Going Back Home

“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.” ~ Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

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In 1994, I went to Nepal for the first time. It was a trip worth life itself. I was working three jobs to see myself through university. Part of my pay went towards saving for the trip. The trip was due to take place…