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On October 1, 2010, I left America for 11 months to live/volunteer in 11 different countries* around the world.  Learn 11 cultures.  Love 11 nationalities.  Back when I signed up for the World Race I was asking myself questions like "why on earth am I doing this?" and consoling myself with "it's only a year."  Now I can't even fathom wanting any other life than one lived fully.  One that can be scary.  One in which I don't have control over everything.  And how I got to this point in less than a year is really beyond me, but I blogged the journey.  For you.  So read it.

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*The list: 1-Guatemala, 2-Nicaragua, 3-Costa Rica, 4-Philippines, 5-Thailand, 6-Malaysia, 7-Cambodia, 8-Kenya, 9-Uganda, 10-Tanzania, 11-India
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These days I'm still blogging, just elsewhere: thankfulhopefulalive.wordpress.com.

Oh, and I have lots of pictures: flickr.com/photos/caraparker/.