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I remember clearly the feeling I had after I’d stepped off of the container ship and walked into downtown Auckland. I stood on a corner weighed down by both my heavy backpack and the unexpected question “What do I do now?” The simple answer is that I spent the next nine months exploring New Zealand, Australia, and Southeast Asia. The deeper questions, to some degree, haunt every traveler (and perhaps a few tourists): “Why am I here?” “What pushed me to leave home?” And then, there’s “Where will I sleep tonight?” [...]