The Last Turtle

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to the best place that ever happened to me, enjoy!

New Zealand in 20 Days Watch in HD! Follow the adventure: https://www.instagram.com/thelastturtle *Some of the airplane window shots are of Fiji :) Music: Bloom (Moane Remix) - The...

I made a video that highlights all my adventures and fun stuff from the 8 months I lived out west, enjoy :)

***WATCH IN HD!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCY5Q05mXFs&feature=youtu.be

west Watch in HD! 4 cameras, 333 seconds, 2 countries, and one coast. Special thanks to the west coast and the Pacific Ocean for always being so beautiful. Shouto...

"How's the ride kids?"

"Oh this is awesome!"

"No it isn't! Awesome is when we landed on the moon! Awesome is when we sent a nuclear bomb across the world! It's something that you feel deep in you!

When you're in awe it's usually frightening. It's an act of mother nature.

Kids are running around saying 'this is awesome this is awesome', they're burning the king's language!"

[San Francisco, California]

I didn’t pay too much attention to what the ingredients were in the food I ordered last night at the restaurant, but halfway in, I noticed that I shouldn’t be eating it.

Long story short, 4 hours of ambulance and hospital ended up great, and I didn’t get a reaction.

While waiting between doctors, I noticed an adorable dog right next to me, which of course made we walk right up to it. Playing with a dog usually leads to meeting the owner. She was around 50 years old and just looked like she was ready to share something with me – my favorite kind of person. Didn’t take too long till I heard this:

“I'm here with my husband. We come here almost once a week.”

Looks away for a few seconds, looks back at me.

“You see, he needs a new liver but his score isn't good enough so it looks like we're going to have to move.”

“Why would you move?”

“It’s really hard to get one in California, and he’s sort of leaking right now, which is only bringing his score lower somehow, so there’s an even smaller chance of him getting one here.

I think we’re going to move to Texas.”

Up to this point, our conversation was merely a byproduct of us petting the dog.

“Even though I grew up around here when everything was scary, my family managed to raise me really well. I barely left the house; all my friends were completely normal, and straight at life just like I was, and am! I still am extremely straight at everything.”

The dog was no longer relevant.

“I wouldn't date anyone with longer hair than mine, which was a struggle back in the 60’s. So I was so happy to have met him. Finally, a guy who was as normal as I am. But 10 years ago, we discovered he has hepatitis.

When he was 14, he got in touch with his peace and happiness and love side of life and hung out a bit with some cool kids. He was rebelling and decided to experiment and he tried heroin… Once… And look what that did to us now…”

Her blank stare started fading as she saw how wide open my eyes were.

“The other day I asked him why the bathroom was locked if there was no one in it, and he says it’s because the birds are in there!”

She stares at the ceiling.

“You see, when your liver doesn't work you really stop thinking the same way… The other day it was snakes, and then there were dogs, and I'm not waiting on an elephant here!”

We laughed vigorously, almost forgetting the seriousness of the moment.

“Ya, so… Texas. We’re probably going to have to wait there till May or June, when all the craziness starts to happen and people start dying because of accidents.”

She looks at me and smiles.

“I hate him but I love him”

My doctor comes in and calls me, I get up.

“Tell any of your friends who are tempted, to call me, and I’ll make sure they won’t do it.”

The world is filled with beautiful people, and it's moments like these that really make this small project so meaningful to me.

"Hi Yahya,

Thank you so much for sending these to us, and for taking them. We've been telling everyone about you when we tell them how we got engaged. It was such magical timing that you were the first person we saw! Beautiful photos.

Thanks. I also looked at your Facebook photos. I love how you told snippets of the people's stories next to each photo. Really beautiful.

xoxo"

[Yosemite, California]

this photo got lost in the upload process... had to put it up though. that smiiile!

Banff | Calgary | Portland | Seattle | Squamish | Tofino | Vancouver | Victoria | Whistler

Suggested soundtrack: https://play.spotify.com/artist/6qiGjRyN7TJ1GA2nXF68Hi

Just sayin'

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11 Reasons Sea Turtles Rule This Earth...They're Older Than Dinosaurs?! Shark week is fun, but let’s be honest—sea turtles are the most badass creatures in the sea, by far. And we have the proof right here!

Never heard of so many of these...

http://m.huffpost.com/ca/entry/5574988

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"What day of the month is it today? When you retire it stops mattering"
"I don't even know... Guess as a student it doesn't really matter either. Have a good weekend!"
"It's the weekend?"

[Waterloo, Ontario]