18 Traveling alone 2500 years ago and today- Part 18: in the land of wind and crows

Don Quixote, the book, repeats itself in the quotes on which the story is built.  Alone and traveling, there is much to look out for.  There is snake grass beside the rivers that rustles with the wind, giving the sound of snakes.  There are the snakes themselves, sounding no different than the wind and tall yellow grasses one warning of poison, the other of mirages.
There is uneven ground in the land of wind and crows and you have to think as you move your feet over the ground.  If you are traveling alone you are sensitive to all the sounds and all the dangers because you are alone.  You think of all the lovers you have had and all the lovers you will have in the future.  You talk to them and you imagine what they would answer if they were walking in this strangely beautiful land of wind and crows.  Some would mock you for your comments and others would tell you how beautiful is the plaintive sound of the crows.  You are glad to be rid of the former and you long to hold the latter.
If you are with someone else, you are both protective and protected.  You have someone to share what you experience.
If you travel alone, you share your thoughts with yourself, you write them on a pad, things that you feel are important and you wonder if later they will seem as important or if they are only the illegible scrawls of a mad man.  Because when you are traveling alone and share your thoughts with yourself, you are a little bit mad.  And you write that down in case it proves to be important later.

Snake grass by the river