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About Me

Check out my website about my travels: www.kylewebpage.comTwo years ago I was on the corporate track working for one of the biggest companies on earth, making good money and had a promising career and a steady girlfriend.And then I thought to myself, "when I was a kid in grade school teachers would tell me to work hard so I can get in a good high school (this was in China where it's competitive as hell), and when I got in high school (in the states) my advisors stressed good grades and extracurricular activities are absolutely critical in order to get in a good university. When I got in the Honors College at the university and the business school everyone tells me to get good internships so I can get a good job offer...and when I'm in a respected corporation there's all that pressure to climb the latter and become a VP or director as soon as possible SO that I could retire early.Is this the way I want to live the best years of my life? Pursuing some arbitrary goal made up by our society? To waste away my life so that I could retire early? Where can I go when I'm 45 with two kids and a house to pay plus their college education?I want to live my best years to the fullest and see the world. So here I am travelling and bumming around the world for the past 20 months. This is my life - living off my rucksack, waking up everyday not knowing what adventures waiting for me, meeting people from all corners of the world, learning about myself in ways I would've never imagined, discovering how little it takes to be happy, enjoying and appreciating every moment.Start of my trip: November 6th, 2003 - New Zealand 2.5 mths Australia 2.5 mths Indonesia 1 mth Singapore 2 wks Malaysia 4 wks Bali, Indonesia 1 mth Thailand 3 wks Myanmar (Burma) 1 mth Hawai'i working and surfing 6mths Oregon home for 3 wks Peru 1 mth Bolivia 1 mth Argentina 10 days Chile 1 wk California 4 days Thailand 2 wks Cambodia 10 days Vietnam 1 mth Laos 2 wks Thailand 1 wk Bali, Indonesia 6 wks India 6 wks Pakistan 4 wksCurrently I'm in Beijing, China. Teaching English on the side and preparing for film school.

My Interests

Travelling around the world, catching that perfect wave, meeting someone who inspires you, trying some food your taste buds never knew, connecting with someone at that wordless level, enjoying every moment

Music:

Jack Johnson, Gotan Project, U2, Chili Peppers, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Nick Drake,

Television:

The Daily Show, The Family Guy, South Park, Simpsons (I have a friend who was the producer), Adult Swim, National Geographics/Discovery Channel,

Books:

My favorites...The Alchemist, Crime and Punishment, Kipling's Kim, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Hobbit, William Faulkner, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Fortune Teller Told Me, Guns Germs and Steel

My Blog

www.kylewebpage.com

Check out my website about my travels: www.kylewebpage.com
Posted by Kyle on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:32:00 PST

The Guy That I've Never Met

During the past few years I have had my share of run-ins with travelers who are missing some screws in their head but this guy tops them all. I've never met the guy but I've heard stor...
Posted by Kyle on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:01:00 PST

Buddha in togas, in Osama bin Laden country

Buddha in togas Travelling five hours northwest from Lahore along the Grand Trunk road I came to Taxila, one of the ancient Gandharan cities where Alexander the Great and his army came through in 326 ...
Posted by Kyle on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:52:00 PST

Crossing into Pakistan, a day in Ramadan

Crossing the border from India to Pakistan is an surreal experience. A rickshaw and a local bus ride later I arrive at the Indian customs. A standard procedure that usually takes less 30 s...
Posted by Kyle on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:33:00 PST

Joining the Sikh pilgrims at the Golden Temple, Amritsar

The 6 hr bus ride took us from the mountains of Dharmsala to the hot plains of northwest India where life is constantly buzzing with truck horns, cows and street dogs, and millions of people moving fr...
Posted by Kyle on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:37:00 PST

The Dalai Lama, the earthquake

I've made myself a routine the last three weeks here in McCleod which pretty much revolves around sitting in cafes talking about life with other travelers, moving to another cafe having another cup of...
Posted by Kyle on Sun, 09 Oct 2005 12:55:00 PST

Yoga, Buddhism, Mountain Air in Dharmsala

The 14 hour overnight bus journey from Delhi to Dharmsala that treated the pot hole filled road as if it was an autobond left me aching massage. Early in the moring we arrived in the mist in McCleod G...
Posted by Kyle on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:07:00 PST

Some clips from Indian newspaper classifieds

The "Matrimonials" section of the Sunday Times Combing through the Sunday Times, a local English newspaper, I came across an entire section titled "matrimonials". It is a classified entirely focused ...
Posted by Kyle on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:03:00 PST

Two days on a camel in the Great Thar Desert

Buying a turban the day before ended up being an extremely smart move. I spend a good thirty minutes from the shop owner learning how to wrap the very long piece of cloth around my head. Although a sa...
Posted by Kyle on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:55:00 PST

Travelling nightmares in India

8/30 After being in Delhi for two days trying to get my VISAs for Pakistan and China I was relieved to get on with my trip to Rajahstan. I had an overnight train to Jodhpur leaving at 8:50pm at ...
Posted by Kyle on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:47:00 PST