“The Pacific, greatest of oceans, has an area exceeding that of all dry land on the planet. Herman Melville called it “the tide-beating heart of earth.” Covering more than a third of the planet’s surface–as much as the Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans combined–it’s the largest geographical feature in the world. Its awesome 165,384,000 square […]
Globalization By The Way Of McDonald’s
April 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here” – Raquel Cepeda
A Road Trip Was A Great Escape
April 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“I sometimes rented a car and drove from event to event in Europe; a road trip was a great escape from the day-to-day anxieties of playing, and it kept me from getting too lost in the tournament fun house with its courtesy cars, caterers, locker room attendants, and such all amenities that create a […]
Three-Dimensional Details Of This Moment
April 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“While National Geographic magazine had given me a taste of the world, the three-dimensional details of this moment – the tickle of the rain drops, the suck sound of my feet in the mud, the challenge of getting photographs of the monkeys, my immature urge to make the driver wait even longer because he was […]
I Would Always Travel
April 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way” – Robin Wright Penn
The Travelling People
April 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“I’m a freeborn man of the travelling people. Got no fixed abode, and no man is my master. Country lanes and byways were always my ways. I never fancied going faster” – Liam Clancy (The Travelling People by Ewan McColl)
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What Contempt, The People Who Think Up Souvenirs
April 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have for other people” – Diane Johnson
You Can Return To The Scene Of A Love
April 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Perhaps it’s true you can’t go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fateful decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal” – Eric Weiner
He Who Would Travel Happily Must Travel Light
April 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“He who would travel happily must travel light” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
47 Different Points Of Abuse
April 15, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“From the moment you decide to go somewhere, until the time you return, there are about 47 different points of abuse that are awaiting you” – Peter Greenberg
