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Travel: Journals of Borneo

These journals are of my time traveling Borneo for 3 weeks. Sometimes they do not consist of fully formed thoughts. Sometimes they are simply words. But I hope you'll take away something from my journey. Thursday May 25th 2017 First day waking up in Borneo. We've been traveling for about three days. Four flights to get here. Today I woke up to what I thought was a monkey howling but I think it was a cat. I sat and laid in bed listening. Then, I heard singing. Chanting maybe. Light, almost religious. Buddhist maybe. I listened for awhile longer. Then I thought it was time to join the world. Still early about 5:30 am. Still dark. I thought the sun would be up already but it wasn't. I did some light yoga stretching and began to journal. I think about how amazing it is to be here. I'm grateful to Matt. Immensely. I think about how I can better support him on this trip. Perhaps I should ask or tell him of my gratitude. I'm thankful for a great group. For a friend in ...