Megan in Bruges, Belgium — January 1998

I don’t have my next entry ready for Myanmar yet (get ready for Bagan!) so I thought I would put up an old photo I came across. This is my favorite self portrait of myself traveling. It was taken on my first trip alone during my three week winter break from university in Newcastle, England. I was tired and worn down and wandering around a residential district of Bruges, Belgium when it started to rain. Ducking into an entranceway I caught my breath and waited for a break in the clouds. This was shot with my old point and shoot film camera, before I started carrying a tripod so it’s probably resting on my bag. Later that night I had Chicken Waterzooi for the first time and a glass of Banana Beer, which I have never managed to find again.