Solo travelers

One time that I went to Southeast Asia, I had a layover in Hong Kong on my way back that was delayed by 24+ hours because of plane issues. So I hung out with the other young solo travelers on my flight—a dolphin trainer, an aspiring pro soccer player, and an exchange student heading to Iowa. We were put up in the same hotel & had a grand ol time.

This was in 2013 I was 22. I don’t remember any of their names.

Sometimes I still wonder where they all are and wish we had stayed connected somehow. And sometimes I’m grateful to have witnessed just that snippet of their life. Just as they witnessed this snippet of my wild early 20s where I did things like travel to Vietnam solo to watch primates in their home habitats.

Anyway, here’s a snippet of my pre-Instagram life. This one is from a trip to an orangutan research station on the Indonesian side of Borneo. I was considering applying to animal behavior PhD programs and doing field research.

Indonesia. Borneo. Summer 2013.