wanderlust indulging

-Sitting in front of a mountain full of shadows and lights and listening to (and playing) guitar under the stars.

-The way Jamaicans carry themselves with quiet dignity and strength.

-A tree with foot-long seed pods that look like giant green beans.

-Delicious Blue Mountain coffee and fish with coconut milk for breakfast.

-Music surrounding me constantly. The birds, ocean, cars, wind, trees and people are all musical. A little boy walking by was even making music with a dried seed pod in his hand.

-The different feel of the air that reminds me I in a far away place.

-The breeze in my face on a bus ride into the mountains, and looking up to see a canopy of flowering trees whiz by above me.

-Sitting in the hallway (our "common area") with friends and laughing and talking.

-Sitting in the grass on a hillside gazing out at the Blue Mountains, and realizing that moments like these are why I love traveling.