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The Other Side of Traveling
2007-09-15 23:30:00 We own a large house in Vancouver, BC, and share it most of the year. During the school year, it serves as a home-away-from home to college kids. Our downstairs suite accommodates two students quite well, and three in a pinch. Open to experimentation, and relatively naive in landlording matters, we allowed three students ... More About: Side , Traveling , The O , The Other Side , Other Side
The Epitome of Travel
2007-09-15 00:59:00 I can?t say exactly what it is that draws the traveler to their travels. Perhaps it’s the draw of the unknown or the quests for the known. The truly monumental experiences one has while traveling can?t really be articulated, though. They can only be felt. It?s strange to see the Taj Mahal for the first time ... More About: Travel , Egypt , Memory , Moments , Giza
The Epitome of Travel
2007-09-15 00:59:00 I can?t say exactly what it is that draws the traveler to their travels. Perhaps it’s the draw of the unknown or the quests for the known. The truly monumental experiences one has while traveling can?t really be articulated, though. They can only be felt. It?s strange to see the Taj Mahal for the first time ... More About: Travel , Egypt , Memory , Moments , Giza
Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida
2007-09-15 00:07:00 Busch Gardens in Tampa , Florida , has some stunning attractions. The Africa-themed park is full of rides, eateries, live entertainment, and nature nature nature! This state-of-the-art zoo allows extreme close-up contact with exotic animals. Wildlife is presented in natural settings, and some creatures ? such as this lion ? are retired circus performers. Share This More About: Busch , Busch Gardens
Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida
2007-09-15 00:07:00 Busch Gardens in Tampa , Florida , has some stunning attractions. The Africa-themed park is full of rides, eateries, live entertainment, and nature nature nature! This state-of-the-art zoo allows extreme close-up contact with exotic animals. Wildlife is presented in natural settings, and some creatures ? such as this lion ? are retired circus performers. Share This More About: Busch , Busch Gardens
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
Trapped
2007-09-13 09:48:00 A pile of unwashed dishes sat collecting flies in the sink in front of me. Outside, a pile of fifty-one days worth of uncollected garbage dominated the front yard. It too collected flies. My head pounded from the night before. I had just moved in, and everything about the house seemed dirty and out of ...
Trapped
2007-09-13 09:48:00 A pile of unwashed dishes sat collecting flies in the sink in front of me. Outside, a pile of fifty-one days worth of uncollected garbage dominated the front yard. It too collected flies. My head pounded from the night before. I had just moved in, and everything about the house seemed dirty and out of ...
Mailing a Package from Kathmandu, Part 1 of 2
2007-09-12 04:07:00 On my journey through India, I had accumulated so much stuff that by the time I reached Nepal ? and saw the mountain ranges that I wished to enter looming above me, I soon realized that this was not going to work out well for me if I didn?t shed some ballast. A lot of ... More About: Kathmandu , Part , Package
Mailing a Package from Kathmandu, Part 1 of 2
2007-09-12 04:07:00 On my journey through India, I had accumulated so much stuff that by the time I reached Nepal ? and saw the mountain ranges that I wished to enter looming above me, I soon realized that this was not going to work out well for me if I didn?t shed some ballast. A lot of ... More About: Kathmandu , Part , Package
Traveling Photography Series: The Mighty Asian Scooter #2
2007-09-12 00:25:00 Alert: Neighborhood Prank Egger May Be Pictured as Above 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
How To Get Robbed (Part 2 of 2)
2007-09-07 06:28:00 Before I could even blink, two of them sat down with us. They were both from Russia and were both very friendly and were all too interested in us for it to be a normal encounter. I looked down and they had empty glasses, which had only moments before contained what I ... More About: Part , Robb , Robbed
How To Get Robbed (Part 2 of 2)
2007-09-07 06:28:00 Before I could even blink, two of them sat down with us. They were both from Russia and were both very friendly and were all too interested in us for it to be a normal encounter. I looked down and they had empty glasses, which had only moments before contained what I ... More About: Part , Robb , Robbed
How To Get Robbed (Part 1 of 2)
