Ou is a 25-year-old employee of an Internet company in Haikou， Hainan Province. She put an advertisement on taobao.com to sell the records of her travels abroad， in the form of postcards， asking buyers for 20 yuan ($ 3) a pop， which has attracted 147 takers till now.

歐楠茜今年25歲，在海南省?？谑幸患揖W(wǎng)絡(luò)公司工作。楠茜在淘寶網(wǎng)上登出廣告，以明信片的形式出售海外旅行記錄，每張明信片賣20元（合3美元），至今已經(jīng)吸引了147位買家。

Ou’s story began with nothing more complicated than a desire to see the world， and a flying dart was her preferred method for choosing destination. “Using a dart to choose where I want to go is such a romantic idea，” Ou said. “I like the feeling of spontaneity to explore the world unknown on the journey.”

楠茜的故事開始時很簡單，她只想環(huán)游世界。她喜歡用擲飛鏢的辦法決定旅行的目的地。楠茜說：“通過擲飛鏢決定去哪兒，這個方法太浪漫了。我喜歡在旅途中獲得這種自發(fā)探索未知世界的感覺?！?/p>

On January 26， Ou touched down in Vietnam. It was the first time she’d stepped foot out of China. She said that in the past while traveling around China， she has maintained a habit of sending postcards to herself， but she lost them while moving residences.

1月26日，楠茜抵達越南，這是她第一次走出國門。她說，以前在國內(nèi)旅游的時候，她一直有給自己寄明信片的習慣，但是搬家之后那些明信片就都丟了。

“But I found that my friends always kept the postcards I sent to them，” she said. “I know they’re more than just pieces of paper， they’re documents of a very special place， time and relationship in your life.”

“可是我發(fā)現(xiàn)，朋友們總是珍藏著我寄給他們的明信片。我知道，它們不僅僅是一張張小紙片，它們記錄了你生命中出現(xiàn)過的特別的地點、時間和關(guān)系。”

Making her way through Vietnam， she made sure to find a post office in every city she visited and spent enough quiet time to write a kind message to every postcard seeker she was in contact with.

在越南旅行時，每到一個城市她就一定要找到郵局，花一定的時間靜靜地給買家寫溫馨的明信片。

“Most people asked me to address the postcards to their loved ones，” she said. Due to the time by chance， most of Ou’s postcards arrived around Valentine’s Day. “For girls， this was an absolutely priceless present，” she said.

她說：“大部分明信片都是寄給戀人的?！币驗闀r間巧合，楠茜的明信片大都在情人節(jié)前后寄到。她說：“對女孩們來說，這真是一件珍貴的禮物?！?/p>

One man in Zhuzhou， Hunan Province asked Ou to send a postcard to his son， who is still too young to read. Another contact asked Ou to write a letter of appreciation for his wife， with whom the man had recently been arguing， with the words “Thank you for sticking with me through all the hardships without any complaints” on it. This postcard in particular， Ou said， helped her realize the gravity of her task.

湖南株洲的一位父親希望楠茜給自己那個太小還不識字的兒子寄張明信片。還有位買家讓楠茜給剛和自己拌過嘴的妻子寫封感謝信。上面附有“謝謝你能一直毫無怨言地與我風雨同舟、不離不棄”的話語。楠茜說，正是這張明信片讓她意識到，自己這項任務(wù)有多么重要。

Ou’s travels weren’t without difficulties， though. In 2008 she was diagnosed with Sjgren’s syndrome. She suffered a seizure during the trip. But Ou said she was lucky enough to meet a US medical school student， who helped Ou recover through her pain and discomfort.

不過，楠茜旅行中也并非是一帆風順的。2008年，她被確診為肖格倫綜合癥（一種自身免疫性疾病，癥狀包括口、眼等器官干燥）。旅行中，病情突然發(fā)作，但是楠茜說她很幸運，碰到了一個學醫(yī)的美國學生，通過他的幫助，楠茜擺脫了疼痛和不適，恢復了健康。

Ou said her journey was so exciting that she can’t wait to hit the road again. “I’ll keep selling dreams—I’m thinking about India for my next destination，” she said.

楠茜說，旅行讓人興奮，她又迫不及待準備動身了。她說：“我還會繼續(xù)出售夢想——我正在考慮把印度作為我的下一個目的地?！?/p>