Wick_77_#57: “There’s no going home Sam.”

Wick_77_Challenge #57: A stranger in my home country
When/where: MAY 2022 — Van, BC
[Wick_77 origin story here]

Long Road Home

As I woke up from a quick nap at Narita airport (the last leg of my long trip home: Bangkok, Manila for a week, then CDN via Japan) to Vancouver — it dawned on me that I have lived abroad for 16 of the last 20 years. AND, that I have not even been back to Canada for 5.5 years.

Starting Over (Once again)

I left Canada in Dec 2010 with everything intact. Good career success. Bank accounts and credit cards all good. I had an ok relationship with my kids. Even my iPhone 2 was still working great. Over the next 12 years I would hit many highs (global travel & 6 figure salaries) and a few valleys (broke & homeless in Thailand) and everything in between.

However, I returned having no Canadian bank accounts ( Thai and Phil), no Canadian drivers…