2007-09-07 02:43:00 Turkey has a lot of prostitutes. They are all for some reason Russian. Turkey has a lot of Russian prostitutes. The Turks and the Russians are geniuses at swindling Americans out of money. In Turkey, I was thoroughly swindled. The closest I came to a fistfight in a very long time was my last night ... More About: Part , Robb , Robbed
The Two Hundred Snakes of Whidbey Island
2007-09-05 02:19:00 I was hiking down a wooded trail some years back with two buddies of mine. It was on Whidbey Island in Washington , and our agenda was open. We each carried a coil of fishing line and some hooks in our pockets, as usual, and were headed beachward. Not difficult on an island. A ... More About: Snakes
Stories Of A Wee Canadian Lass
2007-09-04 04:29:00 Suspicious Minds: When traveling, we inevitably put ourselves into positions where we have to choose whether or not to trust a total stranger. And part of the character of the places we visit is defined by how trusting the locals are of the invading foreigners. Trusting the Traveler I arrived in Lerwick, ... More About: Stories , Canadian , Adia
The Winner of the Summer Writing Contest
2007-09-03 23:40:00 I am very pleased to announce the winner of the summer writing contest as voted by the readers is travel writer Olivia Giovetti. Her tale Fringing On Eternal takes your through the wandering path of living and strolling through Rome. Olivia has won both the $50 prize, a featured link on TSM Online, and a chance to ... More About: Contest , Writing , Summer , Winner
The Art of Buying and Selling
2007-09-03 05:55:00 Getting robbed is a fact of traveling. It is inevitable, that amongst travels in far-flung lands, you will get taken. As naïve travelers, no matter how many guidebooks one may read, we are simply there for the taking. Sometimes it?s a result of our own stupidity. Other times it?s simply because ... More About: Buying , Selling , Scams , Cheats , The Art
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 cities. Hmm. Anyway, ... More About: Mother , Things , Father , Told , Tell
Picture Perfect Travel Photography
2007-08-22 01:36:00 Unless you?re a purist, or working for National Geographic, consider leaving your expensive camcorder or SLR camera at home during your next trip. Especially when film or tape is involved, heat, cold, humidity, stray light, and even ambient electromagnetic fields can ruin your media. You will find yourself invariably rationing your limited number of still ... More About: Travel , Photography , Picture , Travel photography , Perfect
Leaving For Las Vegas in Red Alert!
2007-08-19 01:47:00 My wife and I met on the Internet, dated by cross-country flights (Tampa, Florida ? Vancouver, BC), and chose to meet halfway to get married in Las Vega s , Nevada, by Elvis Presley. You know, the same old story. But wait! On the morning of our Elvis-bound flights, we woke up in our respective countries to the ... More About: Alert , Leaving
Spending the Day In a Cuban Jail With My Dad
2007-08-16 21:20:00 If you ever find yourself in Havana, don?t try to cheat the system. My dad is the type of person who is always looking for deals, always looking for ways to beat the system. He?s the type of guy who, as the saying goes, ?goes broke saving money.? My family and I took a trip to ... More About: Spending , Jail , Cuban , The D
Essential Backpacking Items for Everyday Life
2007-08-15 21:43:00 Developed by years of backpacking and inspired less by my father?s hand-me-down survival training techniques than by Batman?s utility belt, my habit is to go everywhere with the most essential supplies. Everywhere. A bike ride through my neighbourhood is as well stocked against disaster as a trek along the Allegheny Trail. Of course, ?essential? is ... More About: Life , Items , Backpacking , Pack , Essential
They Don?t Speak Spanish in Buenos Aires
2007-08-12 23:43:00 Five months ago I moved to Buenos Aires to learn Span ish . No one warned me that they do not speak Spanish there. They speak Castellano but more importantly in the Capital city they speak almost pure slang. Babies (nenes), street kids (pibes), parents (viejos) and grandparents (abuelos) will dizzy foreigners with words they know will ... More About: Speak , Peak
Fried Egg Sandwich (a la senegalaise)
More articles from this author:1970-01-01 00:59:00 Whew! After having eaten nuthin’ but mutton for days now (see previous article on Tabaski), I have been having the strangest craving, namely for a fried egg sandwich, the peppery kind you can get for about $1.50 along with a small cup of coffee from any bustling pushcart guy in NY. I was telling a ... More About: Featured , Fried , Sandwich 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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