“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us – Robyn Yong
Archives for October 2013
Every Joyous Moment of Travel
October 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel” – Paul Fussell
Except for a Weekend in Atlantic City
October 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I’m basically monogamous, preferring one headache at a time – except for a weekend in Atlantic City with those two sisters, but that’s another story” – John Corey
Getting Rev’ved Up About Hotel Rate Parity
October 28, 2013 By 1 Comment
WIth the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading deciding that hotel rate parity (resale price maintenance) policies must be abolished, the global travel industry must now prepare for a seismic shift in the balance of power between online travel agencies (OTAs), hotel brands and individual hotel properties. It’s a shame that British regulators got it completely wrong.
It’s a Strange Thing to Come Home
October 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot realize how strange it will be” – Selma Lagerlof
Never Count Countries
October 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I never count countries. Travel is not a contest” – Andrew Evans
Same in any Language
October 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Sometime ago I met a Navajo, in a parking lot in Tokyo. He said everything wordlessly. Wonderlust in my eyes he did see, oh yeah, oh oh yeah. Those postcards I sent to Birmingham, all the way from those windows of Amsterdam. I copped a gram from Dappersan, just to fall at her man in another jam, oh yeah, oh oh yeah. It’s the same in any language, a brother is a brother if theres one thing I know. It’s the same in any language, wherever you go. Oooo yeah. I ran out of Jack in Tripoli, oh those freedom fighters they were good to me. They asked me all about Tennessee, and on one thing we all did agree, ooh yeah, yeah oh oh yeah” – I Nine (Same in any Language)
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Those Who Will Risk Going Too Far
October 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go” – T. S. Eliot
If You Look Like Your Passport Photo
October 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“If you look like your passport photo, you’re too ill to travel” – Will Kommen
Never Travel Without a Diary
October 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train” – Oscar Wilde
