Posts Tagged ‘ Travel ’
The Grand Summer 2010 Itinerary!
Blake and I didn’t waste much time before going on vacation this summer. Post-planning at our schools ended on Tuesday, May 25. We left for Spain the next day. We are lucky enough to have an extended summer, and we want to use every bit of it. This is the overall schedule that we will…
India for the Casual Traveler
Sitting at a roof top cafe in some spicy city being served peppery chai tea, it’s easy to forget those shocking first few days in India. The rule of first impressions doesn’t really apply to India. If it did, its tourism industry wouldn’t really exist (at least for most westerners I’ve met). At face value…
Spain Songs: 50 Glass Bottles
The song I’d like to share this week is called 50 Glass Bottles. It is a song of love and departure. It was written in reflection of friendships made over the university experience. The morning two of my best college friends left town and moved to Seattle in an overstuffed sedan was one of the…
Coffee and Thai Ants
Earlier this week, I was transported back to Thailand from my humble classroom in Atlanta, USA when the most unlikely of visitors made an appearance in my coffee- an ant. I slurped it up and went about my day. Allow me to explain. In October/November of 2005 Linds and I discovered the magnificance of Thailand. …
Chase-ing Free Money Update
So as you probably know, Linds and I will pretty much do anything for money. We’ve been rubbing a lot of pennies together lately to make some dimes. We’ve been tutoring, painting houses, chaperoning events, and of course, applying for bank accounts when there’s a pay off. In the case video’d below, we went to…
Costa Rica Video: Waterfall and Fruit Dance
On our second day in La Fortuna, Costa Rica we taxied to the Catarata de La Fortuna and swam its irradescent waters. Also on this video is an interview with a lifeguard at the falls. Everyone I ask Later we relaxed at our hotel and ate some fresh fruit from the streets of La Fortuna.…
Don’t Take Photos of Gypsies…Or Else…
While traveling through Europe, it wasn’t uncommon for Blake and I to run into a group of gypsies sitting in a square or at a festival, or more likely, in front of a tourist attraction selling bracelets made of leaves. These people are usually dressed in eclectic garb, and move from place to place with…
Costa Rica Video: Cuisine and a Steamy Chaser
This video is from our first day in La Fortuna. We had just arrived, fresh off the boat (or jeep-boat-jeep) from the cool and misty Monteverde and we were hot as heck! It is pure irony that La Fortuna is situated around a frothing volcano, because it sure is steamy. Have a look and let…
Farewell to Film Part One
This is a sad story for me. This article serves as my final homage to film photography. All the pictures sprinkled throughout it (with the exception of the above shot, of course!) are totally unaltered 35mm film. Before our last trip (10 days to Costa Rica over Spring Break 2009), I fell head over heels…
Costa Rica Video: Fortuna Tour and Tico Ninjas
During Spring Break 2009, Linds and I took an unforgettable trip to Costa Rica. We went to Monteverde/Santa Elena, La Fortuna, and Manuel Antonio. It was a fun trip and we captured it all on video and stills. I’ll be periodically posting clips from the trip on backpackerdaily.com. This clip was shot on our last…
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