Gadling

A good friend of mine sent along this great song by Julieta Venegas, a rising songstress from Mexico, called “Oleada” a few months back that I loved initially for superficial reasons: I love the melody, and he said the song/video reminded him of me. The melody is fantastic, but I was too lazy to translate the Spanish; and I assumed the video reminded him of me because it has a pug in it that looks just like mine.

Now, several months later, I’ve given this song and video some fresh and deserved attention. Now, I understand why my friend sent it along to me.It has a lot to do with the loneliness that I wrote about earlier, but much more than this, this song really encapsulates the combination of fear and excitement that every solo traveler feels when entering the “mundo abierto.”

For those of you who can’t understand Spanish, I’ve translated the “Oleada” lyrics into English below.