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Key West Fantasy Fest Parade, Where Art is People -
Gregory Lewis (1,603)     
Gregory Lewis   
Even as my blistered, sandaled feet were recovering from the long Key West walk on Friday evening, I decided to hit the Fantasy Fest parade, the grand finale. I parked my van at the parking area off Higgs Beach and bicycled the rest of the way to Duval St. I had a brutally technical paper to... ( added 7 days 4 hours ago.) |
All True Guide To Norway -
Ben Morrish (7,936)   
Ben Morrish
An Englishman Abroad: Alltruism goes to Norway
I have recently returned from a visit to Norway, the homeland of my viking girlfriend.
It seems that Norway has changed somewhat since viking times (and for some reason the education about Norway that we get in the UK covers only... ( added 256 days 6 hours ago.) |
Key West New Year's -
 - Gregory Lewis (1,603)
Gregory Lewis
There are worse things than being marooned in Key West on New Year's. Since I saw some of the debauchery on a Millenium television special in 2000, where a drag queen called Sushi was lowered from a balcony in a giant red slipper I longed to be at Key West on New Year's.
Cutting out of work at... ( added 311 days 5 hours ago.) |
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A Granny and I on a Virgin Train -
Ieuan Dolby (1,244)  
Ieuan Dolby
This morning I pulled myself wearily onto a Virgin West Coast Train to
work my way down to Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, suffused with cold
and cough, frozen from the sudden onslaught of winter and sad to be
leaving my wife and son back home. Five minutes into the journey
I was back in usual... ( added 330 days 8 hours ago.) |
South Beach weekend -
Gregory Lewis (1,603)
Gregory Lewis
Ocean Drive , Saturday, November 1. With the sun out from behind the clouds most of the day, the air is hot. The aquamarine sea pulses with whitecaps; swimmers and surfers bob on the surface like marooned coconuts.
Every day is a new adventure in SoBe. I thought it might be hard to beat last... ( added 1 year 5 days ago.) |
Art deco, entre -
- Gregory Lewis (1,603)
Gregory Lewis
The wind was fierce in the hill towns of Massachusetts at 4:00, Wednesday morning. The snow had pretty much stopping, leaving only a couple inches on the ground and a bitter chill in the black morning air.
Albany, one-and-a-half hours away had escaped the snow storm that brought central New... ( added 1 year 8 days ago.) |
A Woodstock Pilgrimage -
Gregory Lewis (1,603)
Gregory Lewis
Origins Enter The Roundtable, a daily talk radio program on Albany National Public Radio affiliate WAMC. Host Susan Arbetter (no longer with the station) was speaking with an area columnist or district bureau correspondent about events and happenings in the Upstate region. Mention of something... ( added 1 year 30 days ago.) |
Discovering One of China's Hidden Gems -
- Vinnie Apicella (22)
While China’s two largest cities, Beijing and Shanghai,
garner most of the attention for tourism and trade in the Mainland, a little
known city geographically set between the two, remains virtually unknown to the
outside world. Wuxi is found in the
Jiangsu Province on the southeast coast and... ( added 2 years 154 days ago.) |
Ethnic Roots Abroad -
Satis Shroff (755) 
Satis Shroff
Claudia, Maria, my sister Neeta and I had lunch together. We'd cooked Nepalese food comprising: chicken, potatoes, rice and chutney and ice-cream as dessert, and sat watching some videos of Neeta’s trip to Europe, when I suggested that we should go to the ecological exhibition (Ökoausstellung) at... ( added 2 years 180 days ago.) |
Beliefs and Customs in Germany and Nepal -
Satis Shroff (755)
Satis Shroff
Whereas the older people in Asia pray the whole day and are in communion with God because the life-span in Asia is shorter, I had the impression here in Europe that the older generation are still living it up. You’re pensioned at 67 years in Germany and are still robust and not very old. This new... ( added 2 years 180 days ago.) |
Thailand: an Extreme Travel Experience - Filipinos in Thailand -
Hedda Tan (4)
When Bangkok residents and those in neighboring provinces like
Ayutthaya, Hua Hin and Ratchaburi were gearing up for the hottest
season in Thailand, 6 young, adventurous Pinoys set out from Manila to
fulfill part of their goal - to tour the whole of South East Asia.
