I Love to Travel and See New Places

I took some time to take the taxi to the shopping district of Batam Island, Indonesia. On the way there, as the taxi was waiting at the traffic lights, and I was catching forty winks, someone tapped on the window and asked if he could sell me some fish crackers. This is definitely not the usual thing to happen on a busy road back in my country. On the way back, a little girl, not more than ten, came and stood outside my taxi window and stared at me to give her some money. It just broke my heart.

As the taxi travels the narrow roads, giving way on the side to many scooters (sometimes with three or four people on them), I take in the sights. I see people eking out a living under the hot sun. This is how the world turns. Money, commerce, tourism, jobs.

A change of perspective is all I need to stop feeling sorry for myself.