Travel off the beaten track and experience

Mālō e lelei from Vava’u, Tonga! One thing I’ve learned from my time in this country so far? This is a destination in which to disconnect! With unusable and/or expensive Wi-Fi ($25 for 500 mb!) and rarely more than an 2G connection on my phone, posting on Never Ending Footsteps has had to take a backseat until I get myself back to better connected places — most likely not until mid-freaking-February! Yes, I’m struggling to deal with this. The positive to my unexpected disconnection for you guys, however, is me finding the time to write 11 blog posts, so prepare yourself for a deluge of stories when I next get fully online. Until then, enjoy this delayed monthly summary that I was finally able to put together over the worst internet of my life.  When I left you last, I had just arrived in Tokyo and was wrestling with a stomach-churning case of jet lag — the worst I’ve ever battled. The subsequent exhaustion sank deep into my bones and resulted in ...