The finishing point

Here I am in Clearwater, Florida at last. It's been a long but satisfying journey. I stood in the dust of Monument Valley in Arizona, and later the same day I stood in snow at 10,000 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Such are the contrasts that one can experience on a long trip through a large country like the U.S.

I took about 110 photographs every day. Sometimes I wanted to take more, but I only had two memory sticks for my digital camera. I really needed three memory sticks.

Clearwater is a perfect place to finish this kind of journey. With a beach facing west across the Gulf of Mexico, and a bay behind, there is water aplenty for whatever kind of aquatic pursuits you fancy. There are lots of tourist attractions, and yet there is also a laid back relaxing atmosphere. There's a large and well stocked health food supermarket with organically grown fruit and vegetables, and there are lots of Thai restaurants, several Chinese restaurants, and a couple of Japanese sushi bars. I think I can survive here for the next couple of months. When I'm ready to leave I'll sell the car and fly back home from the nearby Tampa international airport.

This is my last entry for this section of my web site. My sincere heartfelt thanks to all of you who emailed me with messages of encouragement and kind feedback about the photographs. Your messages kept me company on what was otherwise a lonely trip.

I'll be immersing myself in studies at a religious retreat here in Clearwater for the next two months. Please feel free to keep in touch with me by email. I look forward to seeing you all again when I return to Hong Kong in a few months time.