I am sixty-four working in a pastoral role with a cluster of inner-city schools in Cardiff, South Wales (UK). When I split with my wife ten years ago, my antidote for the resulting feeling of loss ...view moreI am sixty-four working in a pastoral role with a cluster of inner-city schools in Cardiff, South Wales (UK). When I split with my wife ten years ago, my antidote for the resulting feeling of loss and the negative emotions that a marriage breakup engenders was to be dramatically life altering. I planned to teach English in Vietnam and Ecuador. However, the road from plan to realization was littered with obstacles, some of which almost proved fatal.
Eventually cured, I completed my recovery by backpacking through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, South America, Central America, and Burma. This a tale about my physical, emotional, and psychological journey.view less