Back to the Future, She Wrote

Every traveler, whether they are an addict or just casual, brings something back from the destinations they visit, a trophy, a memento, something to show off they’ve been somewhere new, something to remind the good and the bad, a souvenir. I’ve heard people collecting art, key-chains, tickets, shirts, and so on. And in order to fit in to the description of what being a traveler really means, I have been chosen by my own souvenir-collecting method.

My trophies have to do with writing and photography (surprise!). It started 3 years ago when I sent the first postcard back home to myself from Vietnam. The idea of sending a note to the future me who’s been back to the everyday routine and most probably has already forgotten all about the Lina-on-the-Road version is intriguing.

Letters and stamps have always been a fascination of mine. These postcards though are more than just that: they are my own little storytellers, I chose them, marked them with my ideas, and sent them on their own trip to find me in the future to tell me a secret I know, but I’ve forgotten. Some of them describe a memory from that particular trip, and some remind me to chill out. But all of them say how much I love Lina.

(Postcards to myself, starting from the top left: Vietnam, Cuba, White Sands National Park New Mexico, Grand Canyon National Park Arizona, Bolivia, Sifnos Greece, Petra Jordan, Death Valley California, Glacier National Park Montana, Athens Greece, Isla Mujeres Mexico, Paris France, Jacmel Haiti, Seattle.)