For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Quote: Humor is an affirmation of dignity..
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him. ~ Romain Gary (1914-1980) French Writer
Quote: …everything is possible.
When nothing is sure, everything is possible. ~ Margaret Drabble (1939-) English Novelist
Quote:…absurd and reckless aspirations
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. ~ Vauvenargues
Oldupai Gorge and Maasai village.
2 Jan. 2009 – Part 1 Ngorongoro Crater — Oldupai Gorge — Maasai village, Tanzania (Part 2 is Guess the Critter!; Part 3 is Everything Under the Sun) After waking up at the Highview Hotel in Karatu, we piled back into the safari vehicle and headed out for day 2 of safari! To get …
Quote: Travel teaches toleration.
Travel teaches toleration. ~ Benjamin Disraeli (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881)
Why You Should Be Using Couchsurfing Groups
Why You Should Be Using Couchsurfing Groups Nice post and great reminder. Â I am often surprised at the number of long-time CS-ers who don’t even know about Couchsurfing groups. Â Fantastic resource!
Quote: The World is a book…
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~ Saint Augustine
Quote: Though we travel the world over…
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Africa Redux: Lake Manyara
1 Jan. 2009 Lake Manyara, Tanzania  Woohoo!  SAFARI!  OMG!  REAL SAFARI!  I mean, the San Diego Wild Animal Park was freakin’ fantastic while growing up, but it’s not like you could easily get EATEN!  So exciting!  We could totally be on the menu — awesome!  :D Anyway, we left Moshi in the morning with …
Quote: Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry…
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. ~ Maya Angelou
Quote: …my highest aspirations.
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead. ~ Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American Writer
Africa Redux: MONKEY!
Ye Olde Photoblogge is what got me into doing travel blogging and for that I am truly grateful. Â I am now relocating the contents over here and, in the process, editing, trimming, and adding material that I never did get around to posting. Â Seeing how the trip I took to Tanzania in 2009 was one …
Quote: Always laugh…
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. ~ Lord Byron (1788-1824) English Poet
EATcork
26 Sept. 2010 Cork, Ireland, along the Grand Parade. Mmm… delicious sausage rolls! Mushy is good in this context. NetworkedBlogs setting had to be tweaked, so you get another EATcork picture! We had partaken of the meat pies at The Grafton, a local pub, a few nights prior and found them quite tasty! …
Bishop Lucey Park
Bishop Lucey Park, Cork, Ireland. Dario and I finished off the ice cream we bought at the EATcork food festival while enjoying the spectacle of two tiny doggies (one was a puppy :D) running around the small park as if they’d just found Disneyland. You can just see the bigger one to the left of …
Signs of Laughter.
Something I never quite managed to do while I was living in Italy was to get pictures of all the hilarious signs and business names that struck laughter into the heart of the middle-school aged part of my American brain. Â I can’t remember them all, but 2 company names stand out: Assitalia and Lamecop. Â Not …
Quote: You can preach…
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. ~ Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish Writer