October 28, 2003

>Freeze-Frame Scenery

Ten hours on a bus can be grueling. Mind-deteriorating numbness has a way of boring one senseless, and pinching knots in backs and necks as the cushions of the seats begin to manifest into iron maiden comfort. When traveling in...

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Posted by John on October 28, 2003 02:13 PM
Category: Scribblings (Trail-Mixed Thoughts)

October 27, 2003

>Book Reviews

Inherent to travel is reading. In a foreign country, whose language differs from yours, books in your domestic tongue are worth their weight in gold. Reviews of books I´ve read while traveling are included below: -The Picture of Dorian Gray...

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Posted by John on October 27, 2003 10:53 AM
Category: Book Reviews

October 20, 2003

>Hit And Run South: Real Life Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

I looked up from my book toward the hostel’s front door that had just been thrown open with a muted thud of wood on cement. A silhouetted figure stood supporting the shadow of a motorcycle as the sun glared behind...

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Posted by John on October 20, 2003 03:45 PM
Category: Peru, Profiles

October 18, 2003

>Bolivia Is No Longer An Option

Damas y Caballeros, Just the other day (10-18-03) the president of Bolivia stepped down due to a communal cry for his removal. For the past month or so Bolivia has been experiencing a country wide strike where the international borders...

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Posted by John on October 18, 2003 04:17 PM
Category: Scribblings (Trail-Mixed Thoughts)

October 12, 2003

>Am I Really That Boring?

You never realize how boring you are until you talk to a man who falls asleep mid-sentence. I had squat down on the bare wood floor of my hostal room, sorting smells amongst my clothes into two piles: one pile...

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Posted by John on October 12, 2003 04:54 PM
Category: Peru

October 03, 2003

>Machu Picchu Day Two: Climbing a Coca Mountain

Day two on the Inca trail saw us on a muscle-cramping, heart-tearing, pulse-like-a-kettle-drum climb that lasted six straight hours. The second day is completely about the hike. Whether writing a description, a novel, a short story, or just trying to...

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Posted by John on October 3, 2003 12:00 PM
Category: Peru

>Links to Bridge the Gap

If the world were all the same why would you even leave the house? Here are some links that can be used to help you better understand a different place: http://www.mauinews.com/news/story/103202003_new03seabury1003.asp - Front page news article from the "Maui News"...

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Posted by John on October 3, 2003 10:56 AM
Category: "Link"ing the World

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