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07/06/08 // Blog Post from Cathedral-Basilica de la Asunción // León // Nicaragua
Our Days Are Becoming Nights Everywhere I go I think, I should live here… I should know what it’s like to work in a cigar factory in Leon, fish in the Mekong, living in a floating house on Tonle Sap, sell hot dogs at Fenway Park, trade stocks in New York, wander the Thar Desert by camel, navigate the Danube, see the way Denali looks … continue reading » Topics: Travel
06/07/08 // Blog Post from Cloverhurst // Athens // Georgia
In Love With a View: Vagabonds, Responsibilty and Living Well Tim Patterson, editor of MatadorTrips.com, recently published an article entitled How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously). There are some good tips in the article, even for the seasoned travel vet. But what’s far more fascinating is the response from commenters many of whom tore into Patterson, calling him everything from a “rich, privileged, arrogant hipster” to a “dirty … continue reading » Topics: Politics, Travel
06/17/07 // Blog Post from Heather's House // Brooklyn // New York
Being There Myrtle Beach does not exist. Myrtle Beach is in fact a copy of a place that does not exist. Nearly everything in Myrtle Beach is a paltry derivative of some original form. For instance, most of the country has golf courses, in Myrtle Beach there are endless rows of putt-putt courses complete with sewage treatment blue waterfalls and variety of … continue reading » Topics: Airports, Americans, Beach, Philosophy, Tourism, Travel
06/09/06 // Blog Post from Esperanta Cafe // Manhattan // New York
Homeward New York, New York. John F Kennedy airport 1 am date unknown, sleepy looking customs guard stamps a passport without hardly looking at, without even checking to see where I had been. A light drizzle is falling outside and the subways extension to the terminal never looked so good. Concrete hiss of tires, parabolic freeway ramps, a moth trapped inside … continue reading » Topics: Americans, Axis Wobbles, Home, Round The World Trip, Travel
09/12/08 Short Blog Post
Marco Polo Mapped This is one of the cooler things I’ve ever seen on Google Maps — Rachel Leow read Marco Polo’s journals and decided to map out the more significant stops on his journey using Google Maps. That she searched out and … continue reading » Topics: History, Travel
08/14/08 Short Blog Post
Places You Can’t Go: The Kowloon Walled City I was revisiting some old luxagraf posts lately and came across one about The Top Ten Place Americans Can’t Visit. I poked fun at that list, but in rereading it I stumbled on another idea: Top Tourist Spots Nobody Can … continue reading » Topics: History, Travel
08/05/08 Short Blog Post
Luxagraf Now on Vagablogging.net I posted my first little essay at my new gig, which is blogging for Rolf Potts’ site vagablogging.net. The site goes along with his book Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. I’ll be posting over … continue reading » Topics: Travel, Writing
06/18/08 Short Blog Post
Universal Traveller This is about the thinnest thread I’ve ever heard of, but World Hum recently printed a piece called 10 Wanderlust-Inducing Summer Concerts. The idea being that the music is supposed to transport you somehow… like you hear the songs and … continue reading » Topics: Music, Travel
06/12/08 Short Blog Post
Airfare by the Pound: ‘Just Like Ground Round’ Steven Colbert has a hilarious take on one way the airline industry could deal with increased fuel costs, charge passengers by the pound — “just like ground round.” As Colbert puts it, “you know, who better to dish out the … continue reading » Topics: Humor, Travel
06/10/08 Short Blog Post
Top Tourist Spots Americans Can’t Visit. Says Who? That’s the title of a list over on ForeignPolicy.com. I know, sounds like a thrilling site doesn’t it? Don’t worry, I made the trip over to Foreign Policy and here’s the list (which is almost entirely wrong): Mount Kumgang North … continue reading » Topics: Politics, Travel
06/09/08 Short Blog Post
Is The Internet Ruining Travel? The answer is of course, yes and no. There was an interesting article, and subsequent discussion in the comments, over at the Times Online this weekend, in which a number of prominent British travel writers lamented the internet’s influence on … continue reading » Topics: Technology, Travel
06/01/08 Short Blog Post
Rick Steves Goes to Iran Rick Steves, the lovable goofball author of the travel book your parents will be taking to Europe this summer is making a television special on Iran. I have never found his guidebooks to be particularly helpful (to be fair, they’re … continue reading » Topics: Politics, Travel
10/20/05 // Blog Post from Dover Drive // Newport Beach // California
Twenty More Minutes to Go Well it’s the night before I leave. I just got done pacing around the driveway of my parents house smoking cigarettes… nervously? Excitedly? Restlessly? A bit of all of those I suppose. Across the street from the house I grew up in (which my parents still live in, wonderfully quaint isn’t it?) there is a rather large park. Actually, it … continue reading » Topics: Axis Wobbles, Round The World Trip, Travel
05/30/08 Short Blog Post
Wan’s Ruckus Adventure Former Seoul, Korea resident Wan Lee is traveling around the U.S. on a 50cc Honda Ruckus bike (top speed something like 35mph). The journey has taken him from the Redwoods to Texas, Florida, North Carolina and everywhere in between. Check … continue reading » Topics: Travel
08/22/05 // Blog Post from Dover Drive // Newport Beach // California
Tips and Resources okay I promised when I got back I would update this to fit with what I learned. So here we go… everything new is in red When I started planning for this trip I had no idea the volume of research it would entail. Every website of helpful information that I found led to ten more things I knew nothing … continue reading » Topics: Travel