Not there yet: Wandering home with an amateur vagabond - Kevin Barron - Bog

When you leave, at what point do you start going home? And when you leave and don't come back, where is home?Moving to another country for a while provides an excellent opportunity to travel on the way. Having threatened The Big Trip for years, Kevin finally takes the plunge and, as a result, finds that the idea of home is not as clear as it used to be.Kayak in the rain, meet an Aboriginal elder, make conversation with a grumpy barber, kill sheep, crash a car, eat entrails, be in the Middle East on 9/11, ride legendary highways, find yourself face to face with an elk, get lost in the African night, have the best view at Shangri-La, fight a fire, be ill on an overnight bus, search for intruders, flirt, haggle, dance, joke, eat, hike, misunderstand, leave home and return.This collection of stories follows those of Into the blue, so throw your backpack over your shoulder again and set off on the never ending journey home.