Introduction

I am starting this a bit late (I am, right now, 20 days into my travel) but I have written records of much of my journey. I will not focus on the geography or the sites, but instead on the people I've talked to and things I've learned. I was urged to do this from the beginning by several people, so now here it is. I'll also stress that this is not going to be my best writing. I'm more just going to try to put thoughts down to words. If I get permission from Occidental College I will eventually publish my final paper.