Continuing Cogitations ~ After two years, the conclusion to my cosmopolitan cogitations (Posted Sept. 2014)

Guilt? Irresponsibility? Half-assing it? No, I don't think those concepts accurately reflect why I took so long to conclude my around-the-world travel-blog. The truth is, as awesome as it sounds to be able to travel around the world and live out of a backpack for ten months, if you're the least bit sensitive, the experience of how "the rest" live is pretty mind/soul/perspective shattering. Yes, it's taken me two years to digest that ten month journey through the down and dirty of the people of planet Earth.

Sunset on Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

The remaining chapters of my trip are less historical and more anecdotal than the rest. Although I did end up learning about the cultures and places I visited, the passion to share that learning had waned during the tail end of my journey. Not because it all isn't awesome and though-provoking, but because, after bouncing around for nearly a year, the mind and heart begin to wander in the direction of home and the comfort-zone. So, here are the final chapters to my trip around the world... I have many thoughts, conclusions, and paradigm shifts to share, maybe. But first, the conclusion of cosmopolitan cogitations...

And, yes... I have a thing for using alliterative devices.