USA | Tuesday, 18 Oct 2005 | Views [1328]
About five years ago, I bought a plane ticket to Costa Rica and sat down with my boss to tell him I was taking a month of vacation from work. “No you’re not.” He said. “Yes, I am.” I told him. *very long pause*
“No you’re not.” He continued.... Read more >
Tags: how it started, solbeam, the planning phase
INDIA | Sunday, 29 May 2005 | Views [1360]
I don’t look up, but feel the table vibrate as a chair is pulled out
from under it and curious arms fold themselves across from mine... “Hello.” Although
my eyes are reluctant to pull themselves from the egg hunt of
inspiration that I have found ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
INDIA | Friday, 20 May 2005 | Views [2147]
(This
story is a continuation of the post from last week, "this is india - part I".) ***** The Rail Official instructs me to wait until he has finished confirming the seats of the rest of the passengers in the car. As
he leaves ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
INDIA | Wednesday, 18 May 2005 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Sunday, 15 May 2005 | Views [1084]
Kolkata/Culcutta, India The Train Station I
jump out of the car, insist that I’ll be safe on my own and Suren, my
in-country co-leader and friend from Nepal, reluctantly gives me a
final hug and jumps back into the jeep and leaves. I turn around ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
INDIA | Wednesday, 11 May 2005 | Views [1303]
After a tearful goodbye to my students I suddenly find myself shockingly alone. *That sentence needs some of the sudden S P A C E that I have yet to get comfortable in.* But
the madness hasn't a chance to cease as there's a taxi strike in
Kolkatta ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
INDIA | Saturday, 7 May 2005 | Views [1251]
...that
I'm so busy closing the semester and preparing the students for an
American-reality re-integration, that I haven't had time to type. But
I'll be heading solo-style to Southern India this week and my fingers
will finally again find their ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
CHINA | Wednesday, 27 Apr 2005 | Views [3247] | Comments [1]
I take a deep breath, hold it, and step into the dank room. (When
the students ran into our shared room an hour earlier and exclaimed,
“It’s the most foul thing we’ve ever seen in our lives!” I laughed. I’d
heard the rumors of hell realms to be ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, tibet
CHINA | Tuesday, 19 Apr 2005 | Photo Gallery
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Tags: mountains, tibet
CHINA | Saturday, 9 Apr 2005 | Views [3990] | Comments [4]
Once upon a time I fell in love with Christianity. I went to
church twice a week and made the sign of the cross each time I went
down on my knees. I memorized and repeated prayers as I counted through
my rosary’s beads. I sang songs in the choir ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, tibet
CHINA | Wednesday, 6 Apr 2005 | Views [4232]
Out of meditation retreat and back to tracking the footsteps of the prophetic pilgrims themselves! An update is on the way. In the meantime, I thought I'd share my backpack book stack... The Secrets of Francis of Assisi: A Meditation by Christian ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, tibet
NEPAL | Wednesday, 23 Mar 2005 | Views [1831]
Kathmandu, Nepal Pashupatinath Temple The Burning (Cremation) Ghats along the Bagmati River In
insatiable appetite, a greedy fire spits out the flames of a violent
hunger. Riding a wave of wind, a whipping tornado of smoke takes a turn
back towards ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
INDIA | Saturday, 19 Mar 2005 | Views [958]
11 layers of daily dirt deep, I have a shower and inbox to meet, BUT the photos, for themselves, talk, gasp, sigh and speak. So while I'm on my way to Nepal, please take a peek: > All the Himalayan Trek Pictures ... Read more >
Tags: india, the great outdoors
INDIA | Saturday, 5 Mar 2005 | Views [2051] | Comments [1]
Cost of my incredible lunch this afternoon of dahl baht, garlic naan, gohbi paratha and palak panner: 80 Rupees US dollar equivalent of 80 Rupees: $1.84 US dollar value of eating lunch with your fingers: priceless What never gets burned when you ... Read more >
Tags: india, solbeam, the stats
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 29 Dec 2004 | Views [1747]
(My
entire hostel in Cartegena was woken up and all the rooms were
systematically searched on the morning of the weekend that Bush visited
Uribe in Cartegena last month. Snipers patrolled the rooftops and
police and military (readily equipped ... Read more >
Tags: columbia, history & politics
COLOMBIA | Friday, 24 Dec 2004 | Views [3548]
After enjoying our evening English sessions so much, I was invited to
move into the house to share in a season with one of the most carinoso ,
loving and fun families I’ve ever encountered in my travels. Now, I’m
quite conscious that here in the ... Read more >
Tags: family
COLOMBIA | Friday, 17 Dec 2004 | Views [1175]
There comes a point, along the path of every traveller, when in one
neck-stiffening and heart-palpitating moment, you come to a course
changing conclusion enlightened by a single flashing revelation... Um. Pretty, yes. But the enlightenment I´m ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
COLOMBIA | Friday, 10 Dec 2004 | Views [856]
On to Arecifes Beach in the Parque Tayrona... To find me, follow these simple directions: Life`s too fun.
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 5 Dec 2004 | Views [2678] | Comments [2]
The heat has exhausted me and I slide under the shade of a
palm-thatched hut on the beachfront. Small, tanned, naked children roll
around on the sand floor absorbed in their individual imaginations. I
smile, again admire the world that those under ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 1 Dec 2004 | Views [4224] | Comments [1]
Journal Entry December 1st, 2004 Playa Blanca, Islas de Rosaria Off of coast of Cartegena, Colombia Yesterday,
today, tomorrow. 365 days a year, For millennia upon millennia. Over
desert, jungle, city and sea. In the slums, on the streets and ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 30 Nov 2004 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Sunday, 28 Nov 2004 | Views [4762]
You COULD hike to La Ciudad Perdida in the dry season, but then you´d miss out on.. pre-hike muscle warm ups... showers with REAL water pressure... hour-after-hour of giggle worthy mud music... alternative modes of aerial transport.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 20 Nov 2004 | Views [1032]
Wandering but not lost. On a 6 day trek to La Ciudad Perdida (the lost city.)
Tags: Adventures
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 17 Nov 2004 | Views [1230]
Come closer my friend, for I have something to share with you that we don't necessarily want the rest of the world to know... Colombia is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. *hands down* The best kept secret of South America. Where
to start?! The gasp-worthy countryside? ... Read more >
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