By Cari, on August 6th, 2007%
Started today as a means of taking a break from the second paper. I realized I was missing 1) a pair of gray dress pants that I wanted to wear for the hen’s night 2) a peasant blouse and 3) my jeans. Looked around my room and in the basement, no dice. Then I see my backpack, still mostly unpacked from Prague. Yep, found. I need to toss everything in the suitcase but it’s mostly laid out. Progress.
Also cleaned out the carry on. Going to keep it as light as possible due to some strict limits. Current plan:
1) laptop
2) camera – . . . → Keep Going: Packing, the least fun part of travelling…
By Cari, on July 15th, 2007%
….books, not animals. We’re not talking zoo breaks here.
Just before leaving Australia at the end of 2005 I decided to track the books I’d wild released. I was curious to know how many there were, and how many, if any, had been caught. The result was rather messy, a huge file, and one I rarely updated. At the start of this summer after releasing a few books in Europe, I was curious again about my Australian releases.
I decided to edit the page and move it here where it’s much easier to update. This is the result. Much cleaner and it was . . . → Keep Going: Wild Releases: Australia
By Cari, on April 12th, 2007%
First encounter with a place, as with love, is one you never forget. As I’ve alluded to in the past, for me, it’s Spain. Even today, almost five years since my first return trip to Spain in October 2002, I can’t forget the feeling of seeing the same statues at Atocha and the same vendors near El Prado. It truly felt like I never left. It’s funny how some places just get their claws into you.
During my two years Down Under, I eventually made it to the real outback, fed kangaroos by hand and even held a koala at . . . → Keep Going: First Encounter
By Cari, on April 11th, 2007%
Sightseeing can’t compete with miracle of everyday lives, it really can’t. That’s some of what I tried to get across in my previous post on the topic of tourism v. travel. The Lost Globe cautions against the anti-tourist
He misses the worlds best attractions because there are to many tourists there and the location has lost it’s authenticity.
and I agree with that sentiment. The anti-tourist is so busy ‘traveling’ that s/he doesn’t see the world that unfolds around them. I think there’s something to be said for avoiding tourist traps which can be disappointing, but you can see a touristed destination while still . . . → Keep Going: Tourist/Traveler: Redux
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