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I'm NOT Dead!

Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: May 20, 2000

To answer all of you concerned questions -- I'm not dead! It has been a long while though -- nearly 3 months, actually. At that time, I was hanging out on the beaches of Brazil. Now, I'm writing to you all from a university in Berlin, Germany. To say I been on the move is a huge understatement and I shudder at the thought of condensing it into a few minutes of light reading...

I spent March travelling around Brazil. Most of it is a blur... Carnival will do that to you. Now I have been to some big parties in my life, but you really must experience the staying power of the Brazilians to understand how crazy carnival is. Literally the whole country, old and young, stop for about 2 weeks and go wild! Travelling through South America, especially Brazil, will stay with me as a highlight of my life and I'll definitely be going back in the future.

I've been in Europe now for 3 months. I started in London, traveled around France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland and have just come from 11 days of living it up in Prague. I never planned to stay that long but the cheap food and beer lures you in. I actually tried to leave once but when I got to the German border, the border control asked for my passport and I realized I had left it in the safety deposit box in the hostel. After 8 months on the road, you just become used to dealing with these kind of dramas.

I'm actually quite excited as the weather is unbelievable in Europe and I will soon head down south to spend my final months partying around the Mediterranean (Portugal, Morocco, Spain, the Greek Islands). Though, not before a hit-and-run into the UK to go to a rave in Birmingham called ´Homelands´ and then a visit to Amsterdam. I finish up in Israel, Egypt and Jordan and go then via Thailand on the way to Sydney for the Olympics. I should be home by October...

After travelling for so long, the feeling of excitement I had when I first left is still inside me every time I move somewhere new. I hardly have any money left but I've still got more to see, so I'm worrying about all of that when I'm home and I've experienced what I want to see. I'm miss you all very much and can't wait to relive my adventures.

I've got to say though...this is the life!

Marty

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