Their destination?... ( added 2 years 194 days ago.) |
Walking Along the Southern Vosges in France (Satis Shroff) -
- Satis Shroff (755)
Satis Shroff
Frankenthal-Missleheim
is an excellent nature reserve in the South Vosges of France. You can
go along the Col de la Schlucht, which is a gorge, via Trois-Fours,
past Martinswald to Frankenthal and Holneck, where you can see the
formation vegetables des cirques
glacieres... ( added 74 days 13 hours ago.) |
Review: Waltzing Australia -
ngoldman (5,743) 
ngoldman
Author: Cynthia Clampitt ISBN: 978-1-4196-6306-2
I never knew what exactly enticed my daughter when in her late teens she was determined to travel for six months to Australia exploring a country that is called “Down Under." (If you are wondering why it is called "Down Under," it is because it... ( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
Shoeshine in Oaxaca --- A Relaxing and rejuvenating treat -
Alvin Starkman (428)  
Alvin Starkman
If you're a Wall Street Wizard it might be an integral part of your weekly routine. For the rest of us who have spent most of our lives in an American or Canadian city, we don't think much about getting a shoeshine on the streettoo expensive, too busy, or just not something that regular people... ( added 1 year 118 days ago.) |
Being in Beijing -
- Vinnie Apicella (22)
The Chinese capital is in full bloom during springtime while the progression of citywide preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games is in full swing. It was with a sense of pride that I gazed out the window during my taxi ride from Beijing International Airport through the brief stretch of rural... ( added 1 year 176 days ago.) |
See Scotland 40 Million Years Ago On Your Vacation -
john winkler (276)
Imagine the world as it was. Just walk around Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland. It is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Go back millions of years, well before mankind. But after the worst ice ages. On your vacation, just imagine the mountain scenery around the Glencoe area.... ( added 2 years 283 days ago.) |
Review: Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents -
ngoldman (5,743)
ngoldman
Author: Marty Essen
ISBN: 0977859975
Some travelers love cruises, while others enjoy romantic getaways to far away places. And there are the rare few who wish to observe and interact with wildlife. Marty and Deb Essen fall into this latter category.
This... ( added 2 years 330 days ago.) |
Pamplona Spain: Running of the Bulls -
Jim Sherard (3)
I was 18 years old when I made the decision to take the summer off before entering what I imagined to be four years of incarceration in university, and thus set out in search of an adventure so compelling, it would sustain me through the tedious and interminable life of a student. My inspiration... ( added 3 years 35 days ago.) |
Van Camping With Coyotes -
Steve Gillman (10,762)
Van camping became one of our favorite activities when my wife Ana and I bought our conversion van. We had no tent to set up, and no problem with rain or wind. We could explore all day without worries, then find any beautiful spot to park for the night. Our bed was ready in the back.
It is... ( added 3 years 64 days ago.) |
Vacation to Yellowstone or Bust -
Sandra Gough (3)
The sun was shining brightly. Soft winds were blowing the sweet smells of bluebonnets across the deck. All was right with the world…..right! As I was sitting there in the sun, absorbing the warmth my thoughts were drifting all around. Nothing seemed interesting enough to exert myself for. Yet... ( added 3 years 86 days ago.) |
Strange But True Story -
Steve Gillman (10,762)
My strange but true story starts twenty-five years ago, when I was sixteen. I had just hitched a ride back out to Interstate 90 as the sun was setting. The previous night I had been caught alone in the back country on the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park, in a freak May blizzard. A... ( added 3 years 158 days ago.) |
A Short History of Jazz Music and the History of Jazz Music in Kansas City -
Joseph Patrick (136) 
Joseph Patrick
From its beginnings as nothing more than a simple trading post on the banks of the Missouri river, to its raucous heyday in the 1920's and 30's, Kansas City has retained the independent spirit of its frontier beginnings. Even though an assortment of colorful characters, cowboys, politicians... ( added 3 years 259 days ago.) |
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Travel Journals – How To Keep A Travel Journal -
Rick Chapo (862)
It goes without saying that memories of trips and vacations fade with time. If you learn how to keep a travel journal, this need not be the case.
Traveling tends to be a schizophrenic event. On one hand, there is the trip you intended to take and may have even organized down to the tiniest... ( added 4 years 9 days ago.) |
Water Island - A Tropical Paradise -
Jim Wilkinson (704) 
Jim Wilkinson
Swaying Palm trees. Moon lit nights. Deserted sandy beaches. Life is good on Water Island.
It
might be the smallest U.S. Virgin Island at only 491 acres but you
cannot beat Water Island for a "Robinson Crusoe" feeling. It is the
smallest main island of the U.S. Virgin Islands and sits off... ( added 31 days 11 hours ago.) |
Choosing A Cargo Carrier -
Deb Walsh (27)
Vacation time and you are thinking of piling the family into the car and making it a road trip. One purchase you are seriously considering is a cargo carrier. You can strap it to the exterior of the vehicle giving your family members more space within the car. It is like having an extra trunk.... ( added 225 days 5 hours ago.) |
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