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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Weekly Travel Quote
What makes an experience “authentic”? In today’s travel quote. Continue reading
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You Gotta Belief
Belief the oneself is beat. Best fad at your oneself. Continue reading
Me Traveler. You Tourist. {Grunt}
What to make of the traveler vs. tourist debate? I The Traveler want to feel superior to someone (You The Tourist). You are just here to have your picture taken. I am here to truly experience the culture. Me traveler. You tourist. GRUNT! Continue reading
Book Review: A Tourist Free Coast
When winter rolls in, the pace of the coast slows as the summer tourists leave the beaches, the ice chokes the harbors, and the towns are left for those who enjoy the solitude. Matthew Stone reviews Off Season, a travel book by Ken McAlpine. Continue reading
The nonsense of divorce-cation
Divorce-cations, mancations, and other new words from the world of travel. Continue reading
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Weekly Travel Quote
Perhaps it was the solitude, perhaps it was the views from my windows or the sound of the surf, but I slept for long hours every night and woke to wonder at the dazzling perfection of this quiet world. Continue reading
Yesterday’s Shanghai
Apartments ready to be torn down for development in Shanghai. Continue reading
Book Review: China Before Steroids
A book review of Colin Thubron’s Behind the Wall, a traveler’s journey through mid-1980’s China (before Shanghai looked like Chicago on steroids). Continue reading
Dyslexic Shanghai: A Pnik Experience
When PINK becomes PNIK, you know you’re in China. Continue reading
Weekly Travel Quote
Place is memory. All our lives tell us so. Why is it we remember forever not what we were wearing or doing or feeling, but where we were at the most crucial moments? There is a wider sense of place–planted in our memories by people we have never known or met. Continue reading