Sooooo powerful. Every piece of this, starting with the spidey sense in your body before you even saw salmon shirt guy, and ending with the wisdom of "I knew this experience on the beach, while not uncommon, was also not something that defined the country or its people and I didn’t want it to define my experience either." I love that we have your inner dialogue along with the vivid descriptions of what was happening. That terrifying trapped feeling of the cop following you from above. The whole "leave me ALONE" voice that is so real, relatable. And the ways you knew - again, instinctually - what you needed and how to take care of yourself. Understatement to say this was inspiring. If it was in pages I'd be turning them. As it was I couldn't scroll fast enough. What an incredible storyteller you are. I knew this, but I love letting it continue to surprise me. Thanks for posting this one. <3
OMG Shailla, you have no idea what this means to me!! 💗
I'm truly grateful that you love my work as I love yours.
This story was so compelling, and I felt like I was there with you and felt all those emotions. I love how that experience didn't alter the love you have for solo travelling.
Sooooo powerful. Every piece of this, starting with the spidey sense in your body before you even saw salmon shirt guy, and ending with the wisdom of "I knew this experience on the beach, while not uncommon, was also not something that defined the country or its people and I didn’t want it to define my experience either." I love that we have your inner dialogue along with the vivid descriptions of what was happening. That terrifying trapped feeling of the cop following you from above. The whole "leave me ALONE" voice that is so real, relatable. And the ways you knew - again, instinctually - what you needed and how to take care of yourself. Understatement to say this was inspiring. If it was in pages I'd be turning them. As it was I couldn't scroll fast enough. What an incredible storyteller you are. I knew this, but I love letting it continue to surprise me. Thanks for posting this one. <3
Ahhhh thank you! Thank you for reading, thank you for sharing your thoughts, thank you for being here.
OMG Shailla, you have no idea what this means to me!! 💗
I'm truly grateful that you love my work as I love yours.
This story was so compelling, and I felt like I was there with you and felt all those emotions. I love how that experience didn't alter the love you have for solo travelling.
Thank you once again for your support!!
Eeeep, thank you so much for reading! It's a long piece and I didn't think anyone would stick through the whole way so that means a lot.
And yes, I love your writing, it needs to be shared with more people so I did my little part to help support that.