep in touch with great friends from all around the world.

happy to host and meet so many great couch surfers here in such a short time.

it’s been a great time to sit back and reflect on how far i’ve come.  but also to meditate on how long i still have to go with my journey.  meeting so many longterm travelers and career volunteers and watching the long way round has truly begun to inspire me in ways i haven’t been inspired in a while…  but even to be able to write such things and seriously consider so many amazing opportunities i have to wonder:

how’d i get so lucky?

oh and by the by – i just signed up for google + … looks really tight.  drop me a line to keep in touch .

alright alright so i know almost no spanish.  but at least i’ve made it two weeks in central america with plenty of good food and drinks – and without being arrested or mugged either.  well maybe a lot of it was luck and pointing…

and honestly – even more so than in the last post – i’m just so grateful lately for everything i’ve got going well in my life.  travelling for the third time this past year to central america, having met so many great new people along the way, and getting to know the old faces a bit better as well.

casco viejo, sundown

so i’m off to an undisclosed US-based location (it’s a surprise to some) tomorrow morning.  i’ll disclose more in person if i see you, and perhaps more to come at a later date… it’s always tough to see what is appropriate to be shared with the rest of human kind, and what is not.

i think this year will be really challenging for me, but i have a good feeling about it.  i can see a lot of really daunting things ahead – but a lot of life-long benefits associated with confronting them.

again, check out the new feeds to see what i am listening to.  it’s always good finding new music.  oh and also check out a fellow traveller i met who is a great photographer on a mission.  of course – check their site out and support them!

really, you should just go out and support somebody.  anybody who needs it.  there are so many genuinely good people out there to outweigh the bad.  and so much good in this world to outweigh the bad.

so drink [ or smoke ] up, and be merry, or whatever you’d like to be called.

happy new year

- andrew, the Grateful