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“"I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine."”
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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
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“Don't gain the world & lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.”
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“Travel is more than seeing sights; it is a change that goes on in the ideas of living.”
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““There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.””
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“A wise traveler never despises his own country.”
Ramblings
Welcome to House on the Hill
JULY 15, 2012 “It’s not for everyone.” Dave repeats for probably the 5th time since I’ve arrived. Looking around this glorified dump, I’m certain he’s right… The cab driver brings me up a hill and points, “there, there is number 3.” Confused, as I thought this was a hostel, but there are no signs, just some loud [...]
Tres Americanos
JULY 12, 2012 My cousin Jacob is a true Nomad. Roaming the world for years now. Sometimes eating only from rubbish bins and sleeping in the woods. He’s been in the PeaceCorp and to places I couldn’t dream of. I didn’t know where or when, but when I set out on this journey, one thing [...]
RUINED
JULY 10, 2012 By the time Barbara came to visit, Jennie and I had fully established ourselves around town. We were known as The American Girls. Such a commodity we were, 2 American girls in Calella, not only were we actually the only 2 Americans in town, but we moved in for the month. Really, [...]
This & That
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Plan Your Journey
To plan an adventure of this magnitude can be extremely stressful, time consuming, tedious, overwhelming and a multitude of other similar words. The first rule is you can only do so much. At some point you must STOP planning and just go. The end. With [...]
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What to pack?
A backpack? You’re traveling around the world indefinitely with just a backpack? Yes. Well what are you bringing? How can you possibly manage that? Especially with all that hair of yours!? That’s usually how the conversation goes or begins. Truth is I don’t even know for sure how I am going to manage. Thinking [...]
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Camera Love!
Photography tips and tricks
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