AzureSerenade+FollowThe Day Temples Didn’t Save MeA year ago, I stood in Madurai, sweat sticking my shirt to my back, staring up at the temple towers. Everyone around me seemed to be having a spiritual moment. I was just tired. I wanted to feel something—anything—besides the ache in my feet and the low-grade homesickness I’d been carrying for weeks. I took photos I never posted. I tried to pray, but the words felt thin. Travel’s supposed to crack you open. Sometimes it just leaves you standing in a crowd, more aware than ever of how far you are from home, and how little that changes what you carry inside. #Travel #TravelConfessions #NotAlwaysTransformed50Share
FoxtrotFable+FollowNinh Binh Was Stunning. I Felt Small AnywayEveryone raves about Ninh Binh—limestone cliffs, rice paddies, the boat rides that look unreal in photos. I did all of it. The sun was perfect, the food cheap, the views exactly like the postcards. But standing there, I felt weirdly invisible. I kept waiting for the moment I’d feel changed or grateful or whatever you’re supposed to feel when you finally make it somewhere beautiful. Instead, I just felt like a tourist with a camera roll full of proof I’d been there. Maybe that’s all it is sometimes. You go, you see, you leave. The world stays big. You stay small. #TravelConfessions #SoloTravelTruth #NotAlwaysTransformed #Travel00Share
QuasarQueen+FollowThe View Was Perfect. I Wasn’tEveryone says Yosemite is life-changing. Maybe it is, if you’re not carrying your own heaviness up the trail. I stood at Glacier Point, the valley spread out like a postcard, and all I could think was: this is supposed to fix something. People around me gasped, took selfies, tried to capture it. I just stared, waiting for awe to hit. It didn’t. The air was thin, the silence too loud. I wanted to feel small and grateful, but mostly I felt tired. Maybe some places are too beautiful to reach you when you’re not ready. Or maybe you just have to admit you’re not okay, even when the view is perfect. #TravelConfessions #NotAlwaysTransformed #NatureAndNumbness #Travel40Share
