We were both foreigners pining our hopes in a strange land. We could have gone to the most exotic, uncharted place on earth and I have come to realize that for some, this could simply mean a bold step outside one’s safe, domestic confines or a return back home. They are all the same. They are all worthy destinations. But always, something interesting happens when we meet a fellow stranger. Among other things, we allow the possibility of a door being slammed shut by another. When that happens, it is no longer the view outside the window that matters. We are forced to look inside and confront the darkness of our individual selves, a terrain unmapped. Less