THIS BOOK IS A VISUAL GUIDE TO A BACKPACKING TRIP FROM OCTOBER 2012 THROUGH JANUARY 2013. THE TRIP WAS ESSENTIALLY A MOVING MEDITATION AS I WOVE MY WAY THROUGH MANY COUNTRIES AND CULTURES. DUE TO THE FREEDOM OF THIS TRIP AND THE OPENNESS OF MY MIND, BODY AND SOUL I WAS ABLE TO REEVALUATE WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE TO ME AND TO MY LIFE. MY INTENTION WAS TO BE TRULY PRESENT IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, NOT THINKING ABOUT YESTERDAY OR TOMORROW. THE IMAGES IN THIS BOOK ARE QUICK SHOTS TAKEN WHILE ON THIS JOURNEY, MOST OF WHICH WERE TAKEN WITH MY IPHONE AND HAVE NOT BEEN EDITED. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS HOW MEANINGFUL THIS TRIP AND TIME OF MY LIFE WAS. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS HELP ME SAY WHAT THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR.