It really is a strange feeling when you are forced to admit that the two people you meet that seem to have their priorities sorted out happen to be lawyers.
Michael is the second lawyer/backpacker we’ve had whom, at the height of his career, found he had enough and made himself free on the earth!
The first example was John a noted trial lawyer from Anchorage, Alaska. He had the enviable record as never losing a case he argued before the courts.
While still a realtively young man in his mid fifties, he closed his practice; bought a motorcycle and headed south.
He roared up to our hostel in the summer of 2007 on his way to his boyhood home in the United States. He then sold off his assets and joined the Peace Corps.
He left for Thailand for the usual Peace Corps stint. But instead found a soulmate (a Thai lady with a Master’s Degree in English from a British University). Both individuals had been so wrapped up in their respective careers that neither had married.
In a nutshell he’s now married and settled in Thailand and living the dream!
The second Lawyer., Kevin is a successful corporate lawyer/film producer who at about the same age as John called it quits. His children have grown and long ago left his nest.
Kevin and his wife have packed their bags and are heading for India to explore Rajasthan in the remote northwest of India.
Both John and Kevin have enjoyed successful careers as solicitors. But it seems that they have discovered what is truly important and have decided to pursue their dreams.
They say life is and should be a grand adventure. And for Kevin and John a new adventure is just beginning at a time when others are winding down.
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John from Alaska - gone “native” in Thailand.