Comments on: The Odd Sensation of Returning Home https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:22:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | My Anniversary https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-54464 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:02:07 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-54464 […] Where Alex in Wanderland Goes Next Musing-est: On Being Robbed, Breaking Strike and Broken Hearts, The Odd Sensation of Returning Home, War Tourism in Vietnam Most Beautiful: Santorini Sunsets, Southwest and Shark Island, Mui Ne Sand […]

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21866 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:54:35 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21866 In reply to Alexis.

Thank you Alexis! I’m curious to hear how your return to the Philippines goes… you’ve been away much longer than I have! I think the places we were born will always hold a special place in our hearts though.

]]> By: Alexis https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21639 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:54:35 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21639 I’m going back to the Philippines for the first time since 1997. I was born there, but I moved to Arizona years ago, and I know how you feel. I can’t quite call Arizona my home as I love the tropics more than the desert (plus I love the Filipino food and culture), yet the Philippines and I haven’t seen each other for years. I’ve concluded that “home” isn’t a place, but a feeling, where you feel comfortable and safe. I love your dad’s comment about being young and perplexed. I feel the same. Sometimes, I can’t wait for life to get less confusing, but it wouldn’t be as much fun that way. I hope everything works well for you!

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21485 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:32:17 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21485 In reply to Fidel.

Fidel, you underestimate how much I enjoy your comments… of course I missed you! In fact wondered where you had been recently and remembered that there probably isn’t great internet at sea 🙂

I think my problem is I keep finding places that, as you put it, I can’t seem to shake my connection to. So now I have about a million places that have a little piece of my heart!

]]> By: Fidel https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21429 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:36:40 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21429 Hello, sorry I have been away (not that you missed me, lol). Been out to sea and working hard on this ship I call home.
I read this post with an open eye because I too will be wondering where home is for me in several months when it may be time for me to leave Japan.
The great thing about family is that they will always have a home for you. Even though I know I want to remain overseas, I also know that I’m never far from home.
We are nomads. We call the world our homes now because the world is what we know, what we love, and where we live.
I think you, like many others, found a connection to Thailand that feels impossible to shake. I hope you return and make it a happy home.

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21374 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:57:47 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21374 In reply to Erik.

Learning patience will oneself is a lifelong journey I believe… I struggle with it often! But I agree, its key to feeling at peace!

]]> By: Erik https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21321 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:40:47 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21321 Pretty profound. I have a feeling you’ll keep the memories with you for a long time.

I think you’ll find where you belong, and you’ll have these last 9 months of travelling to thank for that. But… be patient with yourself, it may not happen right away, but don’t lose faith that it WILL.

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21250 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:25:51 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21250 In reply to Sarahsomewhere.

I love his comment too 🙂 I also love what you said about being afraid of your own changes/non changes. I’m so concerned about everyone else’s life shifts that I don’t take time to think about the fact that I too have had some pretty big ones!

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21249 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:24:26 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21249 In reply to Lauren.

Yes, my hope is that I will return to the road renewed and with a bit of that wonder at the excitement of travel again. And I know how you feel- this was one of my biggest anxieties before I ever left! I hate the idea of being a stranger and a tourist in a city I once called home.

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-odd-sensation-of-returning-home/#comment-21246 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:22:27 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=7100#comment-21246 In reply to Dani.

Believe me, food was a big part of this decision! 🙂 I’m just here for one month, after which I’m heading back to Thailand. I’m going to Phuket for a few days while Mark does a diving course and then I’m planning on spending Songkran in Chang Mai- can’t wait! After that I was planning on heading to Laos but recent readings have told me that this is a horrible time to go- sad.

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