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Totally Spoked Across Europe: Attersee, Austria
2007-10-03 19:58:00 I am alone and on foot. Farah has returned to Salzburg for the night to keep an eye on the aluminum donkeys we left behind. I, on the other hand, have an appointment with a little piece of the past. The July air is damp but still warm, despite the sun which has snuggled ... More About: Europe , Austria , Ally , Poke , Spoke
Erik the Broken Hearted And The Perils of Tropical Volcanoes
2007-10-02 06:05:00 “A man sits as many risks as he runs. For as long as a man is alive, there is a chance that he may die.” Share This Article Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Tropical , Broken , Erik , Volcanoes , Broken Heart
The Only Color in the World
2007-10-01 01:01:00 I rode my bike across the Chinese countryside. The sky, like the earth, was a dull orange, and the village, behind a rise to the north, was still quiet this early morning. The roadside vendors I... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: World , Color , The World , The O
Climbing Mount Fuji
2007-09-29 03:32:00 The day finally arrived when my Japanese friend Masahiro and I were going to climb Mt. Fuji . His family seemed a bit nervous, and even though I really did not know what lie ahead, I reassured them... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Climbing , Bing , Mount , Limb
The Best Christmas Present
2007-09-28 23:38:00 I’m always going to remember Christmas Eve of 2001. My kids, who were 6 and 8 at the time, were sitting by the Christmas tree anxiously waiting to open their presents (our family tradition is to... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Present , Resent
Travel Picks of the Week 9/28/2007
2007-09-28 22:02:00 Two and a half billion people worldwide consume street food, per UN. Authentic taste, cost and convenience are reasons for its ever-increasing popularity. Here’s how to chow down street food safely.... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Travel , Week
Love Conquers All
2007-09-27 23:17:00 Oh to have been a monk on that day! To have been a part of the hundred thousand, a drop in the saffron wave! With our heavy and mournful steps, all slowly plodding out the lament and sorrow of a... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Love
The Conciousness of a Nation, The Tooth of a Leader
2007-09-25 23:44:00 Burma is a land of chaos. While former British colonies have all responded differently to a remarkably changing world, Burma has languished. India is now a sprawling democracy and Hong Kong is an... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Nation , Leader , The Con
Fall TSM Travel Writing Contest: Win $125!
2007-09-24 21:27:00 Current Travel Writing Contest Submissions Fall is here and TSM is winding up for another writing contest that will hopefully produce some great stories. Share This Article Visit TSM for full story--->
Trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima
2007-09-22 16:41:00 Trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima Trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima During my spring break, I took a trip with my fellow IES students to Hiroshima and Miyajima, which is an island right off the coast of... Visit TSM for full story---> More About: Trip
The Sad Reality About Thailand
2007-09-20 23:53:00 The lure of the forbidden is a powerful force in travel. When you find yourself in a new place, surrounded by faces you?ve never seen before, faces so much unlike your own, personal identity somehow gets lost in the swirling ?otherness? around you. It?s kind of like perception/understanding vertigo. When we travel ... More About: Reality , Thailand , Bangkok , Scams , Cheats
Short Trips with Cats
2007-09-19 02:43:00 First of all, do not consider a long trip with a cat. That being said, let me repeat: no long trips with cats! I love cats, God bless them. They are my comfort and joy, my inspiration. They have been my companions for many years, but they have never been good ... More About: Cats , Short
A Taste of Victory
2007-09-18 23:26:00 Our trip started off quite uneventful. After a few days in Kyeng Toing, our schedule eventually took up something of a pattern. We would wake up early, meet in the small reception desk/cafeteria, get breakfast, venture forth to the mountains, visit small, native villages, and return back in time for dinner at one ... More About: Victory , Taste , Burma , Monsoon , Tory
I?ve Been Everywhere, Man
2007-09-16 23:53:00 Johnny Cash ~ I’ve Been Everywhere With the advent of the iPod, traveling has taken on new dimensions. Available at film kiosks and souvenir shacks at the base of many mountains, the shore of many lakes, and the gate of many castles are downloadable MP3 walking tours. Audio travel tips and visitor suggestions can be found ...
The Civilian, Zo and a Jaunt Through the Mountains
2007-09-16 15:00:00 Burma is a land of mystery. It is the tarnished, uncut diamond of the modern world. Burma, now Myanmar, has faced extraordinary difficulties that have only even recently been noticed by the word at large. It is a magical, but broken, place that is about as far away as one can get ... More About: Airport , Mountains , Mystery , Mount , The Mount
Walmart Jamaican Style Mon
2007-09-16 14:57:00 Jamaica was one of the best vacations I have ever taken. It was a journey filled with contrasts, letting my hair down in the cool evening breeze on the beach to traipsing in the sweltering heat to duty free shops in search of that perfect, affordable designer something, actually anything. Vain, but frugal me. I said ... More About: Style , Walmart , Jamaican
Our Travel Picks of the Week 09/14/07
2007-09-14 16:57:00 Here are our favorite links we’ve come across over the week. Tired of staying in insipid, cookie cutter hostels in Europe? Here are some suggestions for unusual hostels nestled in castles and railway cars. If you often wish that natural wonders and monuments you visited were more photogenic, Andre Gunther has some tips to take home better ... More About: Travel , Week
Mailing a Package from Kathmandu, Part 2 of 2
2007-09-13 22:17:00 I go back to Mr. Smiley and assure him that the package now fits his stringent requirements. Proof is the re-taping and a tuft of plastic bag peeking out from a corner of the somewhat bloated package. He now advises me to go to the line in front of his colleague. I encounter another ... More About: Kathmandu , Part , Package
Traveling Photography Series: The Mighty Asian Scooter #2
2007-09-12 00:25:00 Share This More About: Photography , Series , Asian , Scooter , Traveling
Traveling Photography Series: The Mighty Asian Scooter #1
2007-09-09 19:06:00 Share This More About: Photography , Series , Asian , Scooter , Traveling
Twelve Trivial Travel Tips
2007-09-07 23:12:00 In no particular order of importance, here are twelve random travel tips for you to consider: Don?t leave a tip in New Zealand ? it?s often taken as an insult if you do. Take your own toilet tissue with you to foreign bathrooms, where it can be otherwise scarce, expensive, or too coarse for your ... More About: Travel , Travel Tips , Tips , Twelve , Trivial
The Street Diver of Calcutta
2007-09-06 04:13:00 So I?m just following my nose, in hot, dusty and smelly downtown Calcutta . Sun?s blazing from straight overhead and I have time to kill, so I?m trudging more than actually walking. Breathing has taken on a masochistic quality, considering there are about 14 million people and their relatives around me and every one of them ... More About: Germany , Street , Diver , Dive
My Road Trip Out of Camelot
2007-09-02 05:56:00 I grew up a Navy brat. That is, my father was a career man in the U.S. Navy. Air Traffic Controlman, to be specific. His tours of duty were 18 months at a time, and except for a couple of impractical overseas assignments (Vietnam, Iceland), the entire family went along for the ... More About: Trip , Beatles , Road Trip , Road , Camelot
What Draws Us to New Places?
2007-08-29 21:52:00 I traveled a lot as I grew up in a military family, and continued to travel out of habit after leaving the nest. The question of where to go was easy as a child; I had no say. Uncle Sam picked my father?s next port of call, and we moved there. As an adult, I had ... More About: Places
Making Love to the Bus
2007-08-29 07:26:00 The longest trip I?ve ever taken on a bus was an overnighter in Egypt. Frankly, it was one overnight bus trip too many. What ensued was later referred to as ?making love to the bus.? It was hot, it was sweaty and I was constantly changing positions. It challenged even my most ... More About: Love , Makin
An Interesting Quote by Orison Swett Marden
2007-08-26 18:39:00 An article by Dave at Go Back Packing sparked some interesting thoughts. The article was based around the following quote: The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. ? Orison Swett Marden ... More About: Interesting , Quote , Arden , Eres
An Interesting Quote by Orison Swett Marden
2007-08-26 18:39:00 An article by Dave at Go Back Packing sparked some interesting thoughts. The article was based around the following quote: The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. ? Orison Swett Marden ... More About: Interesting , Quote , Arden , Eres
Things My Father Told Me to Never Tell My Mother
2007-08-26 01:19:00 When it came to weekend exploring, it was my father and me all the way. Sometimes it was simply an innocent fishing trip, or an afternoon learning to shoot arrows or ride a horse. Some trips were business related, although Dad never seemed to wear his Navy uniform during these trips to nearby ... More About: Mother , Things , Father , Told , Fath
Red Carded For Life
2007-08-24 05:23:00 We stepped off of the plane and, seemingly, into the middle of Columbia. Within minutes of landing in the country, we were sitting in the middle of Bucaramanga watching Atltico Bucaramanga take on highly regarded Liga Deportivo Universitaria Quito in a contested and passionate football game (That?s ?soccer? for us Yanks). Everything ... More About: Life , Soccer , Colombia , Pigs , Red Car
Red Carded For Life
More articles from this author:2007-08-24 05:23:00 We stepped off of the plane and, seemingly, into the middle of Columbia. Within minutes of landing in the country, we were sitting in the middle of Bucaramanga watching Atltico Bucaramanga take on highly regarded Liga Deportivo Universitaria Quito in a contested and passionate football game (That?s ?soccer? for us Yanks). Everything ... More About: Life , Soccer , Colombia , Pigs